{"id":3502462,"date":"2024-07-17T00:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T00:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?page_id=3502462"},"modified":"2024-07-17T00:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T00:13:40","slug":"editors-picks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/editors-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor’s Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To King or Not to King\u2026 Are We Seriously Asking this Question?<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

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After the more than two centuries since the American and French Revolutions, the kings are back — or at least, trying to be. But we don\u2019t have to be stuck in this strange cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Finding Our Way Home Part III: Finding Community<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

Zia Gallina<\/a>, The Subversive Farmer<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

For me, the mountain on which I live, the animals and plants, the climate, the river and underground spring\u2026 actually the land and all it encompasses… this is also my community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Crazy Town: Episode 105. Who Can Fix the Housing Crisis – NYT Pundits, German Shepherds, or Bilbo Baggins?<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

Asher Miller<\/a>, Rob Dietz<\/a>, Jason Bradford<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

Jason, Rob, and Asher are taking out a huge, unaffordable mortgage on the housing crisis. What\u2019s behind the shortage in housing? Why is it that no one, except canine Tik Tok influencers with billion-dollar bank accounts, can afford to own a home??<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Growing the Shire, Not the \u2018Burb: Facing the Housing Crisis with Ecological Sanity<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

Jason Bradford<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

By putting this idea out there \u2013 that we can respond wisely to the polycrisis by building ecologically savvy agrarian villages \u2013 I hope to capture the imagination and fruitful energy of some of you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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A Dead World, Plastic-Wrapped to Preserve Freshness<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

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If there are future geologists and archaeologists, they will easily identify strata from our fleeting era by evidence of the rapid growth (and decline) of human numbers and their environmental impact, and by durable materials we have left behind\u2014many of which will be plastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

May 27, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Human Nature Odyssey: Episode 12. The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy (Part 1)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

Alex Leff<\/a>, Human Nature Odyssey<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

Across the world, politics is often framed as left vs. right. But where did that divide begin? This episode traces the roots back to the French Revolution and the centuries-long struggle over liberty, power, and the future of democracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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This is what democracy looks like<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t

Khalil Shahyd<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

Stronger democratic institutions go hand in hand with stronger environmental policy. Understood in this way, democracy is both a tool and solution to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

May 15, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tLoad More<\/a>\r\n\t\t