Meta security in the Human Hive - was the topic presented by Integral City to the International Society for Systems Sciences in Haiphong, Vietnam, July 16, 2013. The presentation looked at how integrally aligning sustainability responses to a trajectory of evolutionary threats reveals the strata of intelligent capacities available to sustainability systems thinkers. Here is [...]
Let's recap core blogs that explore the Principles that could guide a Planet of Integral Cities. Recently we explored the evolutionary context of the life-giving Principles of Anthro-Bio-Cosmo emergence (thanks to Integral Geographer Dr. Brian Eddy). In a much earlier blog we introduced the Principles of Living Systems (developed by Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris) Then we [...]
Anthropic Principles for a Planet of Cities can be derived from an examination of the levels of complexity. Spiral Dynamics Emergent Spiral These are nicely captured in the levels and colours of Spiral Dynamics integral. On reviewing this framing of Principles (which I first articulated in 2004) its seems that they address the [...]
Principles for a Planet of Cities underlie the Intelligences that enable the generation of Capitals for the Human Hive. Principles for Planet of Cities I have written extensively about the Intelligences that are needed to consciously and conscientiously evolve any given city. Much of the literature on sustainability has addressed the Capitals of [...]
This exploration of core principles that can inform a Planet of Cities, needs to be unpacked in two ways so it is useful for our inquiry. First let's define what a principle is and second let's set the scope of what we will consider in this series of explorations. We start with the definition. Oxford Online [...]
In the next series of blogs I'd like to point to core principles that could inform a Planet of Integral Cities. The first place I start is with Planet. Bucky Fuller called our Planet, Spaceship Earth. This draws my attention to the family of planets we belong to orbiting in our Solar System, within our [...]
Within the living human hive, spiritual communities have the special purview of being habitats that grow caring capacity and also create the conditions to reflect on caring. Spiritual Garden of Gaia's Reflective Organ They are purpose-gathered to bring people together for spiritual experience, awareness, caring, sharing and development. As such, I suggest that [...]
We are starting a new set of Integral City learning (ad)ventures. We call them Learning Lhabitats. Learning Laboratories and Habitats are being designed for people who sense a new Integrator Role is emerging in cities. They know MUCH change is needed and MANY voices are clamouring for attention. Those concerns lead to key questions, city [...]
What is the equivalent for the Human Hive of producing 40 pounds of honey in the bee hive? That is the question that I have been inquiring into through the lenses of bio-psycho-cultural-social-mimicry. In the generative seed bed of my recent visit to San Francisco, glimpses of the ingredients for producing "Honey" in our Human [...]
It's an honour and privilege to celebrate the inauguration of HUB Oakland, on this Easter weekend (march 29, 2013). In Canada this Good Friday, is a statutory holiday. Here in California, today it will be remembered as the opening of something very special - the HUB will be generating energy that will wake up all of Oakland [...]