Looking up at the pine forest canopy.

Back in the forest. First time in a bit. Magic!

#photography #forest #forestfriends #mono #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #LetsShapeIt

Tree bark detail, looking like a ragged reddish landscape.

HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS?

‘Let’s listen, explore and find out
whether the circus around us
couldn't do with a new tune.’

Charlie Alice Raya, book 3, shaping

//
This = our ecological, economical, political, societal crises
#OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #photography #nature #climateAction #trees #scape

Trees on a stony beach, island of Rügen, and the ocean.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
and one where we choose to make the whole planet our concern.

#OurFuture #newyear #photography #nature #climate #campaigns #indiesky #booksky #musicsky #philsky #blacksky #planet #ThisIsOurWorld #biodiversity #strongertogether #trees #sea #coast #ocean

Street in Venice at sunset, long shadows of people walking and pausing. This photograph is available as Fine Art Print.

Maybe more importantly, this story illustrates ideas which might be worth testing in the real world for a real future.

🧵

#OurFuture #urbanism #photography #Venice #sunset #streetphotography #reality #fiction #rethinking #ThisIsOurWorld #prints

A slightly tilted image of the ocean in the orange morning light. There’s something eerie about the expanse and the relative calm.

/
What’s up?
Erm, where to start?

🌍🌏🌎✍️
#sunrise #ANewDawn #ocean #climate #mess #LackOfConnection #LackOfImagination #overshoot #exploitation #LackOfConnection #traumata #violence #LackOfConnection #photography #nature #wars #flights #ThisIsOurWorld #artists #writers #musicians #LackOfConnection

Ruin of a two-storey apartment building with bushes and trees growing in and around it.

DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude

Why is it important how we build?

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#community #explore #philsky #climate #urbanism #architecture #townplanning #thinking #systems #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #photography #nature #rewilding #ruins #vacancies #housingcrisis

Two swans behind each other on the beach with the sea in the background.

DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude

What does together mean?

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#community #explore #philsky #climate #urbanism #swans #birds #birdoftheday #birdsky #together #thinking #systems #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #photography #nature #coast #sea #beach

Large group of mushrooms on a tree stump in the forest.

DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude

How can we live
and explore together,
as local communities,
as global community?

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#community #explore #philsky #climate #urbanism #fungifriends #forestfriends #systems #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld

A group of mushrooms on a log with a view of the forest.

DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude

What does a community need?

#sociology #society #philsky #resist #climate #architecture #townplanning #urbanism #cityplanning #housing #rewilding #ecosystems #systems #ThisIsOurWorld #OurFuture #photography #fungifriends #forest #forestfriends #naturefriends #community

Dung beetle sitting on a leaf near the forest ground, looking as if it was surveying the land. Photo from September, taken on the island of Rügen.

DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude

What makes a community?

#sociology #society #philsky #resist #climate #architecture #townplanning #urbanism #cityplanning #housing #rewilding #ecosystems #systems #networks #feedbacks #tippingpoints #collapse #ThisIsOurWorld #WeCanShapeIt #OurFuture #photography #bugwatch

A spiral of mushrooms on a mossy spike which protrudes from a tree stump.

CELEBRATING NATURE

Why?

Because it’s

beautifully
imperfect,

chaotically
diverse,

incredibly
interwoven.

#nature #planet #climateaction #photography #fungifriends #fungi #forest #forestfriends #climate #mushrooms #naturefriends #biodiversity #ThisIsOurWorld #OurFuture

Fallen tree, trunk cracked in the middle, forming a triangle with the forest floor.

Earth will shake itself free of us?
Personally, I’d rather we discover that we don’t have to be destructors.

#photography #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #forest #trees #ClimateAction

book 4/1, campaigns & getting started, preview special, The Benefits of empowerment – views from around the universe

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THE BENEFITS OF EMPOWERMENT

‘The world would be richer and more advanced if we as humans had focused on asking which talents everyone has and not which colour.’

