Ideas How to flourish in a broken world
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Aug 4, 2025 Exploring solutions to the world's problems including urbanization affecting farmlands, Ministerial Zoning Orders impact on natural spaces, importance of urban planning for community flourishing, housing challenges and rent strike implications, and preserving community vibrancy amid urban changes.
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Willow Grove Farm's Transformation Story
- Susan Reeser narrates the transformation of Willow Grove Farm from family farmland to a green urban oasis amid expanding housing developments.
- She shares her concern over the loss of fertile farmland to urban sprawl and the emotional impact on her family and community.
Flourishing Links Self and Society
- Philosopher Angie Hobbs explains flourishing as the fulfillment of our intellectual, moral, and physical potential.
- Individual flourishing deeply depends on community flourishing and access to healthy environments and resources.
Ethics of Flourishing Explained
- A flourishing ethics focuses on how one should live and be, not just rules or outcomes.
- It is an agent-centered approach asking what kind of person one ought to be for a good life.