10 02, 2012

Integral City 2.0 Requires a Momentous Leap from Activism to AQALism

By |2017-04-07T02:57:35+00:00February 10th, 2012|Categories: B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Integral Maps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Today 's cities are being transformed by activists. Tomorrow's cities will be transformed by AQALists. What is the difference?      >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today's activists demonstrate their beliefs through confrontive action. They stand up against injustices, rules, authorities and infrastructure by blocking access for as many people as possible. They are willing to threaten power,  throw projectiles and thrust their bodies [...]

7 02, 2012

Integral City 2.0 Develops Innovation Ecosystems

By |2017-04-07T02:57:35+00:00February 7th, 2012|Categories: Building - Structures, city, D. Strategic Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Integral City 2.0 innovation systems are emerging because conscious capitalists, governments, students and citizens are aligning strategies for leaders, organizations and governance systems to transform entire cities from resistant holdouts to resilient human hives. Humans as Gaia’s most "reflective organ" have located 50% of our species' brain trust in the world’s cities. We are starting to see the shape of Integral [...]

2 02, 2012

Civil Society 2.0 Music Recalibrates Integral City 2.0

By |2017-04-07T02:57:35+00:00February 2nd, 2012|Categories: city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Emergence, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Civil Society 2.0 has new power because it is integrating new relationships and a Manifesto for Evolutionary Freedom with social media 2.0. This is creating new resonance and coherence for glocal wellbeing, social justice and environmental sustainability in the human hive. The song sheet that Civil Society is co-creating is quickly emerging new music for all of us in the Integral City [...]

31 01, 2012

How Do We Design Healthcare Systems for Integral City 2.0?

By |2017-04-07T02:57:35+00:00January 31st, 2012|Categories: city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle, Navigating - IVSM, Outer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Designing healthcare systems that serve the wellbeing of Integral City 2.0 begins with remembering "health" comes from the same root as the word "whole". Healthcare in the human hive is based on the principles of Life and Evolution . Wholistic healthcare systems are rooted in natural science and embody values and cultural intentions.  Principles that contribute to appropriate [...]

24 01, 2012

Integral Sustainable Design for City 2.0

By |2017-04-07T02:57:35+00:00January 24th, 2012|Categories: Building - Structures, city, Integral Maps|Tags: , , , , , , , |4 Comments

How would we approach the built design for Integral City 2.0? Could we find a designer with the depths of consciousness, design repertoire, cultural acuity and systemic prowess to imagine Integral City 2.0 designs? I propose a likely candidate would be Architect, Mark DeKay to lead us with the wisdom of Integral Sustainable Design. In [...]

10 01, 2012

Integral City as City 2.0

By |2017-04-07T02:57:36+00:00January 10th, 2012|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, Integral Maps, Spiritual intelligence|Tags: , , , , , |3 Comments

What would Integral City contribute to TED's City 2.0 prize? City 2.0 is differentiated from City 1.0 primarily because it moves from being inward oriented to being outward oriented. City 1.0 cares for its residents (on good days) while Integral City 2.0 cares for the world by caring for its citizens and stewarding its place and space [...]

12 12, 2011

Occupy the Voice of Civil Society

By |2017-04-07T02:57:36+00:00December 12th, 2011|Categories: city, Integral Maps, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , , , , |3 Comments

Civil Society #occupies the We and Heart of the Integral City.  As Civil Society We beat with the pulse of cooperatives, credit unions, foundations, institutes, not-for-profits, NGO's, social enterprises and other agencies who invest in cultural and social capital in our Integral City. As Civil Society Members and Activists our volunteers #occupy principles of city wellbeing. As Civil Society Executive Directors [...]

12 12, 2011

Occupy the Voice of the Civic Manager

By |2017-04-07T02:57:36+00:00December 12th, 2011|Categories: Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, city|Tags: , , , , , |4 Comments

Who #occupies the Voice of the Civic Manager?  When everyone else is speaking at #occupy city square, who's ears are occupied by the Civic Manager's words? The voice of the Civic Manager speaks for senior leaders in city hall, the healthcare system, the justice system, the school system, and the library system. The Civic Manager calls forth conditions for the Integral City to run effectively across [...]

14 02, 2011

Integral City Intelligences for Sustainable City Class

By |2017-04-07T02:57:39+00:00February 14th, 2011|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, city, climate, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: , , , , , , |2 Comments

I spent last week at Royal Roads University delivering the first Residency of the Sustainability Graduate Certificate. Ten students from across Canada provided a rigorous proving ground for the Integral City approach to sustainability. Using the Integral City Compass to prove the design with three leverage points, here is what we did. Integral City Compass   [...]

26 01, 2011

Resourceless or Resourceful: Megacities, Dinosaurs & Supercyles

By |2017-04-07T02:57:39+00:00January 26th, 2011|Categories: Building - Structures, city, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

In yesterday's National Post two stories intrigued me that ultimately relate to resources available to the Human Hive. They appeared without linkage to each other but they raised bridging questions for me. The first article was about a Super Human Hive - a megacity that China has plans for turning the Pearl River Delta into [...]

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