What Does Wilderness Mean in our Modern World?

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🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A century ago, the United States designated its first wilderness area – a place to be forever preserved and protected from human impact. But what does “wilderness” mean in the era of smartphone technology that keeps us constantly connected and human-fueled climate change? And who gets to enjoy these “untrammeled” spaces? These are the questions posed by environmental journalist Marissa Ortega-Welch in her new podcast “How Wild.” We’ll talk with Ortega-Welch, an environmental historian, and an outdoor educator about the complex history and future of our wildest landscapes. And we hear from you: What does wilderness mean for you? Guests: Marissa Ortega-Welch, science and environmental journalist; host of the podcast "How Wild" Phoebe Young, professor of environmental history and chair of the history department, University of Colorado Boulder. She is also the author of "Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement." Aparna Rajagopal, founding partner, The Avarna Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	What is wilderness?
1:08.6	A hundred years ago, the federal government defined wilderness in a particular way,
1:11.8	based on notions of the landscape we now consider basically historically inaccurate. But wilderness is also a vibe. It's the way a particular landscape
1:17.5	might make you feel the solitude, the freedom, the absence of human infrastructure.
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