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 People. The unusual and captivating hero of this book is the city. Not an inert mass of buildings, but a collective, a hive, a holarchy that [...]
This week Ecovillage Findhorn has immersed ourselves in a Purpose Quest. We learned from 5 Inspirational Sources (see full inspirations here). Whole Community Purpose Strategic Framework Global Ecovillage Network Dorothy MacLean Patrick Lewington From these inspirations, we drafted 8 Potential Purpose Statements (see them here). And from these we identified 5 Themes: Spiritual [...]
From the 5 Inspirations and 8 Potential Purpose Statements the Findhorn Community discovered 5 Key Themes. Exploring how they resonated with the expressions of those themes revealed where was most energy for Patterns of Purpose. We are a Spiritual Community. We connect with the Intelligences of Nature. We Evolve and Support [...]
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is Integral City Network of the Year 2023. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) catalyzes communities for a regenerative world. GEN is a growing network of regenerative communities and initiatives that bridge cultures, countries, and continents. GEN builds bridges between the 4+1 Voices of the City - that GEN names [...]
Our universe started with a Big Breath (not a Big Bang) – so affirms cosmologist, Jude Currivan, author of The Story of Gaia. And from that breath released over 14 billion years ago, in-formation has guided matter and energy to manifest all life – including this planet and all she has created. Gaia [...]
Meet Gail Taylor, Integral City Meshworker 2023. This morning was a beautiful witnessing of the Goodness that Gail Taylor is and the impact she has created on those who know her. Her Light shines brightly ❤ as she sails on through the ethers. Gail Taylor was one of the first quintessential Meshworkers that [...]
Several days ago George Por appeared in my email. George is an expert in many things but he has long impressed me as a world expert on collective consciousness and a true shaman of human development (and an original action researcher into Integral City 2.0). George asked, “Did you give some thought to how [...]
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 [...]
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. At Findhorn Ecovillage we also have deep connections with non-human communities in our eco--region – [...]