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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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16 11, 2009

Jim Garrison and Emilia Queiroga Announce Brazil Climate Change Commitments

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00November 16th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, climate, Ecosphere|Tags: |0 Comments

This is just in from State of World Forum Leaders on Brazilian commitment to gold standard of climate change: BRAZIL AS CLIMATE LEADER – DO THE MATH As the world prepares for Copenhagen, there is a vacuum in climate leadership, which Brazil has just filled. The combination of its commitment to reduce Amazonian deforestation by [...]

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21 05, 2009

Are Forbes 10 Best Places the Most Eco-Sustainable?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:44+00:00May 21st, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, climate, Ecosphere|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Forbes has just published an interesting list of the 10 Best Places to Live. Below is how they describe their criteria and selection process.  It is interesting to contemplate whether "Best Places" can measure up to "most sustainable places".  It strikes me that these are beautiful and inspiring places, and I wonder if they are economically [...]

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14 04, 2009

Integral Intelligences: Architect Teddy Cruz Practises Personal Sustainability

By |2017-04-07T02:57:45+00:00April 14th, 2009|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: |0 Comments

This article illustrates the twelve intelligences identified in Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive (Hamilton, 2008) through the work of architect Teddy Cruz. The author discusses Cruz’s socially responsible architectural practice in terms of each intelligence and demonstrates how he transcends and includes traditional, modern and post modern mindsets into an integral evolutionary paradigm.

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