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"A life as hunters and gatherers is the life we were meant to live. A life in which we become the free and wild beings we really are, in which all other beings become our sisters and brothers. A life based on mutual respect, instead of the now almost ever present exploitation." - The wild growing collective in Sweden. "At first I just wanted to get away from society, Johan says, "I wasn't comfortable there, but now I have begun to think that there may be a reason why I was born in this age." He has now spent a year and a half in a handmade cottage in the forest outside of Stockholm. The aim is to present an alternative lifestyle to people and show them that there are other ways to live than what modern society suggests. "Civilisation is a war against nature," says Johan, and hopes that his initiative will have a positive effect on the environment. He has both attended and tought others in different wilderness courses, and he works through the internet to spread information to who ever is interested. This summer he held a one week course with about a hundred people from all over the world, in his forest. Still it is difficult for Johan to survive in the wild. It is illegal to hunt with primitive weapons or traps in Sweden, to manage, Johan eats perfectly good food from the supermarket garbage containers. He calls this recycling. (KEYSTONE/KONTINENT/Linda Forsell)