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Charlie Alice Raya
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This is our world. We messed it up. Let’s rethink & reshape it. Let’s restore our planet, create thriving communities & empowering economies. Let’s reconnect to ourselves, each other & our planet. #resist #strongertogether

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//day 28
CONNECTIONS

HIGHLIGHTS
- The British PM
- Honesty
- A business party
- A healthy economic system
- Floods of rubbish
- Fossil Fuels
- Sticking gums & stinking socks
- Business compositions
- Free trade

#cfof #resist #actnow #photography #economics #nature
A branch hangs into the image of a large bay on the island of Rügen, some land in the far distance.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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DAY 29
TRUE POWER IS IN CREATION

This is a related song snippet from book 3, shaping.

‘Power
such a myth
still re-enacted
by the savage
in us
as if power had anything to offer.’

#power #nokings #musicsky #poetry #resist #booksky #philsky #nature #OurFuture #ThisIsOurWorld #trees #forest #myth
Power such a myth still re-enacted by the savage in us as if power had anything to offer. Though, there is one power worth pursuing: True power which is in creation not in destruction repression or tyranny. A true and powerful leader will create nurture empower not control exploit destroy. Chest thumbing power clowns only know bullying and destruction. There is no power in power that rolls on controls. That’s a coward’s choice. A fantasy bound to fail. The courageous and wise is a creator a builder someone who makes life possible and empowers. That’s the most powerful anyone can be. The power to create a future for billions and for the planet. Set that against a tyrant, trader, polluter who kill millions Their power only knows destruction But true power if you think about God True power is in creation. Old strong beech in forest on Rügen.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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DAY 29
TRUE POWER IS IN CREATION

‘This is absolutely in line with who we are: the crazy people who do the impossible and somehow make it work.’

#cfof #resist #actnow #power #London #creation #photography #lichen #art #artAction #businessIdeas #business #media
Green lichen on several old twigs of a bush. Usedom, Baltic Sea, this morning.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Walking with Max, the dog, this morning, we saw seagulls on the beach, a blackbird & lichen on the promenade, and in a small park a scene that surprised me: #crows, #ravens, #pigeons and #ducks breakfasting together!

#photography #birdsky #birds #nature #usedom #balticsea #ThisIsOurWorld #nokings
a small park: #crows, #ravens, #pigeons and #ducks breakfasting together, snow on the grass
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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GOOD NIGHT 🌙

#photography #fungifriends #autumn #forest
Fungi on tree stump & autumn leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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With every NARRATIVE we can
ask:

What is this narrative’s record?

Does this narrative serve us?

Is there a more beneficial narrative?

#narratives #philsky #writersofbluesky #booksky #photography #greensky #nature #writers #authors #writing #greens #resist #generalstrike #actnow #ClimateAction
Forest mirrored in water.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Thinking about thinking because thinking seems to be a key to a future.
:
Teachers & preachers with answers failed to engage, encourage, involve.
:
What if we found a way to think together?
:
#thinking #resist #photography #nokings #generalstrike #boycott #beach #dusk #BalticSea #usedom #philsky
Wide evening shot of coast, snow on the beach, sea calm, city lights on the horizon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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DAY 31/30
‘Doing the right thing sucks.’
‘Another narrative that could do with a rethink. Why does the idea of tripping someone up give us such a thrill? Could we get our thrill fix with something that’s not quite as silly?’
‘Surprise! Doing something unexpected FOR someone.’

#photography #graphics
Markings on a fallen tree, vaguely resembling a striding human.
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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‘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.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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DAY 30
NARRATIVES CAMPAIGN

‘We don’t have to understand everything. We can learn to deal with uncertainty, and we can gain security by making exploring, shaping and testing into a habit.’

#cfof #resist #actnow #narratives #philsky #booksky #photography #nature
Shallow water with old tree trunks, and trees mirrored in the water.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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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.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I seem to be developing a thing for walking in the forests in the dark. And sometimes it reminds me of a scene from towards the end of book 3, shaping.

Tonight the snow added the new sensation of me & the dog making far too much noise in the crunching snow.

