I am a Canadian of a certain age who remembers clearly what it was like to live in Toronto in the era of Vietnam Draft Dodgers. In the 1960’s and 70’s young men of draft age beat a steady path to Canada to preserve lives, education and future opportunities. Estimates of about 125,000 men [...]
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 Planet. When we take the perspective of Caring for Planet, we gain the Overview of a Living System Cosmology that embraces all of the Cares into [...]
Last week when I was interviewing, futurist Dr. Anneloes Smitsman about her r3.0 Educational Transformation Blueprint, she remarked about the importance of feedback and celebrating the special moments of life in community. They are like rites of passage. That reminded me to tell her of our experience here in Findhorn Ecovillage this year. [...]
Yesterday I read an article in the Economist that shows how the centres of large cities have imploded since the start of the pandemic. Businesses have shut down and/or moved out or moved their workers home. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/the-new-economics-of-global-cities/21804271 That has meant that the services that deliver people, goods, food, supplies and support to downtown [...]
Integral City is a partner with Ubiquity University in designing and delivering the Master in Regenerative Action. Explore the potential. Find out why Regenerative Action is vital to our existence now. Listen to UU's Chief Innovation Officer, Peter Merry explain why: Start with the Doughnut Economics course - it's easy with free or partial [...]
Discover and explore the governing principles and structures that best support the local conditions of your city/community functions. Reframing the role of cities as Gaia’s Reflective Organs This was a weeklong program January 11 - 15 convened by Integral City, Nest City, Ubiquity University and Humanity Rising ChatAction Group Overview Inspired by HR’s week of Bouncing Beyond to [...]
Because of the pandemic, Ubiquity University cared enough to reach out to the world with Humanity Rising. Integral City answered and now we reach out to you in partnership with UU. Be one of the Daring Dozen who takes the new course, Beyond Resilient: Integral City Inquiry Action Impact. Find out why lead [...]
Some years ago after the Integral Europe Conference 2014 I published a series of blogs inspired by Dr. Roger Walsh's keynote on how integrally-informed professionals could be of service to the world. He and others have remarked about the underpinning and overstanding and interpenetration of OPTIMISM that an integral worldview can bring to "Karma [...]
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 Place. … we ground the cycle of Place Caring and Place Making with an evaluation process that is itself a fractal of the cycle. In order [...]
This series of blogs forms Integral City's contributions to Paul van Schaik's Urban Hub Volume 15 - Thrivable Cities Graphic Book. We imagined a Dance in 3 Acts based on the Findhorn Foundation's 3 Principles: Prelude+ Deep Inner Listening Work is Love in Action Co-Creating with the Intelligences of Nature [...]