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Building A Sustainable Wellness Community With Steve Nygren

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Integrating green spaces, agriculture, housing, and retail may be extremely challenging, but it is never impossible. Steve Nygren managed to pull this off by helping build Serenbe, a wellness community connected to nature on the edge of Atlanta. He joins Corinna Bellizzi to share how their responsibly developed, high-value community serves as a model for applying biophilic design in small and intentional ways, boosting regenerative practices everywhere. Steve also discusses what it means to rediscover awe in everyday moments, the unintended consequences of fast-paced living, and how individual choices can contribute to driving systemic transformation.

About Guest:

Steve Nygren is the Founder and Managing Partner of Serenbe, a wellness community created as a model to demonstrate that preserving green space interlaced with agriculture, housing, and retail is not only economically viable, but the future of community wellbeing. This October, Nygren is releasing his first book, Start in Your Own Backyard, which explores how small, intentional changes at home and within our communities can create a profound impact on our holistic wellbeing.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenygren/

Guest Website: https://www.serenbe.com/

Guest Social:

https://www.instagram.com/stevenygren/

https://www.facebook.com/steve.nygren1

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Start In Your Own Backyard - https://amzn.to/4gvxi69

Show Notes: Raw audio

02:39 - Why Most Of Our Consequences Are Unintended

06:52 - Understanding The Principles Of Biophilic Design

10:05 - Applying Regenerative Design In Community Building

12:21 - Rediscovering Awe In Everyday Moments

14:15 - Designing A Community In A Responsible Manner

26:45 - The Origin Story Of Serenbe

37:26 - Comparing Serenbe To Traditional Community Structures

43:04 - How Serenbe’s Structure Can Be Applied In Existing Communities

48:13 - How Personal Choices Can Drive Systemic Transformation

52:03 - Connect With Nature And Your Neighbors

54:30 - Episode Wrap-Up And Closing Words

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Integrating green spaces, agriculture, housing, and retail may be extremely challenging, but it is never impossible. Steve Nygren managed to pull this off by helping build Serenbe, a wellness community connected to nature on the edge of Atlanta. He joins Corinna Bellizzi to share how their responsibly developed, high-value community serves as a model for applying biophilic design in small and intentional ways, boosting regenerative practices everywhere. Steve also discusses what it means to rediscover awe in everyday moments, the unintended consequences of fast-paced living, and how individual choices can contribute to driving systemic transformation.

About Guest:

Steve Nygren is the Founder and Managing Partner of Serenbe, a wellness community created as a model to demonstrate that preserving green space interlaced with agriculture, housing, and retail is not only economically viable, but the future of community wellbeing. This October, Nygren is releasing his first book, Start in Your Own Backyard, which explores how small, intentional changes at home and within our communities can create a profound impact on our holistic wellbeing.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenygren/

Guest Website: https://www.serenbe.com/

Guest Social:

https://www.instagram.com/stevenygren/

https://www.facebook.com/steve.nygren1

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Start In Your Own Backyard - https://amzn.to/4gvxi69

Show Notes: Raw audio

02:39 - Why Most Of Our Consequences Are Unintended

06:52 - Understanding The Principles Of Biophilic Design

10:05 - Applying Regenerative Design In Community Building

12:21 - Rediscovering Awe In Everyday Moments

14:15 - Designing A Community In A Responsible Manner

26:45 - The Origin Story Of Serenbe

37:26 - Comparing Serenbe To Traditional Community Structures

43:04 - How Serenbe’s Structure Can Be Applied In Existing Communities

48:13 - How Personal Choices Can Drive Systemic Transformation

52:03 - Connect With Nature And Your Neighbors

54:30 - Episode Wrap-Up And Closing Words

BUILD A GREENER FUTURE with CARE MORE BE BETTER

🌴 Subscribe to our newsletter, and we’ll plant a tree in your honor!

🌲 Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, and we’ll plant another tree

🌱 Together, we’ve planted 24,251 trees in 2025 through our partnership with ForestPlanet. Follow, subscribe, or join our newsletter to help us keep growing!

Follow us on social media:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caremorebebetter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caremorebebetter

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better

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