Resilience Matters — Flourishing in an Era of Extremes (original) (raw)

2023, Resilience Matters

It’s not a stretch to say that we live in an age of extremes. 2023 was – by far – the hottest year since humans have been keeping records; scientists say it was the hottest in 100,000 years. We have entered what UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls “the era of global boiling.” Our politics are boiling, as well. Extremist ideologies are on the rise, and American democracy faces nearly unprecedented threats. Governing bodies are paralyzed as Americans sort themselves into not just different political parties, but separate realities. And yet, in this dire and polarized moment, so many people are rising to the great environmental and moral challenges of our time. In 2023, contributors to the Island Press Urban Resilience Project (URP) captured this hopeful, life-affirming work though a series of articles, op-eds, and interviews that have now been collected in a free e-book — Resilience Matters: Flourishing in an Era of Extremes.