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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 23/03/2026

REFLECTIONS I occasionally train my Zen (which still needs work) by chatting with strangers about nature, wearing curiosity like a shield against impatience. Today, a gran pushed a mower along the street & without prompting told me he had to mow. 🧵1/4 #gardening #mowing #rewilding #photography

Spreewald canal, large tree reflected in the water. A green stripe of grass separates the image. I added saturation to give the grass extra intensity.

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 24/03/2026

#DailyLichen & #DailyReminder that : Mutually beneficial relationships create worlds. Divides only hold us back. : #LICHEN A colony of algae or cyanobacteria living in a mutually beneficial relationship with multiple fungus species & along other bacteria. #fungifriends #OurFuture #strongertogether

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

RETHINK ‘We don’t have any time to lose. Our world needs some major rethinks. Stories can help. Imagine authors, storytellers, creators from around the world bent their minds on shaping a world that thrives. 🧵/3 #OurFuture #photography #photohighlightsFeb26 #etbs #visions #writing #lichen

Lichen in the forest, looking a bit like a face.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

‘We said we don’t want wars, but we didn’t explore how to make sure that wars could never happen again.’ THE END OF ALL WARS the-end-of-all-wars.net #OurFuture #EndAllWars #photography #mono #forest #forestfriends #creek #scape #nature #photohighlightsFeb26

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

WAVE OF DEFIANCE CHANGE THE STORY SHAPE THE WORLD #OurFuture #ItsOurWorld & PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS Jan 2026 by CHARLIE ALICE RAYA landscaping 22 Jan 2026, Seebad Ahlbeck, Usedom, Baltic Sea #photohighlightsJan26 #photography #nature #frozen #winter #BalticSea #usedom #beach #sea #coast

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

THE TURNING POINT ‘We need all the stories we can get to shape our world, to create visions, to turn the table on what makes us sick, to stand up to those who misled us.’ #OurFuture #photography #streetphotography #filter #amwriting #writing #authors #writers #booksky #writingcommunity #solarpunk

We need all the stories we can get to shape our world, to create visions, to turn the table on what makes us sick, to stand up to those who misled us, and probably themselves, with their stories of betrayals, competition, superiority, dominance and everything that damaged us and our planet.

quoted from book 4, building, part 1, campaigns, by Charlie Alice Raya

street life, 2007-2010, Berlin
photo series by Charlie Alice Raya

Woman with red headscarf crosses the street.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR and one where we choose to write the stories which will allow us to shape a world where people and planet thrive. #OurFuture #newyear #photography #nature #climate #writing #writers #authors #solarpunk #climatefiction #booksky #amwriting

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

👇NEW STORY!👇 How a people ended their wars by connecting to their bodies. the-end-of-all-wars.net/planet-3-it-...

the-end-of-all-wars.net

planet 3, IT ALL STARTS WITH THE BODY – the end of all wars

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 29/11/2025

// MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES ‘The destructors,’ my son concluded, ‘could only get this strong because those who cared were too frustrated and too self-righteous to reflect on their actions and to seek out each other.’ #mihs #strongertogether #unite #lichen #OurFuture #media #ThisIsOurWorld #photography

And my partner asked: ‘Did anyone of you follow the Make It Happen
Stories marathon?’ I half-turned and saw my son blush. That’s stress,
too: keeping secrets. My son cleared his throat. ‘I sent in three
stories. The feedback was pretty OK.’ My other children gaped and my
youngest asked: ‘Pretty OK?’ My son blushed more deeply. ‘Several
thousand comments.’ I just love it when our children celebrate each
other’s success. I remember wondering about this. But then I realised
that my partner and I are always excited about the other’s success. And
I’m glad that our children choose to do the same. ‘What are your stories
about?’ my daughter asked. ‘My favourite story is called Breaking the
Barriers. It’s set on a different planet like most Make it Happen
Stories. It’s because on a different planet you can really focus on what
you want to think about. Breaking the barriers is about people who live
on a planet where everything goes down the drain.’ ‘Like on planet
Earth?’ our youngest teased. My son nodded. ‘Yes, but it has only three
countries and not as many unresolved traumata from the past. However,
you have five groups of people: people who refuse to see that the way
they live destroys their lives and the planet. You have people who see
but believe that nothing can be done, and they continue with business as
usual. You have people who live less harmful lives but are so frustrated
and burned out that they need all their energy to get through the day.
You have people who embrace exploitation and destruction, blame much of
it on people they regard as unworthy and believe that there is only one
true way to live and act. And finally, you have people who fight for a
world without destruction.’

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‘Sounds pretty earthy to me,’ my daughter said. My son smiled. ‘A group
of people went into seclusion, three decades before the events of the
story. When they resurface, they see the world with the eyes of
outsiders, clearly. And they soon identify what they need to do first.’
‘Kick the asses of all exploiters and destructors?’ our youngest said.
Our son smiled. ‘Nope. Unite those who say that they care about the
future of their planet.’ I admit I swallowed, and I swallowed again when
my son elaborated how people who had been active for people and planet,
including journalists, had not just contributed to the abysmal state of
the planet but were so divided, ‘drenched in conceit,
self-righteousness, arrogance, lacking the heart, courage and wisdom to
recognise their allies, that they failed to unite, and that they failed
to elevate and support each other. The destructors,’ my son concluded,
‘could only get this strong because those who cared were too frustrated
and too self-righteous to reflect on their actions and to seek out each
other. That’s why the secludes decide to find a way to bring together
the people who said they cared for planet and people. Because once they
are united, they can rethink and reshape the world and everything else
will fall into place.’ By now, I’ve read my son’s story, blushing more
than ones, and spending some hours afterwards with contacting people I
had either neglected or ignored for years. You can read this and other
marathon stories on the Hub’s Campaign Square and in the Hub’s library.
The stories marathon is not just a showcase of what millions of minds
are capable of if they focus on creating visions for the future, it’s
also a showcase of giving a stage to a great variety of voices and
minds. It is lived empowerment.

