Simo­ne Böcker is a jour­na­list and expert on food and natu­re issues. She spent 10 years report­ing from Bul­ga­ria and other Bal­kan count­ries, main­ly for public broad­cas­ters. This was fol­lo­wed by a Master’s degree at the „Slow Food“ Uni­ver­si­ty of Gas­tro­no­mic Sci­en­ces in Pol­len­zo (Ita­ly), whe­re she dis­co­ver­ed wild herbs. The sub­ject of eth­no­bo­ta­ny — the sci­ence of the rela­ti­onship bet­ween humans and plants — inspi­red her, as did the rea­liza­ti­on that so much of natu­re is edi­ble. She foun­ded her wild plant busi­ness UNKULTIVIERT in 2017 and orga­ni­zes work­shops and wild herb walks in Ber­lin and the sur­roun­ding area, coll­ects and expe­ri­ments with wild herbs in the kit­chen and is always on the loo­kout for new tas­te expe­ri­en­ces. Her book „Rewil­ding: In search of a balan­ce bet­ween man and natu­re“ was published in 2023.

Con­tents:

Dar­ing more wil­der­ness — for a com­ple­te­ly new rela­ti­onship with natu­re. Simo­ne makes us want to put on our rewil­ding glas­ses and see natu­re more as a sub­ject. This should not be seen as a sacri­fice or a loss. We can expe­ri­ence a lot of hap­pi­ness through this rela­ti­onship, not in a com­pe­ti­ti­ve mind­set, but in tog­e­ther­ness and recipro­ci­ty.