Sketched up this drawing yesterday… Researching it, I wonder why it is so often the young that have to change the ways of the adults, and the kids that take action to stop their parents from ruining our planet
Stopping the shopping
Is Earth the burning platform?
Watching images of burning forests all around the world I looked up...
The community as umbrella
Our relationships and communities as an umbrella of people protecting us and helping us facing challenges together
Climate as circular storytelling
Drawing of self-watering can with a landscape inside as one way to explain circularity
Wood Wide Web Heart
Some believe that trees are not only able to communicate through their roots but also connect, think and feel like a giant natural, ancient Earth creature
Hiking along a rising sea
One of the strongest lines of defense against rising sea levels and climate change can be coastal trails on dykes
Paradox of cars and climate change
Logbook 15 March - The worse and more extreme the weather becomes... The more people wants to stay in their cars
Climate Change vs business as usual
The approaching sea level rise, with walls of water heading for our cities is so scary that most of us simply ignore it
Driving beside kids that rather walk
3. March 2019 As parents we often drive our kids to what-ever and where-ever they need to go - But walking together with them is a better alternative
Ivory towers and islands
The classic silo mentality is something many of us try to battle, but these defense towers like structures are more incorporated into our mindsets than we like to imagine and before we know it, we're back in the silo
Coastal innovation light bulbs
Creating networks and open innovation along the coastline is key to find ways to support the thrive of local communities and biodiversity, and help us all face local and global challenges like sea level rise and pollution
Coastal attraction below the water
Understandings of the coastline do not need to stop at the surface of the water - Seeing things under the water can create whole new levels of experiences and knowledge
Not Ready City facing flooding
Illustration of high waves approaching a city - People looking out of windows saying "we are not ready "
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
Coastal management lady
Construction machines making their way to build coastal barriers and a lady standing on the beach worried about the looks of it
Fishing from the balcony
Drawing of a man sitting up in an apartment fishing from the balcony
Flooding man on the beach
Drawing of a man with smartphone on the beach while houses are flooded around him
Green rubber boot house
Building made to be resistant against flooding and sea level rise
Wave energy idea
Idea for way to combine walls against rising seas with harvesting electrical energy from waves
Fish in a sea of plastic
Drawing of a fish surrounded by plastic waste and micro beads
Sea level rise in harbor
Researching consequences of sea level rise, drawing of low and high water
Climate Change and Monster rain
Citizens to stop extreme weather
Water is everything
Illustration: Begging for water
Only Change is Real
Drawing and quote from: Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. About change
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