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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
BUILD A GREENER FUTURE with CARE MORE BE BETTER
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Building A Sustainable Wellness Community With Steve Nygren
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Manage episode 509490022 series 2990201
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
301 episodes
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