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 28/11/2025

‘We need a lot more stories out there. I tried to find a movie to watch last night, and all I saw were reiterations of the old narratives, of the big evils and the great saviours. I think those stories are partly responsible for our planet’s troubles.’ 🧵 #writers #amwriting #authors #booksky #hero

This night, after the play, Kahu and Alice sat on the roof of the Back House for a break. ‘It’s a shame you missed the play,’ Kahu remarked, handing Alice a glass of red wine. Alice smiled. ‘I saw the audience leaving. Every one of them moved to the core, it seemed to me. And Bülent said, he wants to work with your team to make plays of all the other universe stories you and your friends created about how they ended the wars on their planets.’ Kahu smiled and clinked glasses with Alice, saying: ‘We need a lot more stories out there. I tried to find a movie to watch last night, and all I saw were reiterations of the old narratives, of the big evils and the great saviours. I think those stories are partly responsible for our planet’s troubles. And I fear we’ll need to break through the crust of those stories with thousand if not millions of new stories which paint a world where we use our minds, where we decide to create, to build, to nurture, where we have discovered ways to deal with the damages we carry and with those we inflicted.’ Alice smiled broadly. ‘Anything you need to make that happen, just tell me.’

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 26/11/2025

THE BIG CLEAN-UP ‘Here we were, staring at the yellow figure of the crazy woman on our phones who had just made the most preposterous proposal – which to our surprise sounded absolutely sensible.’ the-end-of-all-wars.net/planet-eight... #ClimateAction #WeThePeople #resist #photography #nature

Sky, dramatic & hopeful, photographed this afternoon.

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 24/11/2025

‘Oh, universe. Hear my call. We are so screwed and we keep screwing up. Our planet is dying and we have nothing better to do than to go to war with our fellow humans. Oh, dear, dear, universe, could you help us to exorcise all the nonsense in our heads?’ Julie laughed. #universe #graphics #philsky

‘Narratives! It all comes down to the narratives we have internalised,’ Julie said.

‘Can we externalise them?’ Josie asked.
Julie chuckled. ‘Maybe we could exorcise them.’
Laughing, Josie did a little dance around an imaginary fire, calling on the powers of the universe. ‘Oh, universe. Hear my call. We are so screwed and we keep screwing up. Our planet is dying and we have nothing better to do than to go to war with our fellow humans. Oh, dear, dear, universe, could you help us to exorcise all the nonsense in our heads?’
Julie laughed.

And the universe opened a sleepy eye, frowning.

This is part of the collection: THE END OF ALL WARS.

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 24/11/2025

THE GREATEST POWER WE HAVE is to refuse to play along with the idiocies of autocrats, warmongers, oligarchs, and everyone else who doesn’t put people & planet first. The story below is about ENDING ALL WARS. The method used is applicable for #nokings #generalstrike. #photgraphy #forest #resist

Horizontally blurred lines of the lights of a clinic, shining through between the trees of a forest.

//5 WAR IMPOSSIBLE

On our planet no one dares to start a war. Not a clan war. Not a tribal war. Not a war between regions. Not a global war. Of any kind.

Why?

Because the moment anyone raises a fist or a gun, the moment anyone is exposed as producing weapons, the moment someone smuggles a missile to a potential launch site, the moment we, the people of our planet, hear about anything like that, we stop to work, we stop to go to the theatres, restaurants, football games, museums, cinemas, shops.

What do we do instead?

We meet in the streets, bring our chairs, our children and pets. We share our foods and chat.

At first, we only reacted to wars and threats of war. By now, we go on strike globally whenever we hear of violence, abuse, exploitation, oppression, destruction and all other violations against us, our fellow humans and against nature.

Admittedly, we love meeting in the streets and chatting. But we also love our power. We love how the agitators try to send negotiators. We love how they try to manipulate us. It’s such a laugh.

But you know, once we were globally connected, we had the upper hand because we are the majority and no one messes with us.

money, to be entertained — while enjoying quality time in our streets — until the aggressor backs off, until the violation and its source are removed and brought to justice.

You see, they have to back off. You can’t go to war if everyone is having a chat in the streets. You can’t keep plotting to destabilise a country if no one is listening. You can’t ransack a country if no one is available to do the ransacking with you.

Yes, sometimes it rains. And it’s a beautiful picture when you look out of the window at the sea of umbrellas.

No, music though.

We always party afterwards — and a lot.

But during our strikes we are simply together, letting all concerned know that violations of any kind cannot happen.

Not on our watch.

We will not look away. We will not normalise. We will not pretend that there is nothing we can do.

Because we know by now that we have all the power in the world when we come together and refuse to be part of a society where violence, injustice, inequality, oppression, discrimination or damage to our environment is on anyone’s agenda.

This story is part of the collection: THE END OF ALL WARS.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Stories can be a gateway to change. This story is a blueprint of how we can get out of our messes - together. For our future we can’t wait for existing systems to deliver, we need to make the planet and our future our concern. When we do, we can finally shape a world that works for us. #COP30

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

THE AGE OF THE RIDICULER a testimony from another planet for DAY 14 THE CHALLENGE DAY ‘The age of the ridiculer is a very honourable age and comes with the great responsibility of administrating ridicule whenever a member of our society needs grounding and self-reflection.’ #booksky #universe

THE AGE OF THE RIDICULER
Views from around the universe, book 4, building, part 1

In the evening, Alice chose to attend the final of the nine The universe is worried shows. She didn’t have time for it. But she still hadn’t found her balance and needed something to distract her, something that might allow her to clear her mind. Halfway into the show, Alice was laughing heartily and began to feel better.
This night, the universe spoke about heroes — that is, the seven members of the universe alliance, six of whom sat on armchairs crafted from great tree roots, shared stories from their planets — tonight about heroes.
The present speaker stood at the front of the stage. They wore a kind of armour made from thousands of small cones, comparable to those humans might find on cypresses, and whenever they moved or raised their arms, the rattling cones sounded like soft rain.
‘I remember the period when I was initiated into the age of the ridiculer, which is a very honourable age and comes with the great responsibility of administrating ridicule whenever a member of our society needs grounding and self-reflection. It is part of the initiation ritual to find and present something extraordinary to ridicule. My five parents advised me to take a weeklong journey along the three-islands-bridge-path circle and to seek inspiration. But a storm forced me deeper inland, on the second island, and I found shelter in an old library which was cared for by a family of sixteen. It was there

that I heard about heroes for the first time, and I laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Never in my life had I heard anything this ridiculous. A hero! A single person who would make everything right? Ridiculous!
“You are right to laugh,” said one of the library’s elders. “But here is something you might not know. You are only capable of seeing the hero for what he is, because your mind has been trained to think for itself, your body has been trained to act for itself, your soul has been nurtured so that it can trust and bond with your fellow humans, animals and plants alike. It’s not like that everywhere. On some planets, humans have lost all sorts of connections. And a human without connections is a scared creature. A scared creature’s mind, body and soul are often scarred, damaged, in need of healing, and rarely get what they need to be whole, balanced, capable of trust and bonding.”
“But that is dreadful!” I exclaimed and felt echoes in my body, mind and soul of incredible pain such disconnections must cause.
“They rarely feel the pain any more,” the elder said. “They only sense what they call anxiety and helplessness. It’s a state where they lost their grounding.”
“But don’t they have anyone who could ridicule them?”
The elder shook their head. “Sadly, not in a way that would allow them to find purchase.”
“How dreadful!” I exclaimed, shook my head and asked: “Is this why they invented heroes?”

