Collaborating In the World I start at an obvious beginning – the meaning of the word “collaboration.” To Co-Labour” – labour together. Labour for what? Is there a Spiral of Co-Laboration? Beige Beginnings - Birth – the very beginning of life – women go into labour to deliver the child. Purple Tribe - [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
May this Manifesto of Peace honour the universal values of All Life @ *PPPP= Person, People, Place, Planet In Gratitude may we Celebrate the Master Code of Care as we fulfil our Commitments: to protect our individual needs for physical and spiritual safety and survival; and prevent harm to all individuals so that we may serve [...]
As we celebrate March Equinox 2022, let us be grateful for the values evolved by Gaia - for, through and as – her Reflective Organs. May this Manifesto of Peace honour the universal values of All Life @ *PPPP= Person, People, Place, Planet. In Gratitude may we Celebrate the Master Code of Care [...]
During Humanity Risings 12-day broadcast on COP 26, we learned from Rob de Laet about the Importance of the Rain Forest. Following COP 26 Rob Laet published another article, applying his deep knowledge of the forest and the power of the water cycle to the challenge of cooling the Earth. We have received permission [...]
"The power of love in action: Something happens in the hearts and souls of participants of Constellating for the Collective when we work together in service of a larger purpose for coherence and health of the Whole." Diana Clair Douglas Author Diana Claire Douglas, Meshworker for the Year 2018, the lead Constellator for Integral [...]
We continue our Thought Experiment in this instalment by looking at Doughnut Economics (DE) and its relationship to Spiral Dynamics and Integral City through a Globalcentric Worldview. As we noted in our first blog, the Globalcentric Worldview spans Levels 7 and 8 in Spiral Dynamics (see Table 5). A globalcentric worldview embraces the [...]
On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019, Integral City initiated an interview series with Integral Pioneers. We started with Sean Esborn-Hargens, Co-Author of Integral Ecology and Founder of Metaintegral and Metaimpact. As Interviewer, Marilyn Hamilton, Founder of Integral City commenced her introduction with the memory of the time the two Integral pioneers first met [...]
Pope Francis is calling for an ecological reframing for the faithful in his sweeping new encyclical on the environment. In “Laudato Si,” or “Be Praised” (or “Praised Be,”). He addresses issues that individuals must take responsibility for, as well as larger collectives - including cities. Pope Francis warns of harming nature, the costs of industrial pollution, resource [...]