As I write this, cities in many countries are being torn apart because the followers of conventional religious practice are at war with one another. Islam versus Judaism in Palestine. Sunni versus Shia in Iraq. Hinduism versus Christianity in India. Atheism versus Buddhism in China. These stories grab the headlines, because in most cities of [...]
The Key to decoding the Integral City Maps is the Master Code: Take Care of Yourself Take Care of Each Other Take Care of this Place Take Care of this Planet This Key is symbolized with the Integral City Compass which decodes the 12 Intelligences we need to explore Integral City Maps with ever-increasing circles [...]
Integral City how do we map the rhythms and dynamics of your life? In the last five posts we have explored the five Maps of Integral City. Each reveals new territory. I have described the merits of Maps 1,2,3 and 4 (borrowing from the organizational icons in the book Spiral Dynamics) in the audio (and printed) book, Integral City: [...]
Integral City how do I capture your spirit? Map 5 gives us a glimpse into the spiritual energy of love, that is ever-present in the Human Hive, as we live on the edge of evolution. Integral City Map 5: Spirituality in the Human Hive Where is it possible to sense the spirit of [...]
Make no small plans for they do not have the power to move human souls! One person can dream a Vision that empowers his/her soul. But to dream a Vision that attracts the souls of others is a necessary step in the whole approach to evolving an Integral City. Many cities market their unique attractions [...]
The Integral City 2.0 Online Conference gathered 60 visionary thought leaders, designers and practitioners, with 600 participants from 6 continents, to inquire into how to design a new operating system for the city. The 12-day Conference allowed exploration of each of the 12 intelligences from the book, Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive, [...]
I want to love the city as my self. I want to care for the city – not just take her for granted. I want to observe and think and feel and want for the city, as if she were a living person – because she is an extension of me and all the people [...]
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 [...]
Evolutionary Enlightenment, by Andrew Cohen is a refreshingly enlivening read that aligns well with the Evolutionary Intelligences of Integral City. Cohen, starts with the traditional path of enlightenment as the starting place for practitioners to achieve a deep knowing of the evolutionary experience of the "Big Bang". His description of this as not only a scientific proposition, [...]
The Experience Integral Conference 2011 incorporated powerful practitioners and technologies into its design for the Embodying Integral Sustainability Conference. Five Wisdoms was a new approach for Integral City to working with spiritual practice, energy and collaboration. Five Wisdoms lead us to a place where we could apply it to the Roles in the Sustainability Leadership Meshwork that we [...]