Designing Connection with Neighbours

April Theme: Belonging and the Neighbour Connection Challenge In this episode, Zola introduces April’s theme of belonging through designing connection with neighbours, linking it to Common Ground’s focus on collective living and affordability via sharing and reciprocity, and permaculture’s people care ethic. She’s excited to share that she’s making changes to the Homefullness Show to be more practical and announces a Patreon-based Homefullness community with monthly resources.  This includes a “Neighbour Connection Challenge” which offers simple actions and a 7-day structure to build neighbourly ties, with even more resources available for Patreon members through the platform. Zola shares her personal experiences of community inclusion and isolation across different places she's lived, highlights intentional community benefits at Riverside Community (New Zealand), and discusses lessons from Serenbe and Steve Nygren’s book Start In Your Own Backyard about designing walkable, nature-integrated, clustered neighbourhoods. Check out www.commonground.net.nz for additional services for housing leaders and enthusiasts, housing-related events, and sign up for the newsletter and subscribe to the show to be alerted to upcoming content on compassionate communication for resolving neighbour tensions. Timestamps 00:00 April Theme Belonging 00:33 Show Format And Homefullness Community on Patreon 02:14 Neighbour Connection Challenge 03:54 Simple Ways To Connect 05:40 Seven Day Challenge Plan 06:32 Personal Story Early Neighbourhoods 11:31 Riverside Community Support 14:33 South Africa Lessons Learned 16:02 Bad Neighbours Experiences 18:37 Serenbe And Better Design 24:20 Start In Your Backyard Actions 26:05 Free Kit And Patreon Journey 26:49 Let Them Roam Pledge 28:04 Services Events And Resources   Links:  Homefullness Community on Patreon: patreon.com/commonground_zola Home page and newsletter sign up: https://www.commonground.net.nz/ 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 TH Cohousing: https://www.commonground.net.nz/th-cohousing CG FB: https://www.facebook.com/CommonGroundAotearoaNZ/ CG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonground-nz CG YT: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundchannel Let Them Roam pledge: https://stacklist.app/letthemroam