#darkness #forest #dogsky #photography
Canopies in a forest clearing and the night sky. *14 Marla stopped. Alice frowned. Could this be the entrance to the Jellybridge track? Alice got off the horse, knelt down, ran her hand over the ground, and her heart skipped a beat. Yes, these must be marks left by wheels. And here, this could be hoof marks. Calum got off his horse with a thud and knelt down, too. ‘I think this is it,’ Alice said. ‘Yes, the wagons went this way,’ Calum agreed, stood up and followed the tracks on foot, disappearing in the dark. The term darkness gained a new dimension this night. The dark was so deep, Alice could barely distinguish between open land and forest. Calum returned. ‘It’s a track into the forest. Horses and wagons went this way.’ Alice smiled. They mounted and entered the forest. Alice liked darkness — the darkness of the night, not the darkness of the mind. But tonight, she wondered Why? Because it was quieter at night than in the light of day? Because she loved the stars? Because much was less obvious in the dark? Because it was more exciting to find something in the dark, to outsmart the dark? Because it was a sign of courage to face the dark? Because everyone else slept, and no one would bother her if she went exploring? Because of the thrill to walk through the night? Vague images from her childhood flashed up, but she couldn’t take hold of them. Alice shook her head. No, she couldn’t say why she liked the dark. She just always had. Tonight the darkness got the better of her a few times, despite the reassuring clip-clop of the horses. One time a branch thundered to the ground — at least that was what it had sounded like. Another time she could have sworn that something was following them, maybe a curious fox or a stray cat. The owl, on the other hand, made her think of a guardian of the forest, something that watched over the trees and the wildlife. Or maybe, the owl told the rest of the forest about these two strangers on horseback who seemed lost and yet confident that they could find their way. Maybe that was what she liked about the darkness, it was ideal for making up stories, for letting the imagination take a ride across sleepy lands and conjure up magic worlds. Alice smiled to herself. Before they started to walk, Calum told her that they could contact the house and get someone to bring a wagon with lights. But she declined. She was curious whether she could find the house on her own. Alice listened to the clip-clop of the horses. Was the darkness denser here? A little. And the trees had a stronger presence. A bit threatening, as if they were moving in on them. Yes, tonight’s darkness revealed new dimensions — and new stories. One story was about trees who didn’t like to be disturbed in their sleep and stretched out their branches to prod the travellers to hurry on. Hurry on. Alice grimaced. She was pretty eager to leave this darkness, but she was reluctant to reach the house. She had hoped to return to the team ready to talk. Only she wasn’t. In fact, she wished she could just slip into the house unnoticed, find her room, get some sleep, and wake up in the morning with a clearer mind, and hopefully with the courage to take her decision. Maybe Security could smuggle her to her room. And maybe Security could ask Jack to meet her in some empty space in that big house, at best in a musty long gallery with huge paintings of long forgotten aristocrats where their footprints would show in the dust, and a ghost would glide through the moonlight, rattling with its chains. �
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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//DAY 31
YOUR POWERS CAMPAIGN

The trouble is not that we don’t have any power.

The trouble is that we aren’t aware of how much power we have.

#cfof #resist #photography #nokings #generalstrike #power #yourpower #riseup #strike #nonviolence #actnow

Examples:
YOUR POWERS As a human: be yourself, learn yourself, create yourself. As a customer: demand change by boycott, sue for damages, reduce demand. As an entrepreneur: become the better alternative. As a patient: report, report, report, inspire. As a friend of a patient: open doors, get the ice cream in. As a doctor: challenge medical education, improve interdisciplinary cooperation, sue pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment providers, refuse to play the money game! You are a doctor not a profiteer. As a business: create, nurture, serve, restore. YOUR POWERS As an employer: use the power to be an energiser, to unearth. As a politician: be bold and use your imagination to rethink and reshape the world. Not for profit. Not for gratifications. Not for votes. But for a future. Use your imagination to build the world and don’t try to fix what already failed. As a journalist: ideas, visions, digging deeper. Expose and then add visions. Create stages for many voices. Inspire thinking. Invite debates. Connect people of all walks of life. As a famous person: use your voice, your platform, set an example, think, empower. As a parent: ask for help. As a restaurant owner: ask where do I buy, what do I offer? As an observer of our project businesses & campaigns: challenge us!
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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LONGEVITY CAMPAIGN
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'The quest for longevity! It doesn’t have all the ballast of people fighting some ideology wars, there is no us and them, good and evil, nor any self-righteous indignation. It’s so basic and so incredibly fitting.’

