Stories So Far.
My personal regenerative journey.
Wait, where have I been when? And what happened there that I want to remember? Sometimes, in order to make memories stick, let information become experience and knowledge, you need to write them down. I need to write them down. To be able to go back. To be able to reflect. These are insights, moments, and anecdotes about life, travels, and the people I have met and don’t want to forget.
Between years.
Sometimes you wake up or stop in your tracks and everything you did in the past year seems like a distant past, like a different self, like a dream. This morning is one of these days. For the last 5 years, I worked in regenerative agriculture, around management, as well
Finding the North Star.
I remember the night when I found it. I had looked at the night sky for years, maybe for decades, but always needed someone else to point it out to me. That night was different. After a really good community event, we went for a night walk. It was one
Seeking sense-fulness.
Experience. We learn through experiences. We change how we do things or even adapt our worldview through experiences. We can relate to others when we have similar experiences as they do. There is only so much that we can learn or use from information. If we don’t make it into
Developing your grazing strategy
So, what is Holistic Planned Grazing? Is it Mob Grazing, is it AMP grazing? Is it rotational grazing? But it’s definitely not continuous grazing or? The answer is yes and no. Most of the above are systems with a set of rules or guidelines that might work better or worse
Brittleness, tools, and funding yourself.
The last 6 days, I spent in Spain at an advanced, deep dive workshop into Holistic Management. Three different ecoregions with four different farming operations to see and listen. Seeing what different tools like (over)rest and (over)grazing do in brittle and non-brittle environments just 50 km apart was fascinating yet
The city and its overwhelm
It’s 04:30, and I can’t sleep anymore. I’ve been lying awake for an hour, listening to the wind outside the van and to the whirlwind of thoughts inside my head. I am back in Germany for less than 24 hours, and my brain is completely overstimulated. The intensity of conversations,
To show up in the world.
Coming back from the off-grid hike in the very north of Sweden, I also came back with a fresh look at my digital work. When I sat on the bus back from the hike, I was almost scared to be back in mobile service. To be present again on platforms
Everything falls into place while being outdoors. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 6]
The heaviness of the last day sets in. I don’t really wanna go back but my ankle tell me it’s okay. Six days with a heavy backpack, barefoot shoes, and a summit try was enough for now. It is crazy how I needed 4 days to actually get into the
When I sleep in a tent, I feel so much more refreshed. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 5]
Last night, when I lay awake because of the wind rushing through the trees around me, I felt so deeply grateful and happy to be here. That fascinates me during outdoor trips. When I sleep in a tent, no matter how interrupted and rough my sleep is, I feel so
Being unprepared made me fall in love. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 4]
I slept well, the wind caressing the night, and my dreams were vivid. I wrap up my stuff, hanging it on all sides of the tent. There’s a herd of reindeer grazing on grasses, forbs, and shrubs on the valley floor. I reach a way sign. The regular path leads
Being uncomfortable slows down time. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 3]
It is 04:00 am when I decide to end the night. I sit up and try to assess the situation. What a rough night. Wind and strong gusts came from different directions, slapping outer and inner tent against each other. The floor and bottom of the air mattress are completely
I drank from a stream. It tasted like adventure with a hint of moss and ancient ice. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 2]
I listen to the river rushing down in the valley and the soft rain drops hitting the tent. It’s 3 am. Yesterday was the first time in a long time that I drank directly from a stream. It tasted like adventure with a hint of moss and ancient ice stored
„Don’t pack your fears.“ [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 1]
I’m walking away from the bus station and feel the weight of my backpack. Why did I have to get more food? Last night, after arriving in Kiruna after a 15 hour bus ride, I panicked a little and bought more food. „Just for one more day“, I told myself.
Time is never wasted.
Time. One of our most precious resources. It’s also sort of weird to think of it as a resource. Probably the invention of the clock and then the watch made it a resource. Not just for ourselves, but for everyone interested in doing something with our time. Nowadays, like yesterdays,
Grazing For Resilience.
“So, how was Hungary?” When I arrived for my yearly ecological monitoring together with the Hungarian Savory Hub, my initial thought was that I was really worried. Worried about the result of no effective rain and high temperatures over the last 6-8 weeks. Worried after seeing so many dried-out pastures
All the stories so far...
- Between years.
- Finding the North Star.
- Seeking sense-fulness.
- Developing your grazing strategy
- Brittleness, tools, and funding yourself.
- The city and its overwhelm
- To show up in the world.
- Everything falls into place while being outdoors. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 6]
- When I sleep in a tent, I feel so much more refreshed. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 5]
- Being unprepared made me fall in love. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 4]
- Being uncomfortable slows down time. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 3]
- I drank from a stream. It tasted like adventure with a hint of moss and ancient ice. [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 2]
- „Don’t pack your fears.“ [Abisko to Nikkaluokta – Day 1]
- Time is never wasted.
- Grazing For Resilience.
- Plans are useless…
- When there was no waste.
- Our Habits.
- Patterns for our system.