The elder smiled. “Yes. Throughout the universe, hope is every creature’s constant companion. Hope made desperate people dream of someone whole, someone who could rescue them from their dismal world and restore a world full of promise.”
“How sad,” I said and wondered whether I could ever ridicule an idea which made matters worse for humans on other planets.
Some days later, after studying the circumstances of how heroes, saviours and great leaders came about, I decided to find something less tragic for my presentation. I also decided, that, should I ever get the chance to travel to a planet where heroes paralyse a people, I would offer my friendship, my stories and my gentle ridicule to them.’
The speaker bowed, the small cones rattled softly, and the audience applauded.
‘What’s wrong with heroes?’ a young boy called, and Alice recognised Davie’s voice. She found him and Jack two rows behind her. Jack smiled at Alice. And the speaker on the stage said: ‘Thank you, young human. I have high hopes for you. Asking questions is a great antidote for all sorts of damages, provided one is favoured with the occasional answers.’
‘And what is your answer?’ Davie called, grinning.
The speaker smiled. ‘The hero only exists in the timid mind, never in reality. There is never a single person who can make everything right. And also, there is never a perfect constant, never a perfect world the hero could restore. The world, on any planet, is always an

accumulation of moments, some of them perfect. Any imbalance, and imbalances happen frequently on all planets which are alive, any imbalance is noticed by all concerned, and balance is restored by those people who are best equipped to counter this or that imbalance. The trouble is if you allow for heroes in stories, then people might internalise the idea that their actions are insignificant because they recognise that they have little or nothing in common with the person in the story. But the truth is, everyone is always needed, and everyone always contributes to imbalances and to balances because everything is connected. The safest and most nurturing approach is to expose the hero for what it is, and then to devise a farewell ritual for all the heroes of a planet and to enter the processes of healing, strengthening and connecting. No hero can do that for anyone. It’s something every single human has the privilege to do for themselves. And once some healing takes roots, connections and strength can be built. Does this answer your question, young human?’
‘I have to think about it.’
‘Then I have high hopes for you.’ With this the speaker bowed again and returned to their seat, accompanied by applause.

© Charlie Alice Raya, 2025, Views from around the universe, book 4, building, part 1

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

MAKE IT HAPPEN STORY in connection with book 4, building, part 1, day 16: The Loneliness Day www.easy-town-books.com/2025/10/23/d...

ETNA CONQUERS LONELINESS, written by Etna, 11 years old*
Hello, I am Etna. I live on the planet Bluebell, because there are many,
many, many bluebells on planet Bluebell. I was very lonely because I
only have one leg and I could not have friends because I could not run
with them. I was so sad that I hid in my room. My parents were very busy
with working. But sometimes my father brought me bluebells. He put them
in a vase. That was very kind. But then he went back to work. My mother
bought food and sometimes she gave me chocolate. That was very nice. But
then she went back to work. I was in my room and played games on my
computer. That made me forget that I was lonely. But I wished I could
run around with my friends — the friends I would have if I had two legs.
We live in an apartment house. With an elevator. On the eighth floor.
There are many high houses all around. Some people have flower boxes
with bluebells on their windowsills. In autumn of the year 7C9D, we got
new neighbours, an elderly couple, Sally and Molly. They are very funny.
I mean, they laugh a lot. I can hear them from my room. They sound so
happy. One day, I left our apartment. And they left theirs. At the same
time. And we laughed. It was so strange. I hadn’t laughed in so long.
Laughing sort of broke the ice, and we began to talk while I hoppled
next to them to the lift. Three days later, they asked me to take a look
at something on the streets. I was curious. I liked them. I thought, why
not? But I never expected this. They had bought three chairs from a
jumble sale, and they got six wheels from a scrap yard. They had fixed
the wheels to the chairs, and when I sat down, I could move the wheels
with my hands and I race down the road — and they came after me in the
other two chairs. But I was faster. Sally, Molly and my chair were my
first friends. And racing in the wheely chair, that’s how I conquered
loneliness. Because now I knew, it could be done. So I did it again. And
again. Until I was old, …

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

WE HAD A PLAN & IT WORKED How the people of another planet reshaped their world. #politics #resist #economy #rethink #reshape #climateaction

WE HAD A PLAN & IT WORKED

There was no way we could have done this step by step. A lot needed to
be done at the same time, and by different groups which worked together
closely.
We could have done it in secret, but we needed to act fast and for that
we needed transparency.
As established organisations and businesses continued to hide, water
down and lie about their motives and about the state of our planet, our
transparency and integrity became more and more obvious, even to the
fleeting observer.

We laughed and danced a lot. Dancing is important. It keeps you going.

I know. You want to know the plan. You want to know how we got to
restoring our planet.

At first we ignored nature.

(Insert a laugh.)

Are you frowning? Protesting?

The thing is, there had been attempts to protect and rewild our forests,
lands, rivers, seas. But overall, we achieved little because corporate
and political powers always found ways to make things worse.

That’s why we decided to go straight to the roots of our problems and to
replace (are you sitting?) to replace both the corporate and the
political powers on our planet — and with did that by building and
establishing our own.
To be more precise: We build our own world to break our dependence on
those who were hellbent on destroying us and our planet.

How did we do it?

In the first wave, we set up a global, independent citizen bank with no
connection to the financial markets. The banks purpose is to facilitate
transactions and to finance our projects, namely a new internet, a new
resources and businesses network. None of our projects require
regulations because by design all our undertakings aim at balance,
empowerment, diversity, recovery, and are built not unlike the system we
find in nature. Like nature our economic system is a living, breathing,
nurturing organism.

Of course, when you drain the financial markets of 500 billion JMS,
someone will get very nervous, especially if those billions now
circulate in a world those scrupulous players have no access to, and
even worse, our 500 billion JMS finance a new economic reality with no
intention of seeping any money back into the pockets of any
exploitative, poisoning corporation.

