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 [...]
At Park Ecovillage Findhorn, where I live in northern Scotland, I am fascinated by Rusti’s stone installations. Walkers might discover them all around Park Ecovillage Findhorn and Cullerne Gardens. I was particularly taken with Rusti’s “communities of stone figures.” So far, I have found 3 of them. The first clan emerged in the [...]
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 [...]
Jonathan Caddy is awarded Integral City Meshworker of the Year 2025 in recognition of a lifetime of meshworking intelligence expressed through land stewardship, education, community governance, and ecological restoration. Born in the original Findhorn caravan to two of the Ecovillage’s founders, Jonathan has spent over six decades weaving together inner guidance, ecological science, [...]
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 [...]
The Alchemy of Collapse: World work through networks of light, and on making the impossible possible Guest Author: Daniel Mihai, Editorial Steward: Tamara Mathew This is a guest blog - in the category of "Householder Dharma" from Ecovillage Findhorn - by author, "Regenerativist", Daniel Mihai. Daniel came to visit Marilyn Hamilton in Ecovillage Findhorn [...]
Sometimes life delivers a tiny sign that hums with meaning. Recently, my housemate Judy found a new £1 coin — freshly minted for 2023 — celebrating the humble honey bee. On one side, the portrait of King Charles III; on the other, the intricate design of bees gathering around a honeycomb. What caught [...]
At the 2025 Integral European Conference, Tomas Björkman reminded us that humanity is standing at a bifurcation point — facing breakdown, oppression, or breakthrough. Through the Inner Development Goals (IDGs), he calls for a global narrative shift: to recognize that solving the great crises of our time requires cultivating inner capacities as much as [...]