- Regeneration is Relationship.
- Everyday we are a Mosaic of Landscape.
- 20.000 Steps.
- Regenerative Grazing.
- Nailing the details.
- A Gift.
- Managing for chaos.
- This is 44.
- The River.
- Land Stewards and Artists
- Sometimes – by David Whyte
- A Community Context,
- Getting off screens to be able to really see.
- Offline weekend – part 2.
- Offline weekend – part 1.
- This was my start.
- Going on a date with the land.
- Creating community to regenerate landscapes
- Management for regeneration.
- Falling.
- When one becomes many.
- The care for our things.
- A place to belong.
- Regeneration is about moving with the speed of life.
- Just for joy.
- AI can’t solve this.
- Feeling
- Strengthening community within community.
- Monitoring in Les Cévennes.
- Defining myself is like confining myself.
- A place’s memory
- Seeing with new eyes
- This is not a spoon.
- Coffee
- Caring capacity
- What is mine to do.
- Wintering
- Shifting perspectives. Hunting.
- Information. Experience. Knowledge.
- Principles of Regeneration.
- Technology
- Building relationship.
- The more beautiful questions.
- Ecological Health. Inside and outside.
- Plan. Monitor. Replan.
- Economically? Financially?
- Journey to health.
- EOV. Or why monitor?
- Leadership. Or Leadersheep?
- Re-Storying Community
- The good neighbor.
- Starting Points.
- Thought in between trees
- Unplanned. [US roadtrip 2022.]
- Holistic Management ist eine Reise.
- Becoming.
- Wildness and a bear. [US roadtrip 2022.]
- Holistic Management is a Journey.
- Clearing.
- Oregon‘s misty soul. [US Roadtrip 2022.]
- Wintering
- Californian Breakfast Diner [US Roadtrip 2022]
- Nevada Drive. [US Roadtrip 2022]
- Yosemite. [US Roadtrip 2022]
- Integrazers – timberland and wildfire prevention
- Zion. [US Roadtrip 2022]
- West Bijou Reflections
- West Bijou Reflections [US Roadtrip 2022]
- High Desert. [US Roadtrip 2022]
- Locks. [Our Nomadic Life 2022 – Fern Gully, Göteborg (Sweden)]
- Context
- Over the fence.
- Summer Solistice. [Our Nomadic Life 2022 – Encanto, Rönnäng (Sweden)]
- What do I do?
- Mrs? Mrs! [Our Nomadic Life 2022 – Doubtfire, Copenhagen (Denmark)]
- Brat. [Our nomadic life 2022 – Maribo (Denmark)]
- Closing Nature’s Cycle.
- Reality Check. [Our Nomadic Life 2022 – Casblanca (Bremen)]
- Regenerative Dairy?
- Expertus. Or Experii.
- Interbeing. [Our nomadic life 2022 – Batman, Windach (Bavaria).]
- Regeneration messbar machen. // Measuring regeneration.
- Desert in Brandenburg.
- Kingfisher. [Our nomadic life 2022 – Amelie, Neunburg vorm Wald (Bavaria)]
- New chapters. [Our nomadic life 2022 – Leaving Berlin]
- Reconnecting.
- Growing the local mycorrhiza network
- You can’t heal the earth. You can only heal places.
- Creating your lighthouse
- The new normal
- Feeling whole.
- Why everyone’s story matters
- Regenerating.
- Holistic Management – Methoden und Werkzeuge für komplexe Systeme (Teil 2)
- Holistic Management – Entscheidungsfindung in der Komplexität natürlicher Systeme (Teil 1)
- A new decade in the making.
- 5 steps to start with sustainability in your professional life
- In a state of not knowing
- San Francisco. A belated dream.
- Reliving the experience. [Across the Alps 2020]
- Munich to Venice [Across the Alps via bike]
- Leftovers. [Roadtrip around Norway #8]
- A Facilitator in Lockdown.
- I don’t want to know. [Roundtrip around Norway #7]
- My MacBooks.
- North. [Roadtrip around Norway #6]
- Blueberries. [Roadtrip around Norway #5]
- Parallel World. [Roadtrip around Norway #4]
- First snow. [Roadtrip around Norway #3]
- Old water. [Roadtrip around Norway #2]
- Do they blink? [Roadtrip around Norway #1]
- Day and night in a van [Woolleys Bay, 27.01.2020]
- Dark Caves with life [North Island, Waipu, 23.01.2020]
- Trails and Sun [Motatapu Track, 07.-08.01.2020]
- When the days were slow [North Island, 22.01.-28.01.2020]
- Sandflies and Bird Talk [Overnight in Doubtful Sounds, 17.-18.01.2020]
- This is Red the blue penguin
- Things that matter [Edoras, 05.01.2020]
- First hike, hard hike [Avalanche Peak, 03.-05.01.2020]
- Start with a teary eye [Brisbane, 31.12.2019]
- Micro adventure in Saxonian Switzerland [Sächsische Schweiz, 23.-24.11.2019]
- A short escape – Is this still Germany? [Rügen, 23.-25.08.2019]
- Diversity in city life, sustainability and nature [Helsinki, 29.05.-07.06.2019]
- An Easter trip to the Spreewald [20.-22. April]
- The Kerry Way: ~220 km around the Iveragh Peninsula
- Copenhagen – A new year of travels
- 1.554 miles Roadtrip Los Angeles to Omaha [US trip part 3: 07.-09. September 2018]
- Goodbye to the West Coast [US trip part2: 28.08.-06.09.2018]
- New York, New York – or: “I can still be overwhelmed by a city?” [US trip part 1: 24.08.-28.08.2018]
- A spontaneous 336km bike trip [Passau to Vienna, 6.8.-8.8.2018]
- 2 months in a glimpse and new US plans
- Home, weird, Home – Back with a playlist of memories
- Toronto – Goodbye Canada, I’m going home? [Across Canada – part 15: 15.-23.05.2018]
- Brockville – between 1000 islands and the big city [Across Canada – part 14: 08.-15.05.2018]
- Ottawa – A night in jail [Across Canada – part 13: 07.-09.05.2018]
- Nova Scotia – Canada‘s Ocean Playground [Across Canada – part 12: 28.04.-06.05.2018]
- Quebéc City – Haute, Basse et Nouvelle Ville [Across Canada – part 11: 23.-27.04.2018]
- Montréal – French for beginners [Across Canada – part 10: 19.-23.04.2018]
- Toronto – 10 lines for stopover 1 of 3 [Across Canada – part 9: 17.-19.04.]
- 48 hours to Toronto [Across Canada – part 8: 15.-17.04.2018]
- One night in Saskatoon [Across Canada – part 7: 14.-15.04.2018]
- Calgary [Across Canada – part 6: 10.-13.04.2018]
- No bears in Banff [Across Canada – part 5: 07.-10.04.2018]
- Lake Louise without the lake [Across Canada – part 4: 04.-07.04.2018]
- Beautiful ice cold spring in Jasper [Across Canada – part 3: 31.03.-04.04.2018]
- Train meditation from Vancouver to Jasper [Across Canada – Part 2: 30.03.-31.03.2018]
- Vancouver [Across Canada – Part 1: 21.03.-30.03.2018]
- Los Angeles — a rollercoaster ride (Part 2: 26.02.-20.03.2018)
- A short Nebraska Midwest side story
- San Francisco, Yosemite and Sequoia – Coastal roads and giant trees (California ~ 16.-25.02.2018)
- Los Angeles — I hate u, I love u (Part 1: 25.01.-16.02.2018)
- Big Island — sea creatures and good vibes (Hawaiian Island No. 4 ~ 17.-24.01.2018)
- Kaua‘i — A time travel backwards (Hawaiian Island No. 3 ~ 10.-17.01.2018)
- Maui – A road trip to valleys and volcano (Hawaiian Island No. 2 ~ 04.-10.01.2018)
- O’ahu – Gateway to Hawaii (Hawaiian Island No. 1, 29.12.2017 – 04.01.2018)
- Samoa – a short adventure across the Pacific (24.-29.12.2017)
- Fiji – a holiday from traveling (11.12.-23.12.)
- New Zealand – 10 weeks passed by in a glimpse – what’s next?
- The last 7 days in Auckland area (NZ ~ 03.-10.12.2017)
- Rotorua – My last new place (NZ ~ 30.11.-03.12.)
- Wellington and Taupo – again? Why? (NZ ~ 26.-30.11.)
- Dunedin, Oamaru, Christchurch and Picton – last days on the south island (NZ ~ 17.-26.11.2017)
- Sticky note: My oncoming travel destinations, the beauty of stories and what a crazy travelling year so far
- Stewart Island – The challenging North-West-Circuit (NZ ~ 06.-17.11.2017)
- The Kepler Track – 4 days or 4 1/2 hours
- The Milford Track – the “finest walk in the world” (NZ ~ 27.-30.10.2017)
- The “places to be” – Wanaka vs. Queenstown (NZ ~ 17.-25.10.2017)
- West Coast‘s rains (NZ ~ 12.-17.10.2017 )
- Abel Tasman Coast Trek – or why sandflies are the worst (NZ ~ 05.-11.10.2017)
- Sunny days in Windy Welli (NZ ~ Wellington)
- Auckland, Hamilton, Hobbiton and Taupo (NZ ~ 21.-01.10.2017)
- Sydney – or why I had no other choice
- Caught in a 5-days Singaporean sling (Sep 8th to 12th)
- The journey starts… bye Europe.
- Crossing the Alps from Oberstdorf to Vernago incl. bonus level (20.08.-29.08.)
- Camino de Santiago – the last steps from Santiago to Finisterre and Muxia (~120km)
- Goodbye work… and thank you.
- Taking a deep breath in Dublin area – 7th to 11th July 2017
- It starts getting real
- All beginnings are difficult