The thing is, we were not interested in power.
We just wanted our lives and our planet back. We were sick of the
idiotic fantasies of oligarchs, and of the bleeding narratives that used
to make us compete and exhaust ourselves.

Politicians tried to stop us. But we had cunning lawyers on our side,
and soon we watched the corporations fold. Employees left in throngs to
join our businesses even before the majority of customers no longer gave
a damn about the profiteers’ products and their stupid marketing strategies.

Once we, the majority, had jobs in companies we could get behind, other
big changes got underway.

We, the people, drafted a new political system. We studied existing
political systems and made sure that none of the mess, we had
experienced on our planet, could ever happen again.

When all economic power was on our side, there was nothing our failing
and corrupt governments could do. Besides the military were with us
anyway. They were as tired of the blunders of the political classes and
the bleeding oligarchs as every one of us.

They, too, wanted peace, a
world that made sense, a world that didn’t require them to kill.

While it is true that our focus was on reshaping our global economy and
our political systems, there were groups who, throughout this period,
mapped out how and where we could rewild our planet, how our companies
could be run in a way that they restored and nurtured nature instead of
exploiting and destroying it, and groups whose sole focus was on how to
replace everything that used crude oil. And there was more.

But first we established a world economy and a partially global
political system which didn’t aim at dominance, competition, growth or
power but instead sought guardianship. Guardians over our resources.
Guardians over our welfare. Guardians over our evolution. Guardians who
initiated conversations when new discoveries called for possible
adjustments.

It was only afterwards that we, as a planet, took a break from economic
and political tasks, took a deep breath and focused on restoring our planet.

Amazingly, our changed habits, approaches and systems had already
brought back a lot of nature, and our new measures for towns and cities
reduced both heat and extreme weathers.

The years of restoration are some of the happiest in our lives. We came
together from so many different places, got rid of 75% of unnatural
pavements, 70% of fences, 97% of bare facades and roofs, restructured
our habitats to merge them with the natural world — and more.

The last wars ended in this period, which was also a time of personal
healing and finding our individual strength and joy.

Today, we look back at the world of then and wonder why we had ever
wanted to destroy our planet.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

WAR IMPOSSIBLE How the people of another planet ended found a simple way to say no to wars, corruption, violence, exploitation, and all the rest of it. #resist #generalstrike #strike #bluewave #rise

WAR & INJUSTICE IMPOSSIBLE

On our planet no one dares to start a war. Not a clan war. Not a tribal
war. Not a war between regions. Not a global war. Of any kind.

Why?

Because the moment anyone raises a fist or a gun, the moment anyone is
exposed as producing weapons, the moment someone smuggles a missile to a
potential launch site, the moment we, the people of our planet, hear
about anything like that, we stop to work, we stop to go to the
theatres, restaurants, football games, museums, cinemas, shops.

What do we do instead?

We meet in the streets, bring our chairs, our children and pets. We
share our foods and chat.

At first, we only reacted to wars and threats of war. By now, we go on
strike globally whenever we hear of violence, abuse, exploitation,
oppression, destruction and all other violations against us, our fellow
humans and against nature.

Admittedly, we love meeting in the streets and chatting. But we also
love our power. We love how the agitators try to send negotiators. We
love how they try to manipulate us. It’s such a laugh.

But you know, once we were globally connected, we had the upper hand
because we are the majority and no one messes with us.

Every now and again, someone emerges who believes they have figured out
how to start a war, how to become a dictator.

But we are resilient.

And, as mentioned before, we respond to every injustice, every violence,
every violation with our refusal to work, to spend money, to be
entertained — while enjoying quality time in our streets — until the
aggressor backs off, until the violation and its source are removed and
brought to justice.

You see, they have to back off. You can’t go to war if everyone is
having a chat in the streets. You can’t keep plotting to destabilise a
country if no one is listening. You can’t ransack a country if no one is
available to do the ransacking with you.

Yes, sometimes it rains. And it’s a beautiful picture when you look out
of the window at the sea of umbrellas.

No, music though.

We always party afterwards — and a lot.

But during our strikes we are simply together, letting all concerned
know that violations of any kind cannot happen.

Not on our watch.

We will not look away. We will not normalise. We will not pretend that
there is nothing we can do.

Because we know by now that we have all the power in the world when we
come together and refuse to be part of a society where violence,
injustice, inequality, oppression, discrimination or damage to our
environment is on anyone’s agenda.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

story snippet //46 IF I CAN SEE Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #amwriting #takeaction #future

If I can see what utter nonsense and needless destruction is going on. Then so can you.

Or maybe not, yet.

But you can get there.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

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Kai Newkirk @kainewkirk.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

We did it! AZ Dems made history today. We are the first state party in our nation to commit to ban billionaires from buying our primary elections! Thank you to everyone who helped make this huge @stopbigmoneyaz win happen. Onward to build the policy, enact it in full, and change the game. ✊🏼💙🙏🏼

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 14/06/2025

"Whenever someone starts a war on our planet, the people of our planet go on strike." STRIKE #mihsM //8 #nokings

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 14/06/2025

I found a crown where I never expected it on the lip of a wondrous blossom. And not just one, hundreds crowned. NO KINGS

Blossoms with a crown-shaped pattern inside.

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 14/06/2025

My heart is heavy I withdraw, a mere outline of myself remains, to rest to take a breath until I rise again defy resist. #mihsM //2 #nokings #resist #photography #bark

grey tree bark with the suggestion of a face

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 14/06/2025

Red used to be the colour of love. Now blue must be the colour of #resistence and #love. #mihsM //1 #nokings

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 07/06/2025

This was the 3rd MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES MARATHON. You can find all story snippets & photos here > #mihsM. There will be a one-day NO KINGS special. You know when. And I'll keep using my @mihstories.bsky.social account to add more story snippets, ideas, quotes & images. THANKS & GOOD NIGHT

FINISH, marathon 3, The beginnings of a restored planet, MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 07/06/2025

#82 The final It’s through photography that I have come to appreciate the often neglected grasses, leaves, bark. I believe that to make the changes we need happen we need to reconnect to everything nature has to offer. For stories for our future see #mihsM #photography #climateaction #nature

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Charlie Alice Raya @charlie-alice-raya.org · 07/06/2025

It’s strange. I started today’s stories marathon #mihsM over 16 hours ago, and now I’m reluctant to wrap it. I keep thinking, but Charlie Alice can’t you add another photo, or the ant video, or a quote? I smile. And remember to thank everyone who liked, reposted and commented. Much appreciated.

