Humanity Rising has convened a 12-day broadcast focused on COP 26. Integral City will anchor the COP 26 November 8, 2021 Humanity Rising broadcast with a cities theme. Here is how our program will unfold. Global Regeneration Summit Day 8: Cities Are Gaia’s Regeneration Hubs Cities are called to be Gaia’s Regeneration Hubs [...]
On Oct. 28, 2021 Humanity Rising convened the team who will anchor the 12-day broadcast on COP 26. Lead by Jim Garrison, President of Ubiquity University he shares our intentions with this map of conference broadcasts. Humanity Rising: COP26 Humanity Rising Special Coverage: Understanding the COP Jim Garrison opened the Humanity Rising Broadcast [...]
Poem Heralding COP26 - by author Maggie La Tourelle About Author Maggie La Tourelle Maggie is an author, designer and therapist working in London and Findhorn. In the early seventies she started having dreams about rising sea levels. This ominous precognition led to her active involvement in the Transition Towns and Communities [...]
Last week when I was interviewing, futurist Dr. Anneloes Smitsman about her r3.0 Educational Transformation Blueprint, she remarked about the importance of feedback and celebrating the special moments of life in community. They are like rites of passage. That reminded me to tell her of our experience here in Findhorn Ecovillage this year. [...]
This is another Interview from the Balcony. And today I'm just delighted to have as my guest Anneloes Smitsman. I've been following her work over many years and now today I have the delight of having a conversation with her. And before we get started, just let me share some of Anneloes background. It's [...]
On the 11th of September 2001, when three planes not only crashed but destroyed the lives of thousands of people, they also woke up the world to our profound interconnectedness. The Future that day brought both deep shadow and unexpected light. I didn’t realize how intently the Future was calling me as I [...]
Yesterday I read an article in the Economist that shows how the centres of large cities have imploded since the start of the pandemic. Businesses have shut down and/or moved out or moved their workers home. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/the-new-economics-of-global-cities/21804271 That has meant that the services that deliver people, goods, food, supplies and support to downtown [...]
Cities aka Human Hives need Regeneration First Responders. More than 50% of humanity lives in cities – up to 90% in the developed world. Cities are responsible for emitting 50% of CO2 that is now quickly warming our planet beyond the tolerance for humans and all life. Those of you who have endured the [...]
This newsletter is published quarterly using a cycle of perspectives on the Integral City viewed from: Planet, People, Place and Power. The theme of this issue is Place. Deep Design is an all-quadrant (AQAL) process: Deep Design includes (a) research of the past geological and social history and current conditions/ situations/circumstances of the [...]
Duane Elgin sets out the steps we can take to Choose Earth in the most positive way possible. Elgin proposes we do the following in order to Choose Earth as our future (p.155): Awaken to aliveness Cultivate our true gifts Be deeply informed Protect and restore nature Grieve losses Practice reconciliation Choose simplicity [...]