August 2022 seems such a long way from August 2020 – 2 years since the first summer pandemic lockdown in Scotland (and most other places in the world). Where were you when you realized that you could only associate with the people in your household and when outside the home you were required to [...]
Interview with Marilyn Hamilton for Civic Forum of Regions of the 60th Parallel Interviewer: Lev Gordon, Co-Founder Living Cities Russia LG: How can a citizen influence city development? MH: I would start with considering that as citizens we should express gratitude for our cities. They are the most complex systems yet created by [...]
Diversity Generators (DG's) play a special role in the processes of Creativity in Gaia's Human Hives. Integral City 3.7 has a special chapter on the DG's and another on how creativity arises naturally through evolution in the Integral City. This is a short infographic series to introduce Book 3. The series includes: Book [...]
Regenerativity in the Human Hive is a quality shared by everyone - not just a special "Creative Class". The first day of Spring (in the northern hemisphere) or Fall (in the southern hemisphere) can especially remind us of how the power of creativity is regenerative for all the roles in the human hive. It is [...]
Integral City how do I create thee? Perhaps Map 2 can reveal how ... There are points of time, of distant memory, when the soul unites within the pattern of the universe. That union brings forth the understanding of life's harmony. So it should be within the [city] garden … Author Unknown [...]
The patterns embedded in human systems have evolved for hundreds of thousands of years. Indeed, as living systems, the patterns have emerged from the 4 billion years that Life has vibrated on the dance floor of the Planet, as single cell microbes to multi-organ persons. These patterns emerge from expressing the simple rules [...]
The magic of building community starts with small wins. That is one of the secrets that Milenko Matanovic, Founder of Pomegranate Center, shares with everyone he can. Milenko, speaking at the Building Sustainable Communities Conference, was a gold nugget find!! He complemented my image of the human hive with engaging stories about practical actions that the Pomegranate Center [...]
Dear Marilyn, We have not met but I feel like I know you through your writings. Integral Cities is a important book. I first came to know about your work through Will Varey who spoke of meshworking and linked us to "The Art and Science of Meshworking" . I was stunned and delighted to see the [...]