illustration of a girl grabbing her hair and working to pull herself out of the mud. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sometimes you have to pull yourself up

2. March 2019 – Facing the challenges alone

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Drawing of a local place sign with church, bar, park cafe etc. and two people sitting under it with smartphones and a hiker watching. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Creating livable cities by walking

Ever walked into a small town or village and wondered where all the locals are? – I think I know… they are online

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Walking to build relationships

Walking along the coast is a great way to get the kids offline and to relate both to each other and to the landscape

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Sandbags stops city from flooding

Illustration of a community working together to stop their town from being flooded by water – texted and non texted version

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Man in a gap of waste, in a hammock reaching out for a solution ( start walking) out of reach. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

From comfort zone to solution

Drawing up pollution, comfort zones and progress

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man with backpack thinking "maybe our steps define us more than our thoughts" art by Frits Ahlefeldt

Our steps define us more than our thoughts philosophy

Logbook 29. June 2018 – Love the simple logic of how the steps we take defines where we go

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Large,ancient baobab tree and people watering it. Color illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Baobab please don’t give up

Logbook – Giant Baobab trees dying – is it climate change? – can we help them?

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Hiker talking to a giant troll , illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sitting Troll illustration

Illustration: Storytelling from the trails can include encounters with giants

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Mother Earth reaching out to a stressed mobile phone looking man

Earth day – Why we are here

Drawing of Mother Earth reaching out to stressed businessman – Someone needs a hug drawing in texted and non-texted version

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Drawing of a small backpacker bull, angry and walking

Can Walking dissolve Anger?

Walking can resolve anger, it works, but why?

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Drawing of a tree with planet Earth cut down by greedy humans, while others watch in disbelieve

Illegal logging drawing

Logbook 15 Feb. – Nobody gains, in the long run, from the way illegal logging is destroying forests all over the planet today.

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pushing oneself close to the edge

By the edge

Logbook 9. Jan. The edge as a place

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Drawing of a kid looking at a blue snail on the trail, with a clock at the end of the trail and a woman looking hurried

Every little thing

Logbook note: 23 Dec. Taking time Drawing

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Drawing of people walking along different stories, drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

sketching up storylines – Life as paths

Logbook 16 Dec. Sketching thoughts on human life and experience seen as an unfolding story-line – what we learn along the way. Sketching up concepts for how to understand life as a walk along different paths

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Theory vs reality

Logbook note: Wondered about what knowledge might be today

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Drawing of a hiker between two signs saying the best for you and the best for all

Sketching up perspectives on the Common Good

Day with words and drawings – sketching up ideas and thoughts about the Common Good and hiking. What it is and might be in the future

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Man walking on a rainbow, model of the stages of wishful thinking, drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Rainbow Circle – stages of wishful thinking link

Wondering about the nature and logic of wishful thinking ( link to Hiking.org article )

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drawing of a river of time, with planets, stars and fishes

Mechanical time theory

Drawing of a strange universal time-machine in flow, with fish

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illustration by Frits ahlefeldt of a green nature helmet with biodiversity written on the side

Biodiversity helmet drawing

Can biodiversity keep us safe?

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Drawing of a guy falling into a gap

mind the gap illustration

Change as overcoming the gap

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