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<strong>the</strong> upshot: what is <strong>to</strong> be done? S 215<br />

Imagine that model spreading around <strong>the</strong> United States, crossfertilizing<br />

with hundreds <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r examples elsewhere in large<br />

cities like Chicago and Seattle, urban neighborhoods, and small<br />

<strong>to</strong>wns. If, for a moment, you get very quiet . . . you can feel <strong>the</strong><br />

transformation going on in neighborhoods, <strong>to</strong>wn, and cities all<br />

over <strong>the</strong> United States. It has grown in<strong>to</strong> a worldwide movement<br />

that rejects <strong>the</strong> idea that we are fated <strong>to</strong> end <strong>the</strong> human experiment<br />

with a bang or a whimper on a scorched and barren Earth.<br />

It is <strong>the</strong> sound <strong>of</strong> humankind growing <strong>to</strong> a fuller stature—a transformation<br />

just in time.

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