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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 [...]

10 12, 2009

Nominate Your City for Sustainable City Award

By |2009-12-10T06:05:00+00:00December 10th, 2009|Categories: Building - Structures, Emergence, Inquiry, Level 7 Yellow, Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments

Globe Award 2010 – Leading Sustainability Awards Sustainable cities can be nominated for international award STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBER 23, 2009: Globe Awards will be presented for the fourth consecutive time at the annual gala at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm April 29th, 2010. The applications will be viewed in four categories: research, innovation, city and reporting. The [...]

20 11, 2009

Amazing 3D Mandelbulb Images

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00November 20th, 2009|Categories: Building - Structures, Emergence, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary, Level 9 Coral|Tags: |0 Comments

In thinking about cities as meshworks with fractal capacities -- or fractals with meshwork qualities it's amazing to see the new 3D Mandelbulb images that hint for me of the archtecture of the human hive. Check it out here http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html#renders

16 11, 2009

Ecocities Emerging

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00November 16th, 2009|Categories: Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Level 7 Yellow|Tags: |0 Comments

From the Eco-Cities Emerging Newsletter November 14, 2009: Greetings, Welcome to the mid November 2009 edition of Ecocities Emerging, an initiative of Ecocity Builders and the International Ecocity Conference Series. I'd like to share something inspiring that just happened. I had dinner with a man who saved the world! No exaggeration. Proves it can be [...]

16 11, 2009

Green Building Standard in Cascadia

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00November 16th, 2009|Categories: Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Uncategorized|Tags: |1 Comment

New Standard Addresses Social Justice, Urban Agriculture and Community Scale Impacts Download the challenge 2.0: www.ilbi.org (International Living Building Institute) Story: http://www.cityfarmer.info/?p=2643(Phoenix, AZ) Nov. 10, 2009 ­ The newest iteration of the Living Building Challenge was released today at Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual conference.  The International Living Building Institute (ILBI), in conjunction [...]

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