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 Power. … the SDG’s will only be effective if leadership takes action to respond to their data-driven signals. We know from systems theory that the place [...]
Amsterdam, City of Water is Integral City of the Year 2019. Amsterdam will be the city featured on the new cover of the Second Edition of Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences of the Human Hive. In a year when we saw high tides engulf Venice, Amsterdam (often called Venice of the North) continued to survive [...]
Meet Anne-Marie Voorhoeve - Integral City Meshworker of 2019. Anne-Marie is a strategist, social alchemist, social architect, innovative co-creator, experienced facilitator and expert in meshworking. She focuses on the integral transformation of society into a sustainable world. She has decades of international experience with communities, businesses, networks, organizations, technology providers, groups of politicians, NGOs. [...]
Here is the Integral City 2020 Meta Blog. It connects the 4 Voices of the Integral City to the Planet, People, Place and Power that energized us in 2020. It follows the traditions of: Integral City Meta Blog 2019 Integral City Meta Blog 2018 Integral City Meta Blog 2017 Integral City Meta Blog 2016 [...]
The December solstice opens the door to the theme of Power in the Human Hive. Gaia’s Reflective Organs (as individuals, collectives and human hives) have evolved through three eras of Power: Over, With and As. Power Over In today’s world too often, Power is associated with Power Over. The news delights in reporting [...]
One year ago, I issued a Climate-Challenge to Meta-Findhorn (my name for the larger Findhorn community) for 30 people to select and practise change that could contribute to climate resilience for 30 days. See the blogs on our experience here. One year later many of our participants have graduated beyond our successful experiment [...]
This is a guest blog by, Govert Van Ginkel, Graduate of Integral City Beyond Smart and Beyond Resilient Courses I was asked in the Integral City online community, “What Energizes You About a City You Have Visited?” I think what I appreciate most about a city is when it has a heart. A city [...]
As I have travelled many miles in the last 2 months, I have had the pleasure and fun of learning from the many new friends and colleagues I have encountered. Many of those learnings will take months or years to unpack. But here is a sampler of stories that intrigued me and that I [...]
“People need stories more than food to stay alive.” (Barry Lopez) That observation has always been one of my favourite insights into the depths of human nature. When I review the epic voyage to 10 cities (BC Canada: Delta, Vancouver, Mission, Abbotsford; Scotland: Findhorn, Edinburgh; India: Auroville, Chennai, Agra, Delhi) in the last six [...]
From the beginning of October to the middle of November, 2019, I travelled from Findhorn to Vancouver to Auroville India (with brief stops in Findhorn and Edinburgh on the way through) with visits to Chennai, Agra and Delhi before returning to home in Findhorn. I felt it was an epic journey – the [...]