There is no perfect human analog to the way nature unconsciously evolves a sense of belonging in ecosystems, but there is a rough parallel—and that is promoting a culture of ownership in human societies, which always creates more resilience. “Ownership is the one thing that fixes more things so other things can be made easier to fix,” argues the education expert Stefanie Sanford of the College Board. More often than not, she says, when citizens feel a sense of ownership over their country, when teachers feel a sense of ownership over their classrooms, when students feel a sense of ownership
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