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'Coexistence, Alice repeated to herself while watching a yellow butterfly climb along the stem of a fern. When and why did so-called civilised humans stop to coexist with nature?' story snippet //80 THE MAGICAL VALLEY Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #mihsM #nature #coexist

Everyone else left.
Only Alice was still standing on the ledge that overlooked the gently slopping valley.
A stunning valley.
A large green area crossed by a blue river, flowing quietly, and two streams, darker, faster, in a few places rushing down in small waterfalls.
Strangely ragged rock formations curved along the left side of the valley. Far behind them loomed a black mountain range. Ahead, the landscape rose into a green line of hills which descended into a forest towards the right. The forest swept halfway along the right boarder of the valley until it reached the river, and the grassland which covered the area between the forest and the low hill, Alice was standing on.
Inside the valley, the rich green was only broken by smaller variants of the rock formations, tree groves, bamboo bushes, the river and the streams.
Lush. Beautiful. Rich. Untouched.
And alive.
Even in this short time since her arrival, Alice had seen more kinds of birds and insects than ever before. Well, outside a zoo.

part 2

And they were everywhere: flying, hopping, sitting in nearby trees and bushes, singing or humming, searching for food in the grass or on a tree — or becoming food.
Earlier, a green pigeon landed close to Alice and scrutinised her, bobbing its head. Then it lost interest and walked away.
But it wasn’t just birds and insects. The official, Tam Zhu, let Lian translate a whole list of animals who were living in this province. Even leopards, tigers and wild elephants were mentioned.
And monkeys. Several kinds of them. Tam Zhu pointed to three small monkeys in a tree, some eight yards away. To which the monkeys responded with a sudden flight.
Alice looked at the tree again. The monkeys were back and busy with their leafy lunch.
For some reason, the presence of monkeys made Alice smile. She had no idea why.
And then the smells.
Thick grassy summer smells.
The air here was so much cleaner and clearer and even sweater than your average city cocktail of exhaust fumes and too many people.
Out here, she wanted to take big gulps of air, and clean out her sooty system.
Alice breathed in deeply.

part 3

This valley was so innocent, unspoiled, free of concrete blocks, free of motorways, free of any and all constipations, free of every trace of all-consuming blinking technologies.
In this moment, Alice wanted to wrap up this valley, and hide it somewhere where no one could ever lay their hands on it.
On their arrival here, Lian was the first person to join her, and Alice asked whether she could have some time on her own. ‘If this is really a place for our town, then I’d like a moment, time to see, to think. Time to get the feel of this place.’
‘I will explain your wish to the officials,’ Lian said. ‘Can I make a suggestion though?’
‘Sure.’
‘It might be advisable to let the officials show you the view over the valley first.’
‘Of course. And thank you.’
Later, when Jack and the officials moved on, Lian stayed for a moment, and Alice remarked: ‘This is such a beautiful place.’
‘The Yunnan province has the most diverse fauna and flora in China.’
‘Oh.’

part 4

‘Imagine it in spring when everything is blossoming. It is an ideal place for your project. You said beauty is important.’
‘Yes, but we can’t build in a place like this. We would only destroy it.’
‘You could build with nature in mind.’
‘Test if preservation is possible?’
‘Or coexistence,’ Lian said.
Coexistence, Alice repeated to herself while watching a yellow butterfly climb along the stem of a fern.
When and why did so-called civilised humans stop to coexist with nature?
Did their fears and anxieties drive them to fight and conquer nature?
Or did they become too conceited to acknowledge their kinship with nature, and their dependence on nature?
Or did they lose all understanding about the natural world the further they progressed?
A connection lost and forgotten?
Progress. How can we call disconnection and destruction progress?

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story snippet //79 CONSTITUTION REVISED ‘And you’re still wondering why I’d love to have you on my team in London?’ Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #booksky #authors #constitution #dignity #generations #arts

‘Would that be possible?’
Alice laughed. ‘Let me think. Would I like to have a shrewd lawyer in my core team? Hm. Difficult question.’
Emine chuckled. ‘Alice, please, be serious. This is important to me.’
‘Emine. You offered me to challenge any existing law if I gave you a good enough reason for the challenge.’
‘And you said you’d make a start with the basic law, Germany’s constitution.’
‘Of course I would. We’ve got to start at the roots. You know, we could get a group of artists and scientists together who could work on ideas for a new basic law. One that’s fit for the future and that’s more consistent.’
‘Consistent?’
‘Oh, yes. Consistent. As in being more than pretty words. Let’s start with article one.’
‘Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.’
‘Exactly. But where is the protection of dignity for the homeless, the alcoholic, the single parent, the child bride, the harvest workers, the jobless, the prostitute, the migrant, or the child who is stuck in a screwed up childhood? Who cares about their dignity?’

part 2

‘Where is the dignity for those who are being snubbed because of their gender or origin? Where is the dignity in being denied the right to live outside outdated gender narratives. Where is the dignity in shabby high rises and mass production jobs? And so on.’
‘I hear you.’
‘Part two of article one.’
‘The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.’
‘How can anyone speak of inviolable human rights, and at the same time, trade in weapons, push subsidised products on to the world markets, and exploit other nations? Or let’s fast forward to article twenty a.’
Emine smiled her smile and quoted: ‘Mindful also of its responsibility towards future generations, the state shall protect the natural foundations of life and animals by legislation and, in accordance with law and justice, by executive and judicial action, all within the framework of the constitutional order.’
‘How can you write such pretty words while polluting water, air and land? While presenting excuse after excuse for not acting according to the basic law?’
‘Again. I hear you. So artists could start by illustrating what the basic law actually implies.’

part 3

‘Exactly. And I’d approach this playfully. Test ideas, talk to people. After all the basic law shouldn’t be something a few stuffy and self-important people put together. It should be something the people agree on, even better, something the people develop together. The artists could question and visualise the existing paragraphs, and challenge our perceptions by suggesting new paragraphs. And the scientists could make sure that the laws are based on the best our present knowledge has to offer.’
‘And there could be an article about the duty to frequently question laws to ensure their continued justification.’
Alice laughed. ‘Article one: We acknowledge that we are human beings who make mistakes and whose knowledge is limited. Therefore we will always question our laws to ensure that we continue to serve the people of this planet.’
Emine smiled her smile. ‘And in order to serve the people, we will protect our habitat without any excuses. Article one, paragraph two: Any violation against human dignity will trigger a reassessment and readjustment of our economical, societal, ecological and governmental practices until the dignity of every human is restored.’

part 4

‘And you’re still wondering why I’d love to have you on my team in London?’
Emine wiped her face with both hands, pushing back her tears. ‘Alice, I can’t tell you how much that means to me.’
‘I’m very happy to hear it.’
‘Are you serious about the basic law?’
‘I want to focus on the town experiment, and we’ll hopefully come up with some kind of useful codex in the process. But apart from that, I wouldn’t mind funding some groups of artists and scientists around the world who’d like to explore their constitutions. I’m sure we could learn from their ideas.’
‘I could set up a team.’
‘Please do. And have a word with Beatrice in London to see how much money we can spare from our additional projects pot.’

