The future we want begins when we find and pursue the greater good for each other, other living things, and future generations in place, in the small pockets of belonging, in the rural and urban places of America. My place is Floyd County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. This essay was part of SustainFloyd’s annual report for 2017, and it seems fitting to offer it more widely at a time when we need hope and vision.
You are so accurate in this, Fred, the future we want must be built from the ground up. Thank you for this!
That figure, 1.7 per year, is soo terribly daunting and hopeless sounding. It flattens me.