What has the front page image of the woman in the Blue Bra in Tahrir Square got to do with the opening of the movie re-make of the "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"? The Blue Bra speaks of women's vulnerable defiance in the real world. The Dragon Tattoo's owner, Lisbeth Salander acts with assertive defiance in the fictional world. Both [...]
December Solstice Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City Today's Integral City Sparkies for City Emergence: The larger the city the more likely it will span a wider and wider spectrum of individual purposes; ghettoes of differing purposes and intentions will emerge and the demands of governance will need to address these discontinuities. p.181 [...]
Occupy the conflagration of my vegetable stand. Occupy Twitter. Occupy our Arab Spring. Occupy IMF suite. Occupy hotel maid. Occupy Rikers Island.Occupy your repossession. Occupy your unemployment. Occupy their Wall Street.Occupy Greek trag-edy. Occupy Italian com-edy. Occupy German euro-medy.Occupy - the action play of 2011.
Integral City Developers #occupy the positive 1% who generate diversity to overcome the blockages and barriers in city systems. They #occupy development opportunities grand enough to attract others but where the economic risk is designed to reward purpose, priority, profit, people and planet. Developers #occupy the Integral City Voice with visions, inspiring pictures and projects that call forth [...]
Civil Society #occupies the We and Heart of the Integral City. As Civil Society We beat with the pulse of cooperatives, credit unions, foundations, institutes, not-for-profits, NGO's, social enterprises and other agencies who invest in cultural and social capital in our Integral City. As Civil Society Members and Activists our volunteers #occupy principles of city wellbeing. As Civil Society Executive Directors [...]
Who #occupies the Voice of the Civic Manager? When everyone else is speaking at #occupy city square, who's ears are occupied by the Civic Manager's words? The voice of the Civic Manager speaks for senior leaders in city hall, the healthcare system, the justice system, the school system, and the library system. The Civic Manager calls forth conditions for the Integral City to run effectively across [...]
How do I #Occupy the voice of the Integral Citizen? I begin with the power of who I am as the "I" of the city. As such I actually occupy the "mind" of the city. My voice occupies a tone that resounds with my full aliveness. Its melody is my purpose. Its chorus is my family and friendships. Its bass notes are my [...]
Integral City can be occupied in many ways. It's time to pay attention to the #Occupy Voices with their messages from the Inner Judges of the Human Hive. If we listen closely to the voices of the 99, we can hear "Occupy" as a strong signal to pay attention to the wellbeing of our cities - where more than 50% of [...]
What patterns are showing up in my world? was the catalytic conversation I had today with my tribe from Centre for Human Emergence (CHE) Canada. It's Fall here in the Pacific north-west. The wind blew off all the leaves from the acer tree outside my window, exposing trembling dry maple pods. What a change from just a week ago when [...]
On this Remembrance Day of 11-11-11 let us be grateful for the Freedoms gained by our ancestors, that equip us for the Future. May we Celebrate the Resilience of Life in Remembering our Evolutionary Commitments: to protect our individual needs for physical and spiritual safety and survival; and prevent harm to all individuals. to honour the traditions [...]