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

story snippet //77 EARTHLINGS Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #earth #booksky #god #amwriting #law #soil

They called it planet earth — and had no regard for its soil.

They believed a god created their planet
but had no regard for their god’s gifts
and tore wounds into the lands
and each other.

They invented laws and made a lot of fuss about righteousness, but when a law required them to act responsibly, they either ignored it or smashed it.

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story snippet //76 STORIES, AN ESCAPE? Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #writingcommunity #booksky #authors #amwriting #escape #change #inspiration

We are told that stories are a great escape.
Which they can be.

We are less aware that stories create and shape reality.
Which is what we urgently need.

More even
Stories are a gateway to change.
Change the story.
Shape the world.

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

story snippet //75 HOW TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISES Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #nature #climate #takeaction #focus

HOW
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Press pause on everything else and FOCUS
on restoring the planet and our societies.

That means

rethink the global economic systems
build new global economic systems

rethink political systems
build new political systems

rethink towns & city
re-structure them, create new compositions, add purposes, re-connect them to nature

rethink the global foods system
build a new, independent global foods system

rethink human’s relationship to nature
build a relationship with nature

restore wilderness

At best, all of these things are done at the same time and in cooperation between the focus groups.

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story snippet //74 WE CAN’T DO THIS Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #mirror #amwriting #possible

‘We can’t do this on our own!’
‘We have to. Someone has to.’
‘It’s impossible. We need to get everyone on board.’
‘How?’
‘By looking in the mirror and finding out what we did to upset others about us AND sort this out. What caused the divide in us, in them? What got us into us and them? What pisses us off about each other and can we get out of that? Understanding that we aren’t angels, face the damage we caused and the damage done to us. Heal and get to know each other. Stop bullshitting. Coming together.’

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The idea was simple: ‘What if we empowered each other instead of trying to gain control over each other?’ story snippet //73 THE POWER OF EMPOWERMET Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #empowerment #writercommunity #booksky #planet

It was such a simple suggestion that it still makes me laugh. Mind you, it needed a lot of work, trial and error, to make it work.
But the idea was simple: ‘What if we empowered each other instead of trying to gain control over each other?’
The group of scientists who suggested this developed several experiments which allowed us to approach this idea in smaller steps.
First empower a member of your family, then a neighbour, then a stranger on the street, a colleague and so on.
There came a day when each of us had empowered a group of people who had in turn empowered a group of people who … And on that day, we didn’t just connect to all our fellow humans, our connections sends energising ripples across the planet.
A people who empower each other instead of competing doesn’t have failing governments, simply because an empowered planet leaves few tasks for governments.

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‘Yes, yes, YES!’ story snippet //72 HALLOWEEN Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #halloween #monster #booksky #authors #amwriting #nature #puss #greensky

Davie chuckled, snuggling his head into the cushions. ‘Next year I want to be a nature explorer.’
‘But they aren’t scary,’ Kuruk said and put the glass of water back on the bedside table.
‘They should be! So we stop pretending that we don’t need nature.’
Kuruk sat back on his heals. ‘You’re right. We can invent a monstrous nature explorer!’
Davie sat up. ‘Yes! It’s a monster that gets more boils the more we destroy and poison nature. We can cut into the monster so it has huge scars.’
‘And blood!’
‘Gasping for air.’
‘And poo!’
‘Limping.’
‘And boils with loads of puss!’
‘Yes, it will be a huge stinking creature!’

‘A perfect mirror of what humans do to nature.’
‘And below the costume, below all the puss and stink, it’s incredibly beautiful.’
‘Yes!’ Kuruk shouted and jumped on the bed.
‘Yes, yes, YES!’ Davie shouted, took Kuruk’s hands, and they jumped—
‘HEY!’
The boys stopped jumping, quickly slipped under their bedcovers and shut their eyes.
Nitis looked at them, half smiling, half grimacing. ‘I like your new monster. But it’s very late already. Do I have to stay here or can you calm down each other and sleep? Davie has to get up very early tomorrow.’
‘Yes, Daddy,’ Kuruk whispered.

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“But how can someone who is in denial wake up?’  Bülent smiled a little. ‘By knowing that it’s safe to wake up.” story snippet //71 WAKING UP Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #writers #climatefiction #theatre #denial #wakingup

‘Welcome back to our live coverage,’ Mudiwa said into the camera, smiling. ‘We are in the courtyard of the Front House, just as the international team get ready for their presentation. The crowds are queuing everywhere, and with us now is Bülent Hamdi, author and husband, as he told us. Bülent, thank you so much for your time.’ 
‘It’s my pleasure. Thank you for having me.’ (…)
Facing the camera, Mudiwa said: ‘While Bülent is not a member of the project team, he contributes as an author, and his new play: Waking up will premiere in our theatre, here in the Front House, this afternoon. Bülent, what can you tell us about the play?’ Bülent knitted his dark brows.
‘Our planet is in trouble. It’s dying and with it we die.’

extract, book 3/1, shaping, part 2

But even though scientists have substantiated this trajectory with their research, many are still in denial, many still live in their personal bubbles, many push pretty much any topic while ignoring the topics we urgently need to address, many keep looking away. Waking up, the play, is about gently nudging people to see their bubble and to dare leave it. What will they see? How will they feel when the whole disaster we and our ancestors have inflicted upon our planet and upon ourselves overwhelms them? Hope enters the stage when the pain, frustration and anger about the state of our world turns into the determination to reshape and restore it. And somewhere on that road, we begin to understand that everything is connected, and that we can save ourselves if we all wake up, if we connect to each other and to our planet, and if we prioritise the issues that need to be addressed now.’ ‘Strong words,’ Mudiwa said. ‘But how can someone who is in denial wake up?’ Bülent smiled a little. ‘By knowing that it’s safe to wake up. By knowing that waking up is not about blaming or about telling someone what a fool they have been but about coming together. By knowing that our actions can make a difference. By knowing that prioritising the future of the planet is the best we can do. By knowing that we are not the only ones who leave the bubble, but that waking up is something we do together.’

