Thrive

drawing of woman meditating

Thrive

What is Thrive?

Thrive is essential to how well we like to be on this planet, how we feel and how much we want to take care, both of each other, but also of the environment, our relationships and the different communities we belong to.

Drawing of an alarm clock, with hearts as numbers. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Alarm clock story

Drawing of a man in black clothes asking a dude in front of the ocean in a sunchair. "did you take my my black glasses". Nop mine are all golden with rosa glass" he answers. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Colliding mindsets

Illustration of a lonely boy on a seesaw. Drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Selv-isolation and loneliness

Drawing of four doors, Social media, gaming, reality ( out of order sign) and Film. Cartoon illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Reality out of order

Keeping our distance

Drawing of a farmer in a red tractor thinking "what can I do?" while birds flee and factories darken the sky. A hiker in the corner. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Those closest to the problems can be the best to help solve them

Illustration of a hiker facing a motivation gap with stepping stones. Psychology drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Jumping the motivation gap

Drawing of two young people putting to huge puzzle pieces together, spelling "facts" Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Seeing the bigger picture

Drawing of a hiking girl with a huge backpack with the word "expectations" written on it. And a guy offering her a ride in a fancy car, with the word expectations written on it. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Dealing with expectations when hiking

Drawing of an umbrella with faces on it. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

The community as umbrella

Walkable city designers and project workers getting an offer from a man with a wheelbarrow full of cars. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Creating livable cities by walking

People running towards an edge with a huge banner that states "be the edge" - falling down on the other side. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

The challenge of being the edge

Sketch of the words HABIT created like a building, and a void, and with a path between them. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Hiking between high and low habits

Two hikers in the rain, one with an umbrella the other with boots. Each seeing what he miss. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Appreciating what we have

Two hikers meet one ask the other are you doing the whole trail. Yes from cradle to grave the other answer. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Life is the ultimate long distance hike

Man sitting in front of a number of targets with a bow and arrow, looking indecisive. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Arrow man with many targets

People walking past trail as home sign. drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Home Sweet Story

illustration of man sitting in car beside kid walking. Man on phone saying "he insisted on walking, should we worry" drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Driving beside kids that rather walk

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

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

Walking to build relationships

Sandbags stops city from flooding

Drawing of a hiker sitting by dumped products. Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Knowing what we need

fierce looking blue fish

illustration of a man-in-nature deficit-disorder-technology-by-frits-ahlefeldt

Nature Deficit disorder

Hiker and Santa Claus sitting at a fireside. Cartoon illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Tired of the long Christmas lists

Landscape with hikers and the text handwritten it is better to walk about thinking than to think about walking - thought and illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

It’s better to walk about thinking than think about walking

Drawing of two hikers on each side of a mountain top both saying you are over the edge. illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Conflicts around the edge

Money Cloud illustration

illustration of hiker sitting while a butterfly lands on her knee. hope is a butterfly text. art by Frits Ahlefeldt

Hope is a butterfly

Hiker in green clothes and high hat, inspired by the Snufkin from the Moomin books

Snufkin one of the classic hiker archetypes

Reach out by walking together

Reach out by walking together

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

Baobab tree with a community around it

Trees and communities

woman looking stressful, drifting at sea on a small raft. drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Stress – One of its many faces

Mother Earth reaching out to a stressed mobile phone looking man

Earth day – Why we are here

Can Walking dissolve Anger?

Can Walking dissolve Anger?

pushing oneself close to the edge

By the edge

Hiking sitting at cross road and a quote: "nothing will work unless you do" by Maya Angelou

Nothing will work unless you do

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

hiker in a goal target circle, moving on

positions vs directions

Theory vs reality

Train running on music, not coal, drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sketching up landscapes of understanding

Four smokers illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

Thoughts on smoking as identity

Can hiking solve global problems?

It is no use walking anywhere quote from Francis Assisi

800 year old walk the talk quote

I like long walks especially when they are taken by people who annoy me - quote by fred allen, illustration by frits ahlefeldt

I like long walks quote

drawing of a stressed out father saying dad's here to his kid, even though he is still work running

avoid stress Don’t bring your work home

mind the gap illustration

mind the gap illustration

Conflict drawings who is right is sometimes not important

Outdoor school