This clutch of blogs explores the thinking and background that goes into developing an Ecovillage as it matures from teenager to young adult: How to re-think the stewardship of Commons? How to transfer land holdings from a founding organization to the community? How to design Governance for a community of organizations? How to develop [...]
Where has the Blogger in Chief been for the last couple of months? True confessions - I have been contributing in various ways to the life of Park Ecovillage Findhorn (and assisting Learning Cities. Earth to expand into a Swiss Association (Verein) and Community Interest Company (CIC in Scotland - but those are another [...]
Equinotes are published periodically drawing on the Archives of Integral City's Reflective Organ Newsletter, Blogs, Books and Website. The perspectives of Equinotes weave across: Planet, People, Place and Power. The theme of this issue is: Surviving in Integral City : Shadow, Trauma, Loss. March 2024 Equinotes are drawn from these publications: Waking, Growing, [...]
by Marilyn Hamilton, PhD This is the transcript for the Edinburgh International Centre for Sustainability and Peace, Online Zoom Forum 21 February 2024: True Professionalism: A Spirituality of Service, Creativity, and Caring When I think of myself as a Professional I can look back over my life and point to being at least three [...]
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. As the prime author, Spirit was a guiding energy that revealed the 12 Integral City Intelligences, 4 Voices, Master/Gaia Code and made the astonishing connections [...]
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is Integral City Network of the Year 2023. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) catalyzes communities for a regenerative world. GEN is a growing network of regenerative communities and initiatives that bridge cultures, countries, and continents. GEN builds bridges between the 4+1 Voices of the City - that GEN names [...]
Have cities been created by humans or have they been evolved by Gaia as organs to enable consciousness at a scale that upshifts Gaia’s intelligence? Humans as a relatively young species have imagined that we control the world. If we are in service to Gaia, it must be we who create capacities that have [...]
Our universe started with a Big Breath (not a Big Bang) – so affirms cosmologist, Jude Currivan, author of The Story of Gaia. And from that breath released over 14 billion years ago, in-formation has guided matter and energy to manifest all life – including this planet and all she has created. Gaia [...]
Meet Gail Taylor, Integral City Meshworker 2023. This morning was a beautiful witnessing of the Goodness that Gail Taylor is and the impact she has created on those who know her. Her Light shines brightly ❤ as she sails on through the ethers. Gail Taylor was one of the first quintessential Meshworkers that [...]
Once upon a time there was an apple tree. It grew right beside a Sanctuary in the Ecovillage Findhorn, where the community came to meditate and hold sacred space. She witnessed their rituals honouring Earth, Air, Water and Fire. She was such a happy tree growing beside a garden dedicated to Co-Creating with the [...]