Hello! I have been away in the bush for three days and three nights with just a tarp, sleeping bag and water to my name. No tent, no pillow, no torch, NO BREAKFAST. Off the back of this deeply moving ritual (which I'll tell you about soon), I wanted to release this equally as moving and foresty interview with Tessa Campisi.Tessa is a writer, poet, audio visual artist, activist and radio host who speaks with the timbre of an old growth tree and tells stories that will rustle your leaves. In this chat:🌳 What it's like to live through a catastrophic flood🌳 How anarchic networks can rise to meet a crisis, fast🌳 What happens when forest conservationists are at loggerheads with traditional owners?🌳 Strawman vs. steelman arguments🌳 A new approach to deep listening to those you disagree with 🌳 What traditional activism gets wrong and how to be a more effective change agent 🌳 How and why to love the scraps of our beautiful, broken world🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOS Tessa's home on the web [https://www.tessacampisi.com/home]Tessa's (online) exhibition ~ Framings of Wombat Forest [https://www.framingwombatforest.com.au/]Article of interest ~ Reflections on forest gardening by Cam Walker [https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/galk_galk_dhelkunya] https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/galk_galk_dhelkunyaPaper of interest ~ History of Environmentalist-Indigenous alliances and conflicts [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299345081_Unstable_relations_A_critical_appraisal_of_indigeneity_and_environmentalism_in_contemporary_Australia]Essay of interest ~ The Trouble with Wilderness by William Cronon [https://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html]*** Become a Reskillience supporter on Patreon!*** [https://www.patreon.com/c/Reskillience?redirect=true]