Globe Forum Dublin ...cities are very much social-ecological systems. Cities represent the hopes and dreams of the people that live in them and they also represent perhaps the best hope for reversing large-scale ecological decline, social breakdowns and economic stagnation. Each session though had its own flavour.... The final speaker was the blue-sky thinker, Dr [...]
Further to the Australian Federal Elections reported here in September. And the US Elections completed two weeks ago, I am noticing more action in the human hive, that says Resource Allocators and Inner Judges are busy trying to decide what to do next. The US Elections brought similar results to those in Australia -- very [...]
At the World Planners Congress (WPC), in June, 2006 I witnessed a notable public paradigm shift when Planning Leaders from around the world issued a position paper on the New Urban Planning (Farmer et al., 2006). In 2006, the authors stated that New Urban Planning was smart planning because it is a responsive learning system. [...]
Marilyn Hamilton talks to host John Schmidt of Avastone Consulting re Integral City on Zoomd Radio. Click here for the link. We talked about the Integral City as the Human Hive - and how that enables Leadership, Relationships and Resilience. Examples that were used included New Orleans and Burning Man. Listen to the broadcast or download it [...]
October Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City Today's Integral City Sparkie for the City Heart: When the energy from battles [in the city] has transformed relationships, and inquiry has born fruit, the cadence shifts to one of creativity. A creative rhythm is characterized by the flex and flow of cool jazz, where the performance of [...]
September Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City Today's Integral City Sparkie for the City Body: When we reframe the city, from being merely the built environment outside of us, to the built environment as simply an extension of us, our relationship with the “objective” city becomes ever so much more personal. Hamilton, M., 2008, Integral [...]
I have been watching the outcome (or not?) of the recent Australian election with some interest. I have been thinking about swarming (as in what can we learn from the bees when they swarm?). My bee sources (books, articles, movies) tell me that the swarming process is a kind of hive decision. That when it [...]
We are starting a new season of Integral City Telecourse Training, with The Map, the Mesh and the Human Hive. This is a three week telecourse. Class size limited to 10 for personalized engagement. Course includes complete Talking Book of Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligence for the Human Hive. Learn how to see the city as [...]
Terry Patten, Founder of Integral Spiritual Practice and a lifelong activist recently spoke at the Integral Theory Conference at JFKU on Integral Activism. I found Terry's approach to be very relevent to influencing and delivering change in the Integral City. Terry's three part strategy is refreshingly practical. It embraces a personal commitment to develop one's capacity and [...]
July Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City We are already into the second half of 2010! Happy 4th of July to American readers! This is a quick link summary of what we have been up to in the first half of 2010 and where we will be going in the second half of 2010. (These are [...]