Karen Hurley
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- Name: Karen Hurley
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Karen Hurley is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. student, eco-feminist futurist, "retired" environmental planner, ex-restaurateur, and board member of a community organic farm. She works daily at baby steps toward enabling sustainable and just futures.
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Gotta Wear Shades
Drop that apocalyptic vision and start imagining a positive future 56
Posted 3 years, 4 months agoBack at the turn of the millennium, the local government I was working for asked community members to contribute their vision of the municipality in the year 2025. As an environmental planner, I attended the community's presentations with some interest.
It doesn't have to be like this.
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One group that responded was a gifted-students' club from an elementary school. In their envisioned future, they imagined a community with only indoor parks. Beyond these parks, there would be no trees, no plants, no birds, and no animals. Freshwater would be… Read More