Neighbourliness for Resilience with Robin Allison of Earthsong EcoNeighbourhood

Robin Allison is the founder of Earthsong EcoNeighbourhood in West Auckland, a 32-home, medium-density cohousing community on 1.2 hectares. It is guided by permaculture ethics, eco-building, and social sustainability, with an educational commitment to share learning. Zola and Robin discuss “homefullness” as individual autonomy plus shared belonging, intergenerational support, accountability, and personal and collective growth opportunities by working actively with diversity and conflict. Robin describes Earthsong’s resilience work with the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), concluding urban and community resilience depends on cultivating and fostering wider caring and connected neighbourhood relationships. A team at Earthsong is launching a film and workshop, “Neighbourliness for Resilience,” which is offered to groups wishing to generate discussion and solutions for their own local resilience. Be in touch with Robin to request a screening and workshop for your community or area. Earthsong offers tours to groups (by demand) and the public (quarterly).  Robin offers seminars on cohousing governance and design, her latest offerings being in Japan.  Her book Cohousing for Life is available to get learnings from her experience of developing Earthsong and tips for aspiring intentional community developers (and groups).   Zola at Common Ground is offering a number of services to support councils, housing organisations and professionals, and leaders and groups aspiring to create an innovative housing projects. Beyond housing, Zola offers services to those wishing to add more connection and harmony to their workgroups--finding and deepening the common ground amongst all members to work and live better together.  Services include:  Connection Labs (playful, interactive workshops) which include communication that increases connection and understand, teambuilding that increases cooperation and effective work flows, somatic activities to increase body wisdom, and Playback Theatre as a playful way to increase empathy and social cohesion. Advisory, Consulting, Facilitation and Speaking services for team and groups (related to housing and team-building) Women Revolutionising Housing network: supporting women curious about and leading innovative housing ideas and projects. Residential Property Development for Community-Focused Housing, a curated course for lay-leaders and professionals Join the Homefullness Patreon Community to support the podcast and Zola's work building a movement for housing systems change Timestamps 01:19 Announcements and Updates 03:12 Meet Robin and Earthsong 03:41 Cohousing and Permaculture Ethics 06:54 Defining Homefullness 10:03 Diversity and Discomfort 12:31 Resilience Research Insights 15:20 Neighborliness Film and Workshops 17:19 Governance Skills for Society 25:38 Cohousing Training and Tours 31:26 Conflict Skills and Meetings 41:12 Personal Note and Future Cities 45:17 Closing Thanks and Vision   Links: https://www.earthsong.org.nz/ Home page and newsletter sign up: https://www.commonground.net.nz/ Working together--how I support teams and leaders: https://www.commonground.net.nz/work-together WRH: https://www.commonground.net.nz/women-revolutionising-housing-network Property Devp course: https://www.commonground.net.nz/property-devp-course Newsletters: https://www.commonground.net.nz/common-ground-newsletter Connection Lab Playshops: https://www.commonground.net.nz/connection-labs Homefullness Community: patreon.com/commonground_zola CG FB: https://www.facebook.com/CommonGroundAotearoaNZ/ CG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonground-nz CG YT: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundchannel