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AmeriCorps member Christopher Fecci frames 'anticipatory community' as the spirit behind Ann Arbor’s A2Zero work
Summary
Dr. Christopher Fecci, an AmeriCorps member with the Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovation, described an 'anticipatory community' as one rooted in belonging, experimentation and hope, and highlighted A2Zero programs — ambassadors, resiliency hubs and the Bryant geothermal pilot — as local examples.
Dr. Christopher Fecci, an AmeriCorps member serving with the Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovation, said an "anticipatory community" is "a place of homecoming and belonging" and a setting for creative experimentation that moves people toward what ought to be. He made the remarks during Greenlight, the city’s sustainability podcast hosted by Grace, the office’s communications coordinator.
Fecci said the idea, which he credits to scholar Larry Rasmussen, describes communities focused not on resignation but on inventive, collective change. "An…
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