#place-making

Bringing nature back into town #architecture #design #ecology #nature #hiking #sustainability

Finding ideas for better and greener cities along the trails

Drawing and text by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org

Bringing new ideas for thrive and greener cities back from the hiking trails

“Take only photographs, leave no trace” used to be the way to go when hiking, but new urban trends has emerged. Today cities all over the world are greening and nature is slowly finding its way back to the city…

Feeling of a place #hiking #architecture #design #dwelling #wellness #home

Hiking through the middle of nowhere – to come to a place

Drawing and text by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sketch of a place in the middle of nowhere, Drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Ever tried to walk in a landscape that seemed endless, where nothing, beside the trail, ever seemed to have been touched by humans? Great, lonely and timeless… Then to suddenly arrive at a very different place, maybe a small, old and…

Connecting Cities to Nature, without cars #smartmobility #public #hiking #nature #trains #publicgood #health

Smart mobility, public transport and hiking connect well together

Notes on connection cities and nature with public transport. Drawing and text  By Frits Ahlefeldt

Connecting nature to the cities with smart, public transportation

National parks and the fast growing cities can help each other if connected by smart, light public transportation. Something that will both benefit the stressed out city…

Two kinds of loneliness #Hiking #feelings #solo-hiker #landscapes #illustration #psychology

Is it wrong to feel lonely?

Text and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org

Two kinds of loneliness illustration, by Frits Ahlefeldt

In surveys more and more people states that they often feel lonely and have no close friends. This is especially –  and a bit strange – a growing problems in the large urban centers, where there are people all around. On the hiking trails and in nature…

Coastal trails, green villages and climate change #globalwarming #hiking #drawing #sustainability

Building coastal communities, resilience and health at the same time

Text and CreativeCommons drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Extreme green coastal village illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt

The coastal areas are challenged by climate change, both from rising sea levels and from new magnitudes of extreme weather that can cause more damage to coastal areas in a few hours than many years of normal weather.…