🧵

#empowerment #WeThePeople #philsky #simulations #OurFuture #booksky #writers #programming #photographers #artists #ThisIsOurWorld

Since the additional material is extensive, covering the role of stories, communication, community, city planning, taxes, media & more, I’ll probably use the whole week to interweave these issues & also connect them to prior campaigns.

#writing #resist #climate #philsky #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld

Green moss, partly with a film of white lichen or mould. A long, slim, grey, naked snail glides downwards on the moss. Photo from Thursday, in a forest on Usedom.

Today, I work on polishing & extending DAY 6, and on the accompanying material.

Most likely this new chapter will go online Sunday evening (GMT). 🧵

##writing #resist #climate #philsky #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #photography #moss #lichen #mould #snails #forests #nature #EverythingIsConnected

Touching beauty shot of Max, the dog. Perfect for marketing purposes.

DAY 7 #quotes

‘If you dare think about it, it really is clever marketing that shaped our present way of life. That means, it was never logical, rational or for the human wellbeing.

🧵

#photography #marketing #nature #OurFutureDay7 #dogsky #pr #philsky #resist #climate #ThisIsOurWorld #actnow

planet 35 //7 Breakfast It was a group of artists who said (without mentioning any of our ongoing wars) that they intended to build the longest breakfast table ever, one which would wind through every country, across every ocean, desert and mountain range without breaking, one that would be built with the help of local artists and craftspeople along the way, and then we would all eat together. And we did. All at the same time, all at the same table, each of us bringing food, breakfast food (regardless of the time of the day or night) – and we made peace. What is a breakfast but a beginning? What is a breakfast but the sharing of a meal? What is a breakfast but a time to look ahead and make plans for the day, together?

DAY 7, connecting to
THE END OF ALL WARS

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BREAKFAST

What is a breakfast but a beginning?

🧵🕊️

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#photography #breakfast #body #resist #nature #climate #OurFutureDay7 #ThisIsOurWorld #TheEndOfAllWars #strongertogether

We have normalised that someone else is in charge of taking action.

We need to make our fate our business, and that globally and together.

#WeThePeople #resist #takeAction #actNow #ThisIsOurWorld

Lush green tree canopies.

Let’s shape a world
where people & planet thrive.

#photography #nature #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #forest #forestfriends #trees

BOARD But despite the uproar, it seemed as if uncertainty was gaining momentum among journalists because: How many people can you call a traitor on a single day?‘The town project has a point,’ a reporter with an independent newspaper wrote. ‘It is time to END THE WAR AGAINST OURSELVES. Not putting our wellbeing and the restoration of our planet front and centre of all our considerations is nothing short of a full-frontal attack on ourselves. Tragically many of us seem unaware that we are at war with ourselves. Our narratives of competition, money hoarding and thumbing chests, and our justifications for depleting nature, all of this and more harms us, all of this goes against our best interests, all of this requires that we fight our most basic needs: air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink and such trifles like love, community, closeness, belonging, rest, reassurance, exchange, collaboration, connection with each other and with nature. The people who cry betrayal because our queen and several mayors have the courage to give their voice to a team who want to research what kind of systems, what kind of narratives, what kind of lives serve us, how we can find peace with ourselves, each other and nature — the people who cry betrayal because of something like that, they are at war with themselves. If they cared about themselves, they would care what this project might discover, and they would no longer act against their own interest.’

Moss & lichen

DAY 7, link to DAY 11,
ENDING THE WAR AGAINST OURSELVES

‘Not putting our wellbeing and the restoration of our planet front and centre of all our considerations is nothing short of a full-frontal attack on ourselves.’

#resist #body #photography #climate #OurFutureDay7 #ThisIsOurWorld #moss #lichen

Wilderness at a creek.

CAMPAIGNS FOR OUR FUTURE
will open a new chapter tomorrow.

Why?

