There comes a moment in every cycle of transformation when preparation gives way to presence. Not because the work is finished — but because the threshold has revealed itself. As we approach the December Solstice of 2025, it is increasingly clear that this year has not been a sequence of disconnected events, but a [...]
By the time we reached the September Equinox of 2025, the question was no longer whether our systems were breaking down — but whether we could see clearly what the breaking was making possible. The year 2025 had already carried us far. In March, we remembered the Planetary Soul — the deep intelligence [...]
At IEC 2025, Said Dawlabani stood once again at the crossroads of history and evolution. Known for his work with Spiral Dynamics integral and as author of Second Sapiens (for which I was honoured to write the foreword) and Memenomics, Dawlabani invited us to see today’s upheavals as part of a profound life cycle [...]
Tough Love and Collective Responsibility Every living system evolves. Ecovillage Findhorn is no exception. As our governance structures shift from the legacy of the Findhorn Foundation Scottish Charity Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) toward a more community-based model, we are learning what it means to embrace tough love alongside collective responsibility. Entanglement Recently, I have [...]
As 2025 has unfolded the terrible assault on democracy that the world is witnessing in the United States, I have been troubled by the "deafening silence" of the usually powerful American voice. Finally Stephen Dinan speaks truths I have been hoping to be named - but he also tells the world how we can [...]
Equinotes are published periodically drawing on the Archives of Integral City's Reflective Organ Newsletter, Blogs, Books and Website. The perspectives of Equinotes weave across: Planet, People, Place and Power. The theme of this issue is Regenerating Our Planet's Soul. March 2025 Equinotes are drawn from these publications: Integral City – Enemy or Ally [...]
In prior blogs, Integral City has explored how the city is broken and how it can be healed. In the Guardian (Feb. 19, 2025) Bernie Sanders is setting out to walk the land as he proposes critical dimensions of healing for the brokenness in America. Because most Americans live in cities, Sanders is essentially offering [...]
This is part of a series of blogs reflecting on the program of Integral Europe Conference 2023, whose theme was Planetary Awakening 2.0. This blog introduces a Keynote from the conference – curated in an Action Research Format – summarizing What the speaker said, So What could we take as the meaning? and Now What are options for action. What [...]
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. There are many interests that have and can attract people to The Park Ecovillage (TPE) [...]
When I look over 2022 I am struck not just with the phenomenon of Transitioning at an epochal level. But the year was phenomenally resonant with new connections, reconnections from year’s past and disconnections as new opportunities drew people apart. (See Table below.) The activities around re/dis/new connecting has made the [...]