Gantar always read the editorials in journals or magazines. He did this before he became an editor himself, and now it has turned into a professional habit. Some editorials may present an interesting ...idea or raise an issue related to current topics, encouraging critical reflection. Others are almost like a research article in their own right. The texts largely have a positive orientation and perhaps even call for changes or different behavior in an activist manner (of course in relation to the issues covered in the journal). Intentionally or not, every editorial is also a reflection of its author. Recently, concerned connoisseurs of IT tools based on artificial intelligence have warned them of the possibility of misusing these to create practically any written text -- from school assignments and exams to research articles.
Strategic planning sometimes seems unnecessary and too vague to be of any use, at least in spatial planning. However, without a clear orientation toward a desired future spatial arrangement, ...implementation projects can take us in very different directions. What should be given priority in space, which is a limited resource? Settlement, agriculture, renewable energy sources, tourism, or nature conservation? When faced with such dilemmas and land-use conflicts, a clear vision supported by a strategy for how to achieve it can be used to suitably respond to various developmental tendencies and initiatives in society (a city, municipality, region, or country). The media are dominated by bad news and, in a time when a rapid response to various developments across the globe is expected, an energy crisis may very well manifest in a Slovenian village with solar panels on all the roofs, or a food crisis in a well-maintained home garden or a balcony covered in potted tomatoes.
