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151. Championing Radical Neighborliness with Michael Wood-Lewis
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Does your neighborhood or community feel like one where everyone has each other’s back, or do you barely know anyone enough to say “hello?” Our guest today, Michael Wood-Lewis, is the co-founder of Front Porch Forum, a platform where 2/3rds of households in Vermont are choosing to come together with their neighbors. Whether it's finding lost pets, locating free building materials, volunteering to rebuild after disasters, or discovering a reliable plumber, the strength and bonds that are forming are a model for the future. Here’s inspiration and possibility at its best.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro & Welcome
03:54 Front Porch Forum
13:27 Social Capital
16:30 The Circular Economy
20:00 Break
22:45 Trust, Reciprocity, and Neighborliness
29:15 Beautifully Vulnerable Success Stories
33:06 Shared Struggles Build Bonds
35:28 Everything’s Local
37:46 Front Porch Forum Film
40:30 Social Contracts
46:31 What’s Next for Front Porch Forum
50:33 What Do You Wish People Knew?
52:04 Closing
198 episodes
Manage episode 378796897 series 3497921
Does your neighborhood or community feel like one where everyone has each other’s back, or do you barely know anyone enough to say “hello?” Our guest today, Michael Wood-Lewis, is the co-founder of Front Porch Forum, a platform where 2/3rds of households in Vermont are choosing to come together with their neighbors. Whether it's finding lost pets, locating free building materials, volunteering to rebuild after disasters, or discovering a reliable plumber, the strength and bonds that are forming are a model for the future. Here’s inspiration and possibility at its best.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro & Welcome
03:54 Front Porch Forum
13:27 Social Capital
16:30 The Circular Economy
20:00 Break
22:45 Trust, Reciprocity, and Neighborliness
29:15 Beautifully Vulnerable Success Stories
33:06 Shared Struggles Build Bonds
35:28 Everything’s Local
37:46 Front Porch Forum Film
40:30 Social Contracts
46:31 What’s Next for Front Porch Forum
50:33 What Do You Wish People Knew?
52:04 Closing
198 episodes
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