There Are Trees in the Future, Or, a Case for Staying
The ongoing work of making the spaces in which we live cultivates a kind of alchemy, in which stronger links between people and place can arise.
Joanna Hoffman • Futures From Ruins
This is an extraordinary time full of vital, transformative movements that could not be foreseen. It’s also a nightmarish time. Full engagement requires the ability to perceive both.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
How do we resource the local and still honor our nomadic tendency, our natural migration patterns (which we deny by trying to stay in only one place), our global interconnectedness?
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Often the road to the future is through the past.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
While Gopal acknowledged that “catastrophe is inevitable,” he followed it right up with, “but change is also inevitable; transition is inevitable.” And he laid out some strategies to guide us forward. But how do we proceed at the heart level? How do we break down the walls inside our psyches, reconnect with our neighbors, and take those first steps
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The town’s compassionate side serves as a different kind of preview, suggesting that ruins can play a powerful role in creating the more supportive futures we need.