
Can You Go Hiking When the World's on Fire?
On rest, responsibility, and the philosophies that quietly live us.
Jessica Böhme is an academic, author, and practical philosopher exploring how to live a good life in the Anthropocene by blending ecology, spirituality, and sustainability into meaningful action.
On rest, responsibility, and the philosophies that quietly live us.
We’ve been told we can become anyone if we just try hard enough. But what if becoming is always a shared act?
Your unexamined philosophy may be quietly shrinking your world. Here’s how to begin tending it as a living, breathing worldview instead.
What if the struggle to find our place isn’t about fitting in, but about learning to stand in right relation to the whole? A reflection on belonging, language, and the tension between parts and wholes.
What if the real gap isn’t between knowledge and action, but between concern and care? Our entanglement with systems makes meaningful change difficult—but does it absolve us of responsibility?
The mental health crisis isn’t just psychological—it’s philosophical. Healing lies in reconnecting our inner lives with the interconnected systems that sustain us.
When we bring our soul back into the act of caring for the world, sustainability shifts from obligation to fulfilment.