wildfoundation Profile Banner
WILD Foundation Profile
WILD Foundation

@wildfoundation

Followers
11K
Following
2K
Media
852
Statuses
8K

Since 1974, protecting by connecting: wilderness, wildlife & people. WILD works in a collaborative manner with many cultures & across borders. #CryptoGiving ₿

Boulder, CO
Joined August 2008
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 days
📣 Help pass Motion 131 – Protecting the Sápmi Forests 🚩 Sweden is destroying old-growth forests 7x faster than the Amazon. Sámi reindeer herders need global support.💥 @IUCN members vote Aug 27–Sep 10. Amplify their voices now! 🔗 Motion Guide:
Tweet media one
1
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
4 days
🎧 New #podcast! 🌲 Reindeer herder Anja Fjellgren Walkeapää joins us to talk about Motion 131—Protecting the Sápmi Forest. 📣 @IUCN members vote Aug 27–Sept 10. Let’s get loud for #Sápmi + #biodiversity!.🔗 Listen: 📝 Guide:
Tweet card summary image
smartlink.ausha.co
Anja Fjellgren Walkeapää is a reindeer herder in the southern part of the Swedish side of Sápmi. Her reindeer graze in a herding community called Mittådalen Mittahduhlen, and with a master’s degree...
1
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
15 days
🚨 Land conflict in Mkocheni escalates: fences completed, gates installed, 300+ homes at risk of demolition starting Aug 15. Elephants & livestock stampede observed. 🛑 Stop human rights violations & habitat destruction. Sign the petition:
Tweet media one
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
16 days
📎 Info:
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
16 days
📣 'Without colonized eyes, you see that what we hold dear isn’t valued by a profit-driven society.' – Anja Fjellgren Walkeapää, Sámi reindeer herder 💥 Motion 131 urges protection of Sápmi’s old-growth Boreal Forest. 🗳️ IUCN members vote Aug 27–Sept 10. Time to get loud!
Tweet media one
1
0
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
17 days
🎧 Are our views of #wildlife shaped by science—or by stories? 🐺 From ‘big bad wolves’ to honey-loving bears, cultural myths have shaped how we treat animals. With Claire Galloni D’Istria, we unpack these tales & their impact on conservation. #Forthewild.
Tweet card summary image
smartlink.ausha.co
Is everything we know about wildlife rooted in science—or is it shaped by cultural beliefs?  What role does culture actually play in the disappearance of species? Sometimes, how we act toward animals...
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
23 days
📣 'We’re not just defending traditions—we’re safeguarding a way of life that sustains the planet.' – Johanna Nilsson 💥 Motion 131 calls to protect old-growth #BorealForest in Sápmi. 🗳️ @IUCN members vote Aug 27–Sept 10. It’s time to get loud. 📎 Info:
Tweet media one
1
0
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
24 days
🌿 Sit with someone from your out-group. Listen deeply. Share your story. You might find common values—and shared human experiences that matter most. Read Michelle Reilly’s new essay in #IJW:
Tweet media one
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
1 month
#VoW 🚨 A crisis is unfolding in Kenya's southeastern lowlands. 200+ Indigenous families face eviction near Lake Jipe—home to #elephants & Maasai herders. Zach Mutinda joins Voices of Wilderness to share what’s at stake. 🎧 Listen:
Tweet card summary image
smartlink.ausha.co
A humanitarian and ecological crisis is rapidly unfolding in the southeastern lowlands of Kenya, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Over 200 Indigenous families are facing eviction from ancestral...
0
0
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
1 month
🌗 ‘Wilderness recovery, I firmly believe, is the most important task of our generation.’ -Dr. Reed Noss, Conservation Biologist. 💥 #Half is possible. To help us achieve our target support us at and join the #NNH movement:
Tweet media one
0
0
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
1 month
"Colonialism tried to silence us. Industry threatens to erase us—but the land remembers." – Johanna Nilsson, WILD Sápmi.🚩 Sweden is logging old-growth #forests 7x faster than the Amazon. Sámi herders resist—support them. 🔗
Tweet media one
0
2
3
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
🎧 Journalist Todd Wilkinson explores 3 urgent ideas: #wild places, #rewilding & de-wilding—the quiet erasure of nature. He sees journalism as activism, asking: Does #wildlife matter? And are we willing to change to protect it? 🌿
Tweet card summary image
smartlink.ausha.co
Todd likes to focus on three main ideas that many of us in this community are well acquainted with, and yet rarely stop to unpack them. First: wild places. Second: rewilding. And third: how to...
0
1
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
🌿 Why does #wilderness speak to us? Dan Abbe explores our connection to wild places in his new essay: ‘The Cross-Cultural Embrace of Wilderness Protection’ 🗞️ Read it in the latest issue of the #IJW: 🔗 Subscribe:
ijw.org
The International Journal of Wilderness is the tool of choice for wilderness managers and advocates.
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
📣 The Future For Nature Awards 2026 are now open for applications! Are you a young #conservationist (aged 18–35) committed to protecting #wild species? Then this is for you! 🗓️ Apply by August 25, 2025 at 23:59 CEST 🔗 Learn more:
Tweet card summary image
futurefornature.org
Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature...
0
0
1
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
#NNH 🌗 Justice isn't just for humans. Critics of large-scale protection overlook the non-human world—seeing Earth as property, not relationships. 🌍 Source: 🌱 Join us:
Tweet media one
1
1
2
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
#VoW 🎧Have you listened to our last podcast episode with Dan Abbe? 🌲 In our latest Voices of Wilderness episode, Dan Abbe explores how we can care for #wild places without trying to control them. 🔗 Listen here:
Tweet media one
1
1
2
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
🚩 Sweden is destroying old-growth #forests up to 7x faster than the Amazon. Sámi reindeer herders are on the frontlines—but they need global support. WILD Sápmi partners with Sámi communities to strengthen grassroots #forest defense. 💥 Join us:
Tweet media one
0
2
4
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
🌀 Nature works best when connected. Healthy ecosystems—and human communities—thrive through interdependence. 🌗 Nature Needs #Half unites 70+ groups to protect Half the planet’s lands and seas. 💥 Join us:
Tweet media one
1
3
5
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
🎧 We've shaped the land for millennia—so why do we still see nature as separate from us? In our latest Voices of Wilderness episode, Dan Abbe explores how we can care for #wild places without trying to control them. 🔗 Listen here:
Tweet card summary image
smartlink.ausha.co
Looking back, it’s hard to find a time when humans weren’t part of the natural landscape. We’ve shaped the land for millennia, and conversely, the land has shaped us - yet, we often talk about nature...
0
0
0
@wildfoundation
WILD Foundation
2 months
Boulder friends! Join Amy Lewis at the 'We Are Guardians' screening—June 18, 7 PM at the Dairy Arts Center! 🌿 This award-winning doc follows Indigenous forest guardians in Brazil. 🎟️ Tickets: 🎬 Trailer:
Tweet media one
0
1
1