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/
27 12, 2009

Climate Change Blog Worth Checking Out

By |2017-04-07T02:57:43+00:00December 27th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, Ecosphere, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise|Tags: |0 Comments

I am always on the look out for blogs and writers who can write dispassionately about the issues that affect cities. I just discovered this one by Dr. Joe Romm today.  It has a great archive and the following quote from the blog can be fully read at www.climateprogress.org Climate Change Progress. Thanks to the [...]

19 12, 2009

Almere Principles as Intelligences

By |2009-12-19T05:32:38+00:00December 19th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

In October I visited Almere, NL and met City Planner Alex VanOost. He gifted me with the monograph of the Almere Principles, developed by Architect, William McDonough & Associates. The seven principles resonate strongly with Integral City's 12 Intelligences: Cultivate Diversity (@ Emergence and Living Intelligence) Connect Place and Context (@ Collective Intelligences and Eco-Intelligence) Combine [...]

18 12, 2009

First News of Copenhagen Deal – Some BBC Quotes

By |2017-04-07T02:57:43+00:00December 18th, 2009|Categories: C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Emergence, Panarchy, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

This first news from a deal at Copenhagen tells us that at least there is some political will amongst the key power brokers and deal breakers. The devil will be in the details -- but it offers us a gleam of hope.  Human Hives aka Mayors of key cities  around the world will no doubt need [...]

17 12, 2009

Who is at Climate Talks and What Do They Seek?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:43+00:00December 17th, 2009|Categories: B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, climate, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Inner, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, Master Intelligence, Navigating - IVSM, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

This article published early in December 2009, reveals the biases of the voting blocks at Copenhagen, based on their emissions, GDP and % of world population. The spectrum of intelligences hidden inside these numbers does not reveal who the complex thinkers are in each block -- those people who can think at a geo-centric level and [...]

16 12, 2009

Bill McKibbens Points at 4 Key Numbers for Climate Scoreboard

By |2017-04-07T02:57:43+00:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , |0 Comments

As we are in the stage of chaos in our international community -- what voices of intelligence point to evidence-based information that we can continue to learn from? Bill McKibben uses 4 numbers: 350 degrees target, 100 countries, 4% and 770 degrees actual!!  Read below for background behind these feedback loops. http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/bill-mckibbens-guardian-uk-article-features-climate-interactive/#more-2214 Bill McKibben’s Guardian [...]

12 12, 2009

Science not faked, but not pretty

By |2009-12-12T22:54:34+00:00December 12th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Level 5 Orange, Level 7 Yellow, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , , |0 Comments

E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press. http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2951

11 12, 2009

Climate Change Scoreboard

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00December 11th, 2009|Categories: E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

As we are striving to create new frameworks, approaches and paradigms, it is often easy to overlook how far we have come and what progress we are making. For someone, like Hazel Henderson, who has demonstrated decades of commitment to changing our perspectives on economic performance the following is good news indeed. MH/Integral City For Immediate Release: NEW [...]

11 12, 2009

Canadians Do Care About Climate Change – They Are Fasting in Support

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00December 11th, 2009|Categories: C. Collective Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Fast and Vigil for Courage in Copenhagen: December 7 to 18 2009 Factsheet: Copenhagen, Canada and the Climate Crisis Why Are The Climate Talks In Copenhagen So Important? These talks are meant to produce a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the first international agreement to fight global warming, which expires in 2012. Not every [...]

10 12, 2009

Thoughts About GRI Sustainability Reporting

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00December 10th, 2009|Categories: D. Strategic Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , |0 Comments

Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (of  www.iisd.ca)  has just reported this oped on the use of GRI reporting from the mining industry. However it would seem likely the lessons could apply to any sector. I wonder how it opens up the natural evolution from the triple bottom line to the quadruple (integral) bottom line??  ===== Mehrdad [...]

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