This week, guest writer Matt Simmons takes us on a walk through an aspen grove, where what looks like hundreds of individual trees is actually one massive organism that’s quietly been demonstrating successful community building for 10,000 years.
While our communities struggle with isolation and disconnection, aspen groves like Pando provide a blueprint for building networks of resilience.
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Read the original essay: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/missing-the-community-for-the-trees
Written by Matt Simmons
Narrated by Willow Beck
Video edit by Hot Sauce Video
Produced by Important, Not Important https://www.importantnotimportant.com/
