How can neighbors build stronger, more joyful communities? Tristan Roberts and Chuck Collins share stories of connection, mutual aid and resilience to help neighbors face an uncertain future together.
Our town, our table: The community-building power of a shared meal
Can community potlucks provide a solution to America’s loneliness epidemic?
September 30, 2026
Does your neighborhood need a coffee klatch?
How a tiny town in Vermont turned a simple weekly gathering into the social glue holding a neighborhood together.
September 3, 2026
Navigating the great unraveling: How communities are building place‑based resilience
How do our communities prepare for a disrupted future? The growing frequency and variety of global disruptions and unraveling raise the question of how communities can prepare.
August 29, 2026
About the Series
In this series of articles by Tristan Roberts and Chuck Collins, Resilient Neighbors offers a look at their experiments in place-based resilience, aiming to share ideas, inspiration, and practical tips for those interested in replicating and adapting similar efforts in their localities. This series of articles starts in Guilford, but branches out with perspectives from other communities across the U.S.
About the Authors
Tristan Roberts is a father, farmer, writer, musician, and artist. Since 2009, he and his family have welcomed visitors to Quill Nook Farm, which they own and operate. Chuck Collins is a campaigner, researcher and storyteller at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of the eco-fiction novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun and Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Planet (The New Press, October 2025).
