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YouTube video by Edenicity The Ecology of Transit Resistance. Episode 163

Public transit can green a city by freeing up space for other uses. But most of us resist transit expansion. Even some environmentalists. Why? There's actually an ecological reason. Here's how to flip it.

YouTube video by Edenicity How Neighborhoods Can Cure Loneliness. Episode 122

What can your neighborhood do to connect people better?

Here I discuss a 3-step process I developed for an urban ecovillage. With 85 examples and 5 pro tips for neighborhood organizers.

YouTube video by Edenicity NOW is the Time for Cities to Dream BIG. Episode 161.

A permaculture urbanism take on Zohran Mamdani's campaign for NYC Mayor.

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YouTube video by The Librarians Film THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

"A different kind of superhero movie."
—The Hollywood Reporter

As a former librarian, I forward to watching this.
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This.

One of the biggest confusions in politics is between spending and investment. Everything Prof. Reich is talking about is an INVESTMENT that pays society back many times over. Proof? Nordic countries and Singapore. 🫳🎤

YouTube video by More Perfect Union We got AZ Dems to commit to ban billionaires from buying primary elections. Your state could be next

Yay AZ!

It's now clear there are 2 kinds of Democrats:

SOCIAL Democrats (refuse big donors), and
CORPORATE Democrats (corrupt by definition)

EVERY Democrat should declare which one they are, and be ready to prove it! This works even better at the state level.

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YouTube video by Edenicity Why Cruelty is MAGA’s Love Language (and How Cities Can Intervene). Episode 153.

The weirdest thing about MAGA is how they bond over cruelty. How did they get this way? Could it happen to the rest of us? How can individuals and cities intervene—before it’s too late?
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There are 2 kinds of Democrats:

SOCIAL Democrats—unbeatable poll numbers
Corporate Democrats—lowest poll numbers ever

This is what happens when inequality gets so insane that money loses its meaning. It can't even buy elections anymore.

Catastrophic for farmers, illegal, and reported on NPR, which the administration is also disappearing as of Sep 30. The Trump administration may move fast and break things, but they're breaking the good things and building NOTHING.
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Short Course Videos Now Available | Edenicity Get more from Edenicity on Patreon

Thanks to everyone who made the Edenicity Short Course a success last week!

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An introduction to permaculture urbanism for anyone who wants to make their city—and the planet—more livable.

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YES! But can we move it up to the 4th of July. You know, INDEPENDENCE (from kings) day?

Right on! Someone got some great footage! Mahalo!

#nokings #honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii makai side represents!

Padilla's question came just after Noem publicly vowed to maintain a military occupation of L.A. and California until it was "liberated" from its "socialist" mayor and governor.

Why have Noem and co-conspirator Hegseth not been indicted for armed insurrection to overthrow elected officials?

NoKings day map with many circular icons denoting the thousands of events held June 14, 2025 in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, BVI, UK and Europe.

Congratulations to MILLIONS who showed up for this! Thousands demonstrated peacefully in Honolulu. Over 15,000 waved or honked their support from their cars.

The tide is turning. We have momentum. Staying UNITED, resisting more, caring more, could make us a nation where all of us thrive. 🤸🌴🏙️

What’s it like at the #NoKingsDay rally in Houston?

People petting horses.

Flowers on police vehicles.

Families everywhere.

As we resist Trump’s tyranny, we gain solidarity. 

As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous — and we weaken Trump and his regime. 

Today's protests are about standing up to Trump, but they're also about standing with each other. 

Be safe. Be peaceful. Be strong.

YouTube video by Mother Jones Pay Attention to What Kristi Noem Said Before Alex Padilla's Removal

In this clip, Noem was talking about "liberating" the city from the "socialists"(governor & mayor).
Zealots like this unlawfully try to force their vision. They give utopia a bad name.
That's why Edenicity is about creating more 🌎 friendly living choices at scale —NOT forcing or tricking people.

Standing proudly against tyranny with millions of 🇺🇸 June 14. The felons in chief rip up families, beat up senators and send famished marines to undermine governors. They sold their worth for gold-plated 🚽 and parades. Can’t wait to UNITE in peace for competence, rule of law & human dignity.

