Patrick Atwater
@patwater
1/ The Edge is alive — and it’s happening now. In pop-up cities like Esmeralda, where climate futurists, civic hackers, and parents with toddlers gather to prototype new ways of living. But the real opportunity? Bringing that same spirit to anytown USA. 🧵
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Patrick Atwater
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2/ My hometown of La Crescenta is one such place. A typical suburb in Southern California. Quiet. Tree-lined. Mall-adjacent. But just beneath the surface, it’s a perfect testbed — a place to reimagine what suburbia can become.
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
3/ In education, we can do better than factory schooling. At Esmeralda we saw pop-up pods and passion-led learning. What would it look like to bring that home? In 2015, I shared a vision: inquiry-based education grounded in place and wonder. Read it here: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2013-04-02-a-radically-practical-vision-of-education
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