Because our world is in a mess,
and it doesn’t have to be.

You are welcome to add your comments, artwork, ideas and discussions.

Our future is for us to shape

🧵

#OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #photography #nature #philsky #booksky

An old tree trunk split open like an abyss.

DAY 7
peek

‘How deep should we dig?’

‘As deep as it takes to get to the roots of what made us shape a world which is blindly stumbling into self-destruction.’

#thinking #rethinking #ThisIsOurWorld #forest #trees #nature #photography #abyss

we need to find the essence of what harms us and our natural world, and then we need to focus on removing and replacing everything that makes this harm possible. Over the last two campaign weeks, the Press Pause Campaign was all about: What is it that occupies us day and night? What is it that keeps us from thinking? What keeps us from healing? What keeps us from shaping a world that works? What are the things, thoughts and plans we can press pause on? What can we postpone in favour of finally dealing with the messes we as the people of this planet need to face? Plus, our team did a number of events on thinking and on how to focus.

Forest track with old trees and sunbeams.

‘We need to find the essence of what harms us and our natural world.’

#OurFuture #resist #climate #forests #forestfriends #future #theroad #WeThePeople #actnow #ThisIsOurWorld #trees #photography

Yellow lichen on twig in the sunlight.

HOW CAN IT BE DONE?

And how would I go about
- ending the use of crude oils
- pausing most animal farming
- restoring ecosystems?

In all cases, I would start with the following 🧵

#OurFuture #crudes #farming #restoring #ecosystems #rewilding #ThisIsOurWorld #Lichen #symbioses #photography #resist

Lichen, moss and plant in a crack between two metal blocks.

It’s quite simple:

We will not survive if we squeeze nature into a few cracks & deplete the rest of our planet.

We will only survive if we restore what we can & do so without delay.

And yes, that means: end crude oil extraction 🧵

#actnow #photography #fossilfuels #crudes #restore #ThisIsOurWorld

Uniquely stretched mushroom along the trunk of a tree. Could also be two merged together.

#fungifriends #photography

Funny mushroom find from last week.

I love that nature doesn’t comply with any ideas of conformity or sameness.

And I wonder how much we could win if we became the billions we are instead of copies of a few ideas.

#rewildingHumans #ThisIsOurWorld
#ISeeFaces #resist

Lichen on a fallen tree in the forest.

And my partner asked: ‘Did anyone of you follow the Make It Happen Stories marathon?’ I half-turned and saw my son blush. That’s stress, too: keeping secrets. My son cleared his throat. ‘I sent in three stories. The feedback was pretty OK.’ My other children gaped and my youngest asked: ‘Pretty OK?’ My son blushed more deeply. ‘Several thousand comments.’ I just love it when our children celebrate each other’s success. I remember wondering about this. But then I realised that my partner and I are always excited about the other’s success. And I’m glad that our children choose to do the same. ‘What are your stories about?’ my daughter asked. ‘My favourite story is called Breaking the Barriers. It’s set on a different planet like most Make it Happen Stories. It’s because on a different planet you can really focus on what you want to think about. Breaking the barriers is about people who live on a planet where everything goes down the drain.’ ‘Like on planet Earth?’ our youngest teased. My son nodded. ‘Yes, but it has only three countries and not as many unresolved traumata from the past. However, you have five groups of people: people who refuse to see that the way they live destroys their lives and the planet. You have people who see but believe that nothing can be done, and they continue with business as usual. You have people who live less harmful lives but are so frustrated and burned out that they need all their energy to get through the day. You have people who embrace exploitation and destruction, blame much of it on people they regard as unworthy and believe that there is only one true way to live and act. And finally, you have people who fight for a world without destruction.’ /1

