This is an article originally posted in Park Ecovillage Findhorn's Rainbow Bridge e-zine. It is a Dharma Talk Updating I, We, World on the progress of the Findhorn Foundation SCIO. As we cross the threshold of the Summer Solstice, the Trustees of the Findhorn Foundation SCIO are delighted to share some good news [...]
From Survival to Soul: A Journey through the Intelligences of the Human Hive Dynamic Salience, Second Sapiens, and the Emergence of Gaia's Reflective Organ As we arrive at the Solstice, we stand at a threshold. Around the world, many people are asking what has gone wrong with politics at all levels. Public discourse [...]
Perhaps the challenge of our time is not that we lack intelligence. Perhaps it is that we have forgotten how many ways intelligence can manifest. Throughout this series we have explored a remarkable journey. We began with Survival and Soul. We explored how Life organizes herself through Functional Intelligences. How Life cares for herself through [...]
The hive may learn together, but eventually a bee must fly. In the previous article, we explored Collective Intelligence and discovered that Gaia may learn through us. Through dialogue, relationship, reflection, intuition and shared purpose, the Human Hive develops capacities far greater than any individual alone. Yet learning is not enough. At some point, [...]
A healthy hive does not depend on heroes. It depends on stewards — and stewardship is Nature remembering how to care through us. Stewarding Intelligences of the Human Hive In the previous article, we explored the Functional Intelligences of the Human Hive. We noticed that every thriving community, organization, and city depends upon [...]
"The city is not merely a collection of people. It is a living system learning how to become conscious of itself." In the first article of this series, I suggested that the journey of our time is a movement from Survival to Soul. Yet soul does not emerge through aspiration alone. It emerges [...]
This article joins the UN SDG Goals to celebrate World Bee Day, May 20, 2026. It is co-authored by: Dr. May East, UNITAR Fellow, UNITAR Advisory Board for People and Social Inclusion, UN House Scotland Director of Cities Programme, Findhorn Fellow Author, What if Women Designed the City? Dr. Marilyn Hamilton, Founder Integral City [...]
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. “The first stage of the cycle, called involution, originates at the non-dual ‘source’ that lies at the center of existence where it descends from the [...]
Bioregional Weaving Labs (BWLs) - the collective that is geographically grounded communities of action that organise people, place, and projects to regenerate bioregions is Integral City Weaving Lab of 2025. Between 2025 and 2030, the BWL Collective positions its work as long‑arc, place‑based systems change: weaving ecological regeneration, social cohesion, cultural renewal, economic transformation, [...]
Villa Unspunnen, Interlaken, Switzerland · August 25–29, 2025 A Living Field for the Integral City There are moments when a gathering becomes more than a retreat. More than a program. More even than a shared intention. The Spirit of Oneness Retreat, held at Villa Unspunnen in the heart of Europe, was one such moment [...]