#OurFuture #ClimateActions #photography #longevity #booksky
©Charlie Alice Raya, 2025, book 4, building, DAY 39 ‘I read this article the other day about people who get really old, and how humans have always been trying to find ways to live longer, like forever. And I thought, we could do a longevity campaign because, hey, in our town, if we do a good job, then a hundred years will be some kind of middle age.’ There was laughter and Navarro said: ‘I think, we have another entry for the blackboard. Blimey! This is perfect! The quest for longevity! It doesn’t have all the ballast of people fighting some ideology wars, there is no us and them, good and evil, nor any self-righteous indignation. It’s so basic and so incredibly fitting.’ (…) ‘I think we’ll achieve more if we find ways to make people feel good. That’s the cool thing about Skye’s Longevity Campaign. It’s a hopeful, non-judgemental thing, even though we can use it to include pretty much every critical issue like water pollution, housing crises, discrimination, exploitation, NHS, education, cost of living, loneliness, austerity, speculations. Because all of these things, when improved or replaced, will increase our chances to live longer, and that has hope value.’
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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A white sheet of snow
a calm sea
a dark sky.

Contradictions.

#photography #snow #winter #beach #sea #nature #sky #nokings #resist #actnow
Snow on the beach.
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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//DAY 32
LONGEVITY CAMPAIGN

‘I’m certain that going to the roots of our problems is necessary to tackle the mess we are in, and we need to do so in a way that actually makes a difference, ends suffering and restores the planet.’ 🧵

#cfof #actnow #photography #resist
A dream of yellow blossoms.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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GOOD MORNING 🌍🌏🌎✊🦋💚💙
with nature’s frost art.

Have an
INSPIRING
COURAGEOUS
EMPOWERING
day!

#photography #nature #frost #ice #winter #ThisIsOurWorld #GeneralStrike #boycott #riseup #actnow #OurFuture
Frost crystals forming the shape of a flower on the leaves of a bush.
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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The world doesn't want to be saved.

So what? Since when does the world get what it wants?

Besides, we are not about saving.
We are about rethinking & reshaping.
We are about testing ideas.

The world will have to do the damn saving itself.

#photography #resist #ThisIsOurWorld #shape #nature
Blurred image of a twig with a fragment of an orange leaf.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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The frost left great images everywhere. The only trouble is that Max, the dog, has developed a knack for walking right into my shots.

#frost #winter #frozen #photography #nature #dogsky
Frozen puddle in field. Black Labrador walks onto the frozen puddle next to my motive, and breaks the ice.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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#poem #photography #mono #soul

Some tears are young
some are old.

Some have been expected
but when they come
they carry with them
seas of grief
the soul screams.

And yet,
there is release
it finally happened
the words
many unexpected
gratitude
never asked for

if only I could have done more
then.
Black and white of a tangle of roots and trees, some of them shaping the outlines of an eye.
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The worst thing about revisiting the same #forests is that you get to know some of the trees.
And one day you turn the corner unsuspecting, and you see this.

I’m convinced #forestry has its place.

I’m likewise convinced that our use of resources needs a more robust rethink.

#photography #nature
Two mountains of cut trees.
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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GOOD DAY 🌍🌏🌎
with some beautiful ice crystals.

#photography #nature #ice
Grass covered in ice crystals.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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GOOD NIGHT 🌙

#photography #blackandwhite #night #stars #trees #skyscape #scape #nature
Black and white, night, stars, trees on the left.
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Let’s be bold
and restore our lands, forests, oceans.

Let’s be clever
and rethink & reshape our global economic & political systems.

Let’s be defiant
and refuse to be complicit
in the idiocies of warmongers, oligarchs & wannabe kings.

#resist #nokings #generalstrike #boycott #photography #sea
Waves rolling onto the beach.
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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DO YOU WANT A FUTURE?
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- Visions
- Shaping together
- Daring
- We have no time to lose!
- What’s the plan?

Contributions by scientists & activists are welcome.

#days-7-1 #photography #stilllife #nature #moss #frost
Still life: moss, frost, seeds
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM