About Marilyn Hamilton

HI I am the Founder of Integral City Meshworks Inc. and Editor -in-Chief and Chief Blogger. Working with cities and eco-regions, I ‘meshwork’ or weave people, purpose, priorities, profits, programs and processes to align contexts, grow capacity and develop strategies for sustainability and resilience in the Integral City. You can read more details about me here http://integralcity.com/about/about-the-founder/
18 09, 2015

How Do We Locate the Smart City?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00September 18th, 2015|Categories: city|Tags: , , |4 Comments

The first GPS locator we look at we could call the Smart City Locator. It tracks the logic of cities using Logic Models – based on Strategic Rational thinking. It depends on scientific and methodical Inquiry – Research and Development in other words. Smart City Locator It collects BIG DATA. It uses the [...]

16 09, 2015

How Do We Power Up Our Cities?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: city|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

All cities of any size draw on energy sources to power functions. Smart Cities and Resilient Cities source their energy externally. Evolutionary Power Source To build Smart Cities we drew on fossil fuels. To develop Resilient Cities we are drawing on renewable energy. To energize Integral Cities we tap into the energy at [...]

16 09, 2015

How Do We Locate the Integral City?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: city|Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

The third Locator nests inside the Smart City and Resilient City Locators – it is the core intelligence chip that reflects the deepest intelligence of the Human Hive – the Integral City Locator. Essentially it offers “Integral Intel Inside”. Integral City GPS Compass Integral Locator This chip embeds the core intelligences that enable [...]

16 09, 2015

How Do We Locate the Resilient City?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: city|Tags: , , , , |5 Comments

The second locator we look at we name the Resilient City Locator. It is like the Motherboard of our intelligence system – it is based on the natural systems we have inherited from Mother Earth. Integral City Contexting Locator (for Resilient Cities) The Resilient City Locator is all about locating our Human Hives in [...]

16 09, 2015

Human Hive: Roles & Types

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Master Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |4 Comments

The biomimicry pattern of the Human Hive (aka city) draws on fractal patterns and systems in play in our global ecology and human species.   Homo sapiens sapiens is supposedly the most advanced species of the vertebrates. We have developed four types of cities in our Human Hive line. Moreover we have also developed four [...]

3 09, 2015

Beehive: Biomimicry Patterns for Smart, Resilient, Integral Cities

By |2026-03-19T16:00:53+00:00September 3rd, 2015|Categories: C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Emergence|Tags: , , , , , , , |2 Comments

The Human Hive has many lessons to learn from the honey beehive. Honeybee Hive Some years ago I was introduced to the biomimicry magic of the beehive and was fascinated to learn that apis mellifera -  the honey bee - has figured out a system that enables Smart [...]

31 08, 2015

Bee Hive Metaphor Offers Human Hive Disturbing Pattern of Survival?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00August 31st, 2015|Categories: city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |3 Comments

Are metaphors useful when real life intrudes on their original power as a pattern framer? Colony Collapse Disorder For instance (almost a decade ago) when I coined the term “Human Hive” as a metaphor for the living, evolutionary human system of the city, it predated many life events that have since occurred. Perhaps [...]

28 08, 2015

The Human Hive Reveals Patterns that Determine City Types

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00August 28th, 2015|Categories: city, Lifecycle|Tags: , , , , , , |9 Comments

I am curious how many readers think of themselves as belonging to a Human Hive?          Human Hive I wonder how many people reading this blog keep or have kept bees (or have seen beekeepers at work)?  Or have a role that contributes to the wellbeing and functioning of the [...]

21 07, 2015

Householder Dharma: The Best Exotic Qualities of Home

By |2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00July 21st, 2015|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, Householder Dharma, Inner, Outer, Spiritual intelligence, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Travel broadens the mind. And when we can’t do it in reality, a good movie or documentary can open perspectives and even create a longing to visit more exotic places in far reaches of the world. But with a little imagination we can bring a new appreciation for the beauty goodness and truth that surround [...]

13 07, 2015

10 Best Reasons to Pop-Up at Playground Lunch ITC2015

By |2017-04-07T02:57:21+00:00July 13th, 2015|Categories: B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, Classroom course, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Emergence, Master Intelligence, Spiritual intelligence, Spirituality|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Joining MetaIntegral’s Integral Theory Conference for its fourth international event (and sponsoring the conference for the third time) Integral City has designed Pop-Up Playgrounds for three lunch times on July 17, 18, 19.  In Ballroom B (at Sonoma State University HUB) we are inviting 30 hearts and souls to Pop-Up for a “catalyzing” harvest in the Knowing [...]

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