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story snippet //70 DÖNER Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #meat #food #health #booksky #amwriting #bulls

‘What are you doing?’
‘Going with the times.’
‘Where’s all the meat?’
‘Look, I love my family, my children, all the generations to come. Thing is: we overdid it. We are killing us all with our obsession with meat. I’m saying, we can’t ever have any meat again. But right now, we have to go cold turkey on mead and give our bodies and nature a break. So, will you help me in creating the best ever Vöners? I think two of my recipes are already pretty good.’
‘No meat? You’ll become a soy boy.’
‘Nah. I’ll be a bull. Tell me, what do bulls eat? Grass, grass, grass. Though probably some insects and other plants, too. You know what, I’ll create the first Bull Vöner. Maybe even with some grass in it. The muscles these beasts have. Why aren’t we all eating grass?’

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'Our dot.model is superior in every single category, even with regard to profits before redistribution.' story snippet //69 MAXIMUM PROFIT Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #profits #corporations #business #econsky #rethink #economics

extract, book 3/3, shaping - part 1

Raiden seemed to sense that he had to keep talking if he didn’t want to be the first person, Tom ever kicked or punched.
Calmly, he continued. ‘Back in September, we talked about a simulation which could compare the effects of different business models. The idea was to pick an industry and then have one simulation run a business the way that is still common: profit oriented and competitive. And another business with one of our business models. In the course of this discussion, we decided to postpone this idea. But I was curious and built a simulation for the clothing industry. Company A uses present business practices and Company B, dot., uses our dot.business model. In order to measure and compare the outcomes of both models, I included all parameters used by business analysts, and I added parameters like durability, material availability and sustainability, a waste index for all stages from material sourcing to the disposal of the products by the customers, water and energy consumptions, health benefits, usage cycles, recycling scale, empowerment scale, product variety, staff diversity, mental health, connections, synergies, collaborations, sustainability, ripple effects and many more.

extract, book 3/3, shaping - part 2

The results are truly remarkable. Our dot.model is superior in every single category, even with regard to profits before redistribution. Profits are higher because our customers recognise that we work for their benefit, that all our products are high quality and durable, that we don’t exploit, neither people nor nature, that we only produce what the customer actually wants and needs. Profits are also higher because we rarely cause harm to the health of anyone who works for dot. We hardly get any sick days or accidents, talents and creativity are unearthed which leads to more satisfaction, confidence and a robust mental health. There are more requests for training which contributes to a highly skilled, active and engaged team. In addition, dot. rarely causes harm to the environment or to local communities. Profits are also higher because we save tremendous amounts of money by spending little or nothing on advertising, transport, waste disposal, landfills, chemicals, plastics, fossil fuels or other crude oil products, nor do we pay lobbyists, lawyers, spies. At our larger stations, we save additional money by integrating waste and water cycles which also serve the community, and by providing the station and the community with easily affordable electricity.

extract, book 3/3, shaping - part 3

On top of that, we contribute to a healing planet, partly by creating a culture where buying less is more and where recycling is part of the deal, partly by integrating our workshops and stations into nature, partly by actively searching for opportunities to rewild, partly by orienting our production level on low stress levels for the environment. All our measures are exponentiated by having established a network of suppliers for dot. who operate on the same principles. Sustainability and people’s welfare are rising because our suppliers are treated with the same respect everyone at dot. experiences. Additionally, we strengthen local economies by paying good wages, which means increased purchasing power, and that companies outside of our network also benefit from our activities because we don’t concentrate all money in our own cycles. In the short time, in which dot. has been operating, it has generated more profits than the sales of dot.’s products alone could have achieved, simply by the gains in welfare, both for those who work with dot. and for our customers, by abstaining from damaging our habitat, and by unprecedented cost savings. With the Hub and dot. we lay the foundations for companies which integrate into communities and into the natural world in every possible way, making them part of life not life’s vampires. The parameters—’
‘—ENOUGH!’ Tom yelled and broke the spell of Raiden’s calm voice.

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'Energy supply will remain a problem unless we take a global, non-profit, fossil fuel free approach, dismantle all energy giants-' story snippet //68 GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #energy #greenenergy #fossilfuels

GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY
part 1

‘Energy supply will remain a problem unless we take a global, non-profit, fossil fuel free approach, dismantle all energy giants, make energy a public good, drastically reduce energy demand wherever possible (There are a lot of blinking devices, monitors, fancy lights around, we don’t need. And households have vast saving-energy potentials with health benefits.)’
‘You got sidetracked.’
‘Pardon. Where was I?’
‘Global approach.’
‘Right. We need a global approach and a local, decentralised, public supply, reduced energy demand, and we need a global effort to make energy accessible without any excesses. Plus we need to get away from processing rare earths.’
‘How?’
‘First we build a simulation — not for a village, not for a country but for the planet. We identify where which amount of energy is or should be needed (Check whether the present demand can be reduced or whether it is recommendable to extend it.) and build a global network in which small local entities can back each other up.

GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY, part 2

By identifying what is needed where and what can be produced where, we get away from energy giants and we can probably make it work with a lot less infrastructure because we no longer depend on a huge distributor but rather have local clusters of small entities and some connections to backup sources and to others we back up, and a few longer-distance connections which can supply various clusters at need. Since there will alway be some need somewhere that should be possible. So we get away from giants and instead build billions of little cells, which will make the net much more stable and much more resilient to demand fluctuations.’
‘Hm.’
‘For this to be effective, we need to rethink our economic systems. And before we have completed our transition to a world economy which no longer aims at growth and at producing ever more waste, an energy demand/supply simulation can give us important insights and can help us to map out a viable plan.’
‘Energy without boarders?’
‘And without shareholders. We won’t get anywhere with the energy supply question so long as we keep energy supply tied to making money. We will need something like a global public fund, everyone pays into, which builds and restructures of the global energy network in cooperation with the local entities.’

GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY, part 3

‘Hm. Speaking of resilient. What happens in a blackout?’
‘Two points. A blackout can’t affect many because the clusters run individually with a gate to the upper level. If some other cluster or an upper level black out, the cluster is still self-sufficient, and it could take measures to save some more of their energy just in case the blackout takes longer to fix. Point two. It’s folly to build a world that is dependent on electricity. We need to reconsider and rethink that. There are some enormous advantages to digitalisation, to some automatisation and so on. But to be unable to open a door without electricity, is simply asking for trouble. To have no access to vital data without electricity is negligence. To make doctors dependent on machines is life threatening. And so on. Blackouts can happen any time and we need to be able to function without electricity. And we need to have access to everything we need even it there is no power. Therefore we must work and think dually: yes, use digital approaches where it makes sense and supports the user. AND make sure that everyone can live and work even if no electricity is available. And the latter doesn’t need to be a horror scenario. It’s just one way of living. And we are in the fortunate situation where we can learn and practice different lifestyles. The safer lifestyle is the one that doesn’t require electricity or fossil fuels.’

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Make it happen stories @mihstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

‘He stole from you.’ ‘We don’t know that. Sometimes it is time for an idea.' story snippet //67 HE STOLE FROM YOU Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #writersky #booksky #competition

‘He stole from you. He didn’t credit you. These are your thoughts.’
‘It doesn’t matter. Not now. We don’t have time for bickering or competition, not even for stealing. Stealing is so stupid anyway. The clever way is to say: Wow, that’s a thought. I think I can work with that. Or wow, that’s an idea, I think I can extend it.’
‘He stole from you.’
‘We don’t know that. Sometimes it is time for an idea. And since the idea doesn’t know who will pick it up, it spreads far and wide, just like the seeds of a plant, to make sure it will find fertile soil somewhere, somewhere were it can grow to its full strength and shape.’
‘He stole from you and didn’t have the guts to credit you.’
‘I know. I know that’s what might have happened. But if the forest is burning. Do you waste your energy on telling someone off for their conceit, cowardliness, short-sightedness, their wilful ignorance to see that working together would actually be best? Or do you focus on keeping the fire from spreading further? If he stole from me, a time of reckoning will come. For now, we assume that he is just following his own ideas, doing his own bit. And we focus on doing what we can to wake up our fellow humans and show them what an amazing life and planet we are destroying. And then, we rethink and reshape our world. Together. Building on each others ideas. Extending. Expanding. Digging deep.’

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story snippet //66 NO TITLE Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #amwriting #evolution #pollution #revolution

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Evolution Pollution Revolution
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‘We are rational!’ ‘There is nothing rational about polluting the air we breathe, poisoning the water we drink, or-’ story snippet //65 LET'S BE RATIONAL ABOUT THIS Day 3, MiHS marathon THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED PLANET #MiHS #mihsM #climateaction #booksky #amwriting #foods #soil #pollution

Let’s be rational about this
part 1

‘We are rational!’
‘There is nothing rational about polluting the air we breathe, poisoning the water we drink, or contaminating the soil we need to grow our foods.’
‘We need—’
‘—Yes, we need to get seriously rational about this.’
‘Damn you! OK. Since you know everything better. What’s your solution?’
‘Change always starts in the mind. The mind is perceptive to rationality. What we need is a way to illustrate what is happening.’
‘How?’
‘Simulations. I can’t think of a better way to show all of us what we are missing out on by sticking with the ideas, practices, systems and stories which brought us to this point.’
‘Simulations? What kind of simulations?’
‘Let’s start simple with a simulation which shows every stage between two poles, for example, on one side you have a world where everything is about money and is determined by money. On the other side you have a world where everything is about human welfare and the restoration of our planet.

Let’s be rational about this, part 2

The simulation wouldn’t just show and compare these two very different worlds. It would also allow for all the stages in between: ninety percent about money, ten percent about humans, fifty/fifty, twenty-five percent about money, seventy-five percent about humans. This and every stage in between. This allows people to see how their lives will change, once we make it about the living and not about numbers. Let them play with the simulation so that they can see how a shift in this or that direction will influence their life.’
‘That’s what you call simple?’
‘That’s what I call: picking one key issue and putting it to the test. We can do the same with crude oil. The simulation starts by showing a world that never used crude oil and as the user operates the slide, they can see the effects of introducing ever more crude oil and products using components of crude oil into our world. And we could have a second simulation which begins with the present state of the world and then shows what happens when we stop producing and using this or that plastic product, fossil fuel, paint and so on. The more detailed, the better. What do crayons and shower curtains do to us and our planet? What do plastic wrappings and synthetic fabrics to do us and our planet? What do carpets and upholstery do to us and our planet? And everything else.

Let’s be rational about this, part 3

Crude oil is everywhere. That makes it perfect for a complex simulation which touches on everything that needs a rethink. And the simulation makes the topic relatable, accessible, visual. And everyone can use the simulation to see how much damage every bit of crude oil causes on every level of our lives. And what is possible if we do the long overdue U-turn.’
‘Hm. But what then? We see what we could have if we forwent crude oil. But as a result we will plunge into an even greater frustration about how hopeless our situation has become.’
‘That doesn’t have to be the result. I like to think that our ancestors were courageous. We have lost some of that. But we can find our courage again. The trouble is that we are so divided — also a terribly irrational development — but if we come together and realise what we have to gain, what is possible if we change course, then we can make use of nearly eight billion minds to figure out how to do this!’
‘I want to clap. But— But they will argue that people need crude oil to do their jobs. They will argue that the economy will crash, that unemployment numbers will skyrocket. And how could they not? If you take away the basis of their work, their materials, their main means of transport?’

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‘By being rational. To keep destroying our livelihood so that people have an income is madness. We need to act fast. That means there will be some hardship. It doesn’t have to be much once we rethink our financial system and call money what it is: an invention. And act accordingly. Everyone could have enough purchasing power without lifting a finger.’
‘If no one lifts a finger, there will be nothing to buy.’
‘True. But people like to be busy, to be part of something, to build, create, produce. I’m not worried about that. What will take cunning is to create a new culture around what we need and want to buy. And we need new ways of producing and doing business. These ways need to be about balance, not about dominance, exploitation or producing what no one ordered. We need to do a lot of thinking, we need to test our ideas, we need to act globally, and we need to make this about us as humanity. If we do that, I see a future so amazing and exciting that our future generations will shake their heads and wonder why it took us centuries to make the rational choices.’

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