Continuing on the theme of Regenerativity, I remember well how 4 women (1) from a Saeculum (2) of Generations shared their Gifts to the Future Generations (at the World Future Society 2011). We called it BIRTHING NEW OPENINGS FOR LIFE . Recognizing that we have arrived at the 4th turning of the Planetary Shift, we designed a [...]
The seasons shift this week - in both hemispheres. Regeneration moves Life through another seasonal cycle. In the Human Hive, the plot energizing this oldest of tales tells us how we produce the 40 pounds of honey that keeps us alive. Our babies and our children respond to the family environment that cares for them. [...]
When was the last time you got really involved in an election? What role did you play? Voter or Election Candidate or Supporter? If you want to navigate the outcomes of elections, the usual injunctions include: Follow the money Vote with your feet Mark an X on the ballot. But if you are running for [...]
Integral City how do we relate to your constant changes and exchanges? Map 3 reveals the cycles that flow through and around your prolific eco-system. Integral City Map 3: The Scalar Fractal Relationship of Micro, Meso and Macro Human Systems In the city, as individuals we grow our capacities. When life conditions trigger [...]
Because communities and cities are emergents and artefacts of human life, they are outcomes of the brains that have created them. The meshworks in them seem to be fractal patterns that emerge at all scales of human systems. We can better understand how cities work and evolve by recognizing that their communities reflect evolving capacities to [...]
Last month I visited Leon Mexico where I met the Citizen's Observatory and together we all met the Mixteca indigenous peoples who have moved to the city. The Mixteca have created their own urban culture (beside the railway tracks) from the strength of the stories they bring from their traditional ways. Their stories of daily life, spiritual practice, making [...]
Relationships may be the prime “currency” of the Integral City. Our interpersonal relationships tell us do we have the capacity to survive together? connect with our environment (including other people)? and reproduce? recreate? regenerate? In a living system, relationships are the bonds that link identities (holons) and information. Relationships make exchanges possible. The formation of [...]
Cultural intelligence represents the “We” life of the city. It is the beating heart of the Human Hive. This heart-based intelligence embraces the relationships in the city. These relationships transcend boundaries that both contain and separate families, groups, organizations and all the collectives of people in the city. It includes the individual and the group [...]
Spring Equinox Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City Today's Integral City Sparkies for City Diversity Generators: What city in the world has developed a course of study and practise that enables a person to methodically progress from cradle to peak prformance at the defined levels of complexity that deliver leadership to the powers 1 through [...]
Integral City eLaboratory: Co-Creating the Future of the Human Hive “Humans are Gaia’s reflective organ.” James Lovelock Now that 50% of humanity lives in the city - each person is like a cell in Gaia’s reflective organ. 40 cities in the world produce 30% of its wealth … Gaia’s cities belong to a system of [...]