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. Beauty Truth Goodness Map 5 conveys the qualities of spirituality in the city. Its zones of Grace, Space and Place reveal where the core spiritual [...]
As Findhorn Ecovillage has explored its Community Purpose, it considers how relationships between people and organizations shift and change within the community. Some responses, resistances and resources have surprised me. But then I remembered one of my core learnings about Community comes from Parker Palmer. Many years ago he wrote a quizzical but profound [...]
As Ecovillage Findhorn Community explored 5 Inspirations for its Community Purpose, it drafted 8 potent and potential Purpose Statements. (Inspired by Strategic Framework): We are an inclusive, vibrant spiritual community exploring co-creation with all life, seen and unseen. We are a caring community here for the benefit of all. We take personal and [...]
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 [...]
by Marilyn Hamilton, PhD This is the transcript for the Edinburgh International Centre for Sustainability and Peace, Online Zoom Forum 21 February 2024: True Professionalism: A Spirituality of Service, Creativity, and Caring When I think of myself as a Professional I can look back over my life and point to being at least three [...]
Once upon a time there was an apple tree. It grew right beside a Sanctuary in the Ecovillage Findhorn, where the community came to meditate and hold sacred space. She witnessed their rituals honouring Earth, Air, Water and Fire. She was such a happy tree growing beside a garden dedicated to Co-Creating with the [...]
In 2011 I wrote an article, published in the Integral Leadership Review, that is integrally interwoven into my thoughts on Collaboration. I explore the question "Where are the Women in the Integral Movement?" It provides the roots of my thoughts in this series about Radical Collaboration - and perhaps it profers the most radical [...]
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 [...]
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim of human existence… and we are the masters of our own happiness” - Aristotle The research conducted by Living Cities.Earth experts in 2020-2022 among thousands of citizens across all social groups confirms that most people desire to be happy and to [...]
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 [...]