First, housing got supersized nearly 2⨉ per person. Twice as big: twice the price. [Image of a giant suburban house, with a chart comparing US median home statistics for 1975 and 2020. During this period, home size grew from 1,500 to 2,480 square feet, occupancy fell from 3.14 to 2.53 people, square foot per person grew from 477 to 926 (wow emoji, horrified cat emoji), interest rates were 9% and 7% respectively, average price (in 2023 dollars) went from $82,000 to $164,000, and monthly mortgage per square foot (in 2023 dollars) was $0.35 in 1975 and 2020.]

Second, the price hits even harder today because of systematic wage theft since the 1970s. All that extra productivity? Straight into the pockets of CEOs and investors. Way to go, “free” markets. [Chart from the Economic Policy Institute showing both US hourly pay and productivity doubling from 1948 to 1973, then productivity going up another 74% between 1973 and 2013, while hourly pay increases only 9%.]

Third, Private equity is buying up houses to speculate in rentals. [Pictured: Headline from USA TODAY October 3, 2023: Blocked by Wall Street: How homebuyers are being outbid in droves by investors.]

Fourth, Big rental listing services are facing lawsuits for alleged price-fixing. [Pictured: headline from Realtor.com May 9, 2025: 9 States Are Suing Landlords Over Rent-Setting Algorithms]

Why is US housing so expensive?

4 obvious reasons: supersizing, wage theft, speculation by large private equity firms, and price-fixing algorithms.

Less obvious: Since 1949, industry pressure has kept governments from building public housing that has proven successful in other countries.

Great point! Here's hoping 🫏 systematically catalog all forms of voter suppression and deploy active countermeasures for each one. For example, programmatic purges of voter rolls can trigger automatic voter alerts, live follow-up and paper trails for legal/media challenges.

Permaculture edge = urbanism interface.

STRONG ECONOMY: Make housing a human right. Build high-amenity, mixed-income apartments. Cut military budgets 2% per month until all audits are clean. Make quality education FREE for life. Pay a universal basic income. Tax capital more than labor. Support labor unions. Save the Post Office.

SAFETY AND HEALTH: Strongly regulate guns to make schools and public gatherings safe again. Vastly expand public transit (60⨉ safer than cars, far less polluting). Support diversified urban agriculture and forestry. Make pregnancy safe again: restore Roe v. Wade. Provide universal public healthcare for life. Prioritize walkable neighborhoods.

QUALITY ENVIRONMENT: Make energy 100% renewable by 2050 (costs less just than buying more fossil fuels). End sprawl subsidies (fuels, roads, water, taxes). Upgrade all buildings for energy efficiency. Expand and protect the national parks. Invest in rail, not roads or highways. Restore damaged wildlife habitat

JUSTICE: Promptly enforce Ethics in Government—all branches! Condemn and divest from nations waging genocide. Enforce Amendment 14§3: insurrectionists out! Decriminalize drugs. Treat addiction. Strengthen consumer protections. Counter voter suppression. Reverse Citizens United. Shut down ICE.

Remember when platforms drove politics? In an era of personality cults, I felt the 🫏 weren’t articulating a clear enough vision for 🇺🇸. So I pulled together lists of issues that a majority of 🇺🇸 support (plus some permaculture urbanism😀). Here ya go,🫏—your Missing Platform.

YouTube video by Edenicity How Long Can Cities Last on Clean Energy? Episode 150

With renewable energy, the world may need 1,000⨉ more batteries. But today’s best batteries won’t last long. They also use scarce minerals from ecologically fragile areas, inviting political volatility. But what if a clunky, old-school technology could save the day?

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432 Park Avenue, New York City, with units listed at $90 million, has seen low occupancy amid tenant lawsuits.

Meanwhile, Singapore builds however much public housing it takes to get people housed, resulting in 90% home ownership (vs 65% in the US). All without undercutting the open market.

It’s appalling that the US has both a housing shortage and way too many supersized, exclusive residences full of empty rooms. OK, free markets, you’ve shot your shot. Time for governments to step in and get everyday people housed.

Daytime panorama of Hong Kong skyline and waterfront from the hills behind the city. Hong Kong's population grew massively in the 20th century, yet it is 75% green space to this day.

According to the UN, the world’s urban population is growing by 200,000 people a day. So… do we need new cities? No. Ecologically sound, urbanist upgrades can accommodate growth in existing cities without displacing people or ecosystems.

Correction: now 60x safer.

Source: National Transportation Safety Board, Deaths by Transportation Mode, 2007-2023.

Awhile back, someone tried to hire me to help build a big utopian city in the wilderness.

No cars, but also… no forest.

I needed the work, but I said nah.

You don’t save the planet by bulldozing it. Kinda obvious, right?

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