Oi! Neighborday in Brazil!
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#NeighbordayCountdown Day 1: A BBQ hosted by Aline & Márcia from Projeto Vizinhança (Neighborhood Project) in Brazil. Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com! #goodstagram
Intermission: Heavy Metal Quilter is Coolest Neighbor Ever
- Pete(r) Karinen wrote in Art, Creativity and Intermission
Agency Charlie started the “Neighbors Film Project,” an ongoing series of documentary shorts about San Francisco’s creative community, from the perspective of individual members.
This short profiles Ben Venom, a uniquely badass quilter.
Hang out with your neighbors on the last Saturday of April (a day we’re calling “Neighborday”). Click here to say you’ll Do It, and here to download GOOD’s Neighborday Toolkit and a bunch of other fun stuff.
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 2: A picnic for Lincoln Square neighbors hosted by @gregwong at Central Park, NYC. Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com! #goodstagram #neighborday
Why Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Annie Leonard’s Backyard Commune
- Annie Leonard wrote in Living, Cities and Communal Living
When we were younger we all lived together in a big house in Washington, D.C. One couple moved out west for grad school at UC Berkeley, and over the next two decades, as other houses on the block became available, we all migrated. We tore down the fences in our back yards to have one huge shared garden; because so many in the community are avid gardeners (I’m not), I like to say that I live in a Monet painting with my best friends.
We share Stuff all the time. We only need one barbecue, one table saw, one lawn mower, one fax and scanner. Because we share so much, we buy and consume and throw away less Stuff. Sure, we save money and conserve resources, but the real benefits are not material.
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 3: A design service day in the Hyde Park community hosted by @deandrean from Catalysts by Design in St. Louis, MO. Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com! #goodstagram #neighborday #designserves
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 4: A NeighborUP doorhang from Frankie Blackburn &
Bill Traynor at @FentonStMarket in Silver Spring, MD.
Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com!
#goodstagram #neighborday
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 5: Bouncing, Snowcones & Fun at @jencrittenden’s #Neighborday celebration in L.A.
Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com!
#goodstagram
Playborhoods: Why Children Playing Street Games Is the Best Measure of a Healthy Neighborhood
- Mike Lanza wrote in Education, Living and Cities
Many decades ago, neighborhoods were bustling with life. They were also bustling with children playing in groups, with no adults supervising them. Today, most neighborhoods are dead boring, and it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find children playing in them.
All this is no mere coincidence. Children have always been the most prominent people in neighborhoods. In fact, in many ways, children have always acted as the catalysts for neighborhood life. In my childhood neighborhood in the Pittsburgh suburbs back in the 1960s and 70s, my activities with friends were constantly pulling my parents and my friends’ parents together. They’d call each other to discuss one kid eating or sleeping at another’s house, and then they’d end up chatting about other things.
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 6: A Cardboard Animal Picnic for Friends of
Living Plaza’s pre-#Neighborday celebration in Dallas, TX.
Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com!
#goodstagram
Celebrate neighboring and come meet some awesome neighbors at @GOOD_LA ‘s event at CicLAvia this Sunday! #goodstagram
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 8: Free laundry day at The Church of Argenta’s #Neighborday celebration in North Little Rock, AR.
Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com! #goodstagram
![[Updated: Challenge #3] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
Capture yourself going to invite a neighbor to Neighborday. Okay, we know, this one might be a little awkward, but Neighborday is all about getting out of your comfort zone. We want to see your nervousness, your excitement, and some authentic moments of you interacting with your neighbors. Brainstorm some activities, plan a menu, or compare playlists with that guy who you’ve seen a million times but never had the nerve to say hello to!
When you’re done, remember to Go HERE to submit your video!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/04b8e959e375acda1f855d92cdb709eb/tumblr_mlgvdfhLQv1qjq5r9o1_250.jpg)
[Updated: Challenge #3] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together
- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
Capture yourself going to invite a neighbor to Neighborday. Okay, we know, this one might be a little awkward, but Neighborday is all about getting out of your comfort zone. We want to see your nervousness, your excitement, and some authentic moments of you interacting with your neighbors. Brainstorm some activities, plan a menu, or compare playlists with that guy who you’ve seen a million times but never had the nerve to say hello to!
When you’re done, remember to Go HERE to submit your video!
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 9: An invite from The 3rd Avenue Street Committee in South Africa for their #Neighborday celebration.
Send us your Neighborday invite to neighborday@goodinc.com!
#goodstagram
The Home Team: In an Age of Virtual Niches, In Praise of Opening Doors to Unfamiliar Neighbors
- Frank Chimero wrote in Living, Creativity and Cities
I’ve never had a door that wasn’t next to someone else’s. Growing up, my bedroom was nearest to my sister’s; after that, I left home for college and dorm life, then greeted adulthood with successive apartments in the city. Chicago, Portland, then Brooklyn—with each move, I gained more neighbors on each side.
