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Our first ever episode swap! In this episode, dear listeners, you will be hearing from Matt Johnson and Adam Barlow-Thompson, two of the co-founders of the Neighboring Movement. They bring a joy-filled approach to learning about, and practicing, good neighboring. They are joined by John McKnight to discuss the six (possibly even seven) attributes of a culture of contribution, how these characteristics in a community could foster peace, and then continues with the roles that we play within our neighborhood.
 

This week, hosts Matt and Adam continue their discussion about the ReCycle process. (Part 1: The Act of Remembering aired on December 22, 2020.) In Part 2: Reveal, we move from the thinking and reflection portion of the process to the Action piece- Or to loosely quote Adam, just go out and try some *stuff* and see what happens!

Find out more about the Neighboring Movement at www.NeighboringMovement.org

This week, Matt and Adam are joined by our very own, Kristopher Swanson who shares with us a new Neighboring Tip. Walk with your neighbor!

As Spring blooms, more folks are out and about in our neighborhoods. Invite a neighbor to walk with you; take in some sunshine! The great thing about this tip is that is for introverts and extroverts alike. You can fill the time with chit chat about the beautiful weather, how the neighbors' gardens are looking, etc. OR you don't have to talk at all. If you have a neighbor you are comfortable with, you could soak up the sun and just LISTEN. To the other person's story or if they are quiet too, just listen to the wind and birdsong. Grab a neighbor and walk!

To find more Neighboring Tips, go to www.NeighboringMovement.org

This week Adam and Matt are joined by Amy Notbohm from Arizona. Amy found the Neighboring Movement through some mutual friends and started listening to the podcast, then jumped onto a Community Call and we immediately fell in love with her energy and started including her in all the things so that she could begin sharing her knowledge with us!

In this episode, Amy references two books:

"Doughnut Economics" by Kate Raworth. You can find out more information about that book and "the doughnut" at https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/.

"Women in the Gift Economy" by Genevieve Vaughan. You can find more information about this book at http://www.gift-economy.com/womenand.html

As always, find out more about the Neighboring Movement at www.NeighboringMovement.org

Welcome to Part 3 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview. Hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe.

To recap a bit, Cormac has been telling us about the 3 Lanes. The first lane is what communities can do for each other. The second lane is what citizen's can do WITH institutions, key word is "with." And the third lane is what institutions alone can do. And where we are now is we always tend to start in lane 3, without asking questions of lane 1 first.

This week, Cormac gives a couple of recent examples of lane one and how Covid has actually moved us back into lane one a bit.

To learn more about the Neighboring Movement, go to www.neighboringmovement.org

To learn more about Cormac Russell, visit https://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/cormac-russell/ 

The Neighbor Next Door is back and here to stay! We are now an episodic podcast, which means, starting today, we will be releasing an episode every Tuesday. So, welcome to Infinity Season!

For today's episode, hosts Adam and Matt sit down on the front porch to explain the work of our nonprofit, the Neighboring Movement, and detail our vision for 2020. They begin by explaining who we are and what we are called to do, before detailing the two different settings in which we work and what we do, and plan to do, within each of these settings. In the last few months, our staff has doubled in size, and in many ways, our work has been transformed. We are very excited about all of these changes and are also quite excited to share them with you all! Welcome to the front porch!