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.
Trails and Sun [Motatapu Track, 07.-08.01.2020]
I’m standing in my red swim shorts outside the food truck and bite into a fried kiwi. We just returned from an overnight hike and the girl from Utah we gave a ride back to Wanaka told us about the nearest laundry-o-mat, conveniently in the back of the central gas
When the days were slow [North Island, 22.01.-28.01.2020]
We sit in a coffee shop. I have just read the introduction of David Sedaris‘ „Theft by Finding“. A fly crawls up and down my forearm. My flat white with oat milk rests on the table in front. The barista has a painted picture of himself as an icon with
Sandflies and Bird Talk [Overnight in Doubtful Sounds, 17.-18.01.2020]
The one thing we had actually booked and planned ahead of stepping onto New Zealand’s ground was an overnight kayaking trip in Doubtful Sounds. Doubtful Sounds being the “little, less disturbed by tourists sister” of Milford Sound. Partly – or mostly? – because you can’t reach it as easy as
This is Red the blue penguin
by guest blogger, Bridget How does this story begin? I guess, like many good novels, with a little research. I was trying to prepare myself for our month long trip to New Zealand, which I was excited for, but also a bit anxious. I was anxious because everyone who’s visited
Things that matter [Edoras, 05.01.2020]
„I’m quoting The Lord of the Rings all day today.“ Bridget looks at me absolutely serious. We are on our way to Mount Sunday, a rather unknown hill on the south island. If you tell someone, that name definitely rings no bells. It would probably not even have a name
First hike, hard hike [Avalanche Peak, 03.-05.01.2020]
„Why did we pick this as our first hike?“ Bridget asks, catching her breath after a long uphill section. I frown while trying to slow my heartbeat. „Because it was the first on our route?“ We are somewhere in the middle of the 1.100 meters in altitude we have to
Start with a teary eye [Brisbane, 31.12.2019]
This is the first of a couple of upcoming short travel notes from our 1-month-escape to New Zealand as I figured out that I really enjoy writing small notes. Just some real moments. We also took a lot of videos and I hope Bridget will edit an amazing short video
Micro adventure in Saxonian Switzerland [Sächsische Schweiz, 23.-24.11.2019]
After way too many weeks in the cities and being trapped in an air cask because of my broken foot I set my eyes on a free weekend to get outdoors again. The Saxonian Switzerland is a hilly area and national park about 3 hours from Berlin. It is a
A short escape – Is this still Germany? [Rügen, 23.-25.08.2019]
“Do you know the Jasmund National Park? We should go there for a weekend!” I have to admit in Europe I don’t know any of our beautiful parks by name, only by region. Yosemite, Yellowstone – yes, these names are everywhere, but Jasmund? “Oh, it’s on Rügen! I’ve never been
Diversity in city life, sustainability and nature [Helsinki, 29.05.-07.06.2019]
When I heard the World Circular Economy Conference would be hosted in Helsinki this year I set my eyes on doing a combined trip to get my first time Finland in a good mix. Luckily it also turned out just right with my upcoming full-time project in Hamburg and so
An Easter trip to the Spreewald [20.-22. April]
The Spreewald – a beautiful biosphere reserve in Brandenburg about 1 hour south-east of Berlin. Perfect for kayaking, perfect for camping. And perfect for my brand-new imported tent which Bridget brought me from the states. With the weather forecast “sun all weekend” we set out for a short but beautiful Easter getaway.
“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.” ~Henry David Thoreau
The Kerry Way: ~220 km around the Iveragh Peninsula
Day 0 Killarney: We arrive at the small airport of Kerry. Very small. It’s surrounded by green fields and I wonder for a second how they keep the sheep away from the arriving planes. Well, the two planes a day that touchdown here in the south west of Ireland. A
Copenhagen – A new year of travels
We arrive early on Saturday after a stressed night on the bus. A baby kept everyone awake and the change between bus to ferry and bus again didn’t help either. Three hours of sleep have to get us through the first day. It’s sunny and cold on this Saturday morning
1.554 miles Roadtrip Los Angeles to Omaha [US trip part 3: 07.-09. September 2018]
When the canyon lands in Utah showed up in front of me for the first time I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Knowing these pictures from movies is one thing. But being part of it. It felt so unreal driving in a world like no other and I had a
Goodbye to the West Coast [US trip part2: 28.08.-06.09.2018]
Wait, haven’t I been here before? Yes, it’s undeniable. I like to see places again. It seems if I like a place I have to return at least once more and not too long after to preserve the image and feeling. So San Francisco and LA were again on the
All the stories so far...
- Your journey is your journey. – Midlife reflection Part 2
- Give kindness to yourself. – Midlife reflection Part 1
- As well as.
- 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