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Next month I start a local civics class my city is offering, giving me monthly access to key people in my local government. I've organized two trash clean ups in that time, the second one having 15 people turn out to help clean a waterway.
Getting involved locally has def gone hand in hand with a sense of nurture & nourish.
#civiccollapse #civicrepair #civic #urbanism #strongtowns #community
#nurture #nourish
@biptoot Yeah, character limit - sometimes you have to be terse... 😝 Here I am specifically referring to civic collapse (which is not to say that those other things are great & fine).
Remember how Thatcher said "There is no such thing as society"? I am talking about everything that makes that statement wrong.
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I think I was in my late 30s when my brain made the jump from thinking "they really should do something about this dumpy town I have to live in" to "omg it's me, 'public' means it's all our jobs" and it's only been the last few years that I've put that into action.
#civiccollapse #civicrepair #civic #urbanism #strongtowns #community