‘Sounds pretty earthy to me,’ my daughter said. My son smiled. ‘A group of people went into seclusion, three decades before the events of the story. When they resurface, they see the world with the eyes of outsiders, clearly. And they soon identify what they need to do first.’ ‘Kick the asses of all exploiters and destructors?’ our youngest said. Our son smiled. ‘Nope. Unite those who say that they care about the future of their planet.’ I admit I swallowed, and I swallowed again when my son elaborated how people who had been active for people and planet, including journalists, had not just contributed to the abysmal state of the planet but were so divided, ‘drenched in conceit, self-righteousness, arrogance, lacking the heart, courage and wisdom to recognise their allies, that they failed to unite, and that they failed to elevate and support each other. The destructors,’ my son concluded, ‘could only get this strong because those who cared were too frustrated and too self-righteous to reflect on their actions and to seek out each other. That’s why the secludes decide to find a way to bring together the people who said they cared for planet and people. Because once they are united, they can rethink and reshape the world and everything else will fall into place.’ By now, I’ve read my son’s story, blushing more than ones, and spending some hours afterwards with contacting people I had either neglected or ignored for years. You can read this and other marathon stories on the Hub’s Campaign Square and in the Hub’s library. The stories marathon is not just a showcase of what millions of minds are capable of if they focus on creating visions for the future, it’s also a showcase of giving a stage to a great variety of voices and minds. It is lived empowerment.

// MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES
‘The destructors,’ my son concluded, ‘could only get this strong because those who cared were too frustrated and too self-righteous to reflect on their actions and to seek out each other.’
#mihs #strongertogether #unite #lichen #OurFuture #media #ThisIsOurWorld #photography

Orange image of a setting sun seen through the branches of a tree. Island of Rügen, September 2025

My daughter nodded. ‘I walked passed the lake, today. And there’s stuff that just don’t make sense, like a workout space at the shore that’s fully exposed to the sun, no shades. No one in their right mind would use that unless it’s a grey or rainy day. And that made me also realise that heat stresses. People speak of having to get used to heatwaves. But heat stresses: us, plants, animals. Heat isn’t neutral, or something we just have to put up with. And then I came to this spot that looks like a water access. But there’s no indication whether bathing would be safe. That makes no sense either, not with all the pollution that’s going on. I tell you, everything that doesn’t make sense stresses. I don’t want to be stressed. I want to live a long, healthy and fun life.’ My children high-fived.

// HEATWAVES
‘I tell you, everything that doesn’t make sense stresses. I don’t want
to be stressed. I want to live a long, healthy and fun life.’

#heatwaves #restoration #mitigation #tippingpoints #ClimateAction #actnow #ThisIsOurWorld #OurFuture #photography #sunset #nature #coast #BalticSea

Head of a swan on the beach.

When we took a look at the Hub’s Campaign Square again, the list of daily stress factors, compiled by Hub users, was long and growing. I was surprised, I admit, how clearly we can identify pretty much every stress factor we are confronted with — much of it unnecessary. There is no good reason for the lack of sufficient public toilets or fresh water fountains (No, making billions from drinking water is not OK. It’s robbery.) There is no good reason why foods shouldn’t be easily affordable. (No, the food industry doesn’t need to make billions. And no there is no need to speculate with foods on the global markets.) There is no good reason why we can’t make an effort to cultivate a less aggressive driving style, why we can’t smile at each other in the streets, why a city would be clogged with traffic, why we wouldn’t learn to respect each other’s bubbles and so on.

// NO GOOD REASON

I was surprised, I admit, how clearly we can identify pretty much every
stress factor we are confronted with — much of it unnecessary.

#OurFuture #resist #ThisIsOurWorld #Stress #photography #swan #wildlife #actnow

A forest track with old and younger trees , some thick branches arch over the track.

BREATHER

The next post will be all about STRESS FACTORS, so here a photo for a brief stress-release-breathing meditation.

#breathe #meditation #stress #ThisIsOurWorld #forest #photography #TheRoad #tracks #usedom #beeches #oldtrees

photo
Island of Usedom, Baltic Sea
17 June 2025