Our people, planet, and communities are more stressed than ever. These problems persist because we strive to sustain the very things that cause them. Growing the Renaissance is an in-depth look at how we settled our country, built our cities, became the nation we are, and what it will take for us to be the change we need to be. With over 30 years of first-hand experience and extensive study, Charlie Hopper offers an in-depth look at living with the agency to be the people we are and want to be. The book is an open-eyed look at our past, a call for action, and a beam of hope for our planet and us as people.
Charlie Hopper has over 30 years of successful landscape, community, and ecosystem design, emphasizing human, natural, and planetary regeneration. Charlie has a vast portfolio of built, digital, and living systems and designs helping people and places thrive throughout the Midwest, Southern, and Eastern parts of the United States. His work has been published in numerous print and online publications, books, and television shows.
Charlie has spent his life planting trees for others to sit under. For the last five years, he has organized entrepreneurs, leaders, and communities to regenerate Kansas City, Missouri's Blue River Valley, the Heartland, and our country. With entrepreneurial success in private, government, and nonprofit sectors, Charlie's understandings of how things work and grow are experiential, vast, and in-depth.
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