16 12, 2024

Integral City Ecosystem of the Year 2024: Neighbourocracy, Children’s Parliaments, SONEC

By |2024-12-21T21:44:07+00:00December 16th, 2024|A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, City of Year, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|0 Comments

This year’s Integral City Award is to an ecosystem with three sub-systems each of which and all together are demonstrating Integral City Intelligences. The first subsystem is Neighbourhood Parliaments – now often know as  Neighbourhood Democracy or Neighborocracy. The second is Children’s Parliaments. The third sub-system is SONEC. Let’s consider the “organs” in [...]

14 05, 2024

What’s the Purpose of Purpose for Ecovillage?

By |2024-05-15T08:39:55+00:00May 14th, 2024|A. Contexting Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Capacity Building, Caring, Designing Impact, Emergence, Householder Dharma, Inner, Lifecycle, Outer|0 Comments

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 [...]

18 12, 2023

Integral City Network of Year 2023: Global Ecovillage Network

By |2023-12-23T13:08:43+00:00December 18th, 2023|B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, City of Year, D. Strategic Intelligences, Inner, Inquiry, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|0 Comments

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 [...]

6 09, 2023

Artificial Intelligence or Amplified Intelligences in the Integral City?

By |2023-09-06T09:15:27+00:00September 6th, 2023|A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Level 8 Turquoise, Level 9 Coral, Lifecycle, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|2 Comments

Several days ago George Por appeared in my email. George is an expert in many things but he has long impressed me as a world expert on collective consciousness and a true shaman of human development (and an original action researcher into Integral City 2.0). George asked, “Did you give some thought to how [...]

17 08, 2023

Cool Blocks & Carbon Neutral Ecovillage Findhorn

By |2023-08-19T16:59:10+00:00August 17th, 2023|A. Contexting Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Capacity Building, Caring, climate, Contexting, Ecosphere, Householder Dharma, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Placecaring, Placemaking, Storytelling - Cultures|0 Comments

Welcome to our Infographic on Cool Blocks* as it has unfolded in Ecovillage Findhorn, Scotland. We followed simple steps in 8 Topics that helped us translate our Carbon Neutral 2030 plan into positive actions to improve our resilience and improve our quality of life. (Cool Blocks* is an initiative of Empowerment Institute coolblock.org) CLICK [...]

5 03, 2023

Connecting with Community in 21st C: Practise

By |2023-03-06T14:24:25+00:00March 5th, 2023|Building - Structures, Householder Dharma, Meshworking, Outer, Placemaking|0 Comments

This is a series of blogs inspired by the Edinburgh International Centre for Sustainability and Peace, 2023 Forum: Connecting with Community in the 21st Centure: Spiritual, Social, Policy Perspectives. This was delivered by Marilyn Hamilton, March 1, 2023. Findhorn website says from Personal to Planetary Change – so our practices are maturing from [...]

5 03, 2023

Connecting with Community in 21C: Culture

By |2023-03-06T14:25:52+00:00March 5th, 2023|Householder Dharma, Inner, Outer|0 Comments

This is a series of blogs inspired by the Edinburgh International Centre for Sustainability and Peace, 2023 Forum: Connecting with Community in the 21st Centure: Spiritual, Social, Policy Perspectives. This was delivered by Marilyn Hamilton, March 1, 2023. Over the last year in the Ecovillage Findhorn we have had to come to terms [...]

21 12, 2022

Recalibrating

By |2022-12-22T10:25:25+00:00December 21st, 2022|A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Capacity Building, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Outer, Reframing|0 Comments

I have been observing 2022 as the Year of Transition and the Year of (Re)Connection. I commented to a colleague that it was also the Year of Recalibrating – or at least the Year of the Eve of Recalibrating. “What does recalibrating mean?” she asks. I suggest that recalibration is the experience that [...]

28 09, 2022

Alternative Editorial: A New Feel for Power

By |2022-09-28T17:54:56+00:00September 28th, 2022|A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, Inner, Lifecycle, Outer|0 Comments

As we further contemplate the significance of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II we explore other perspectives (than previously published here and here and here ) on this event. I have been curious about what others might see unfolding beyond the power structures (or intelligences) that Queen Elizabeth II represented in her role and [...]

28 09, 2022

Canadians Remember Queen Elizabeth: 1st Nations, Governor General, PM

By |2022-09-28T17:53:45+00:00September 28th, 2022|B. Individual Intelligences, Inner, Master Intelligence, Outer|0 Comments

As we further contemplate the significance of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II we explore other perspectives (than previously published here and here ) on this event. Canada was the country that Queen Elizabeth II visited most in all of the Commonwealth. She reputedly called Canada "home". The Government of Canada held a [...]

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