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 [...]
What percentage of the community needs to turn up to inquire about community Purpose? Are cities discovering there is a peak size or a form of relationship that enables optimal wellbeing? (and/or climate change responsiveness?) When we notice the tensions between individual agency and collective consciousness is there an uber-voice that presences the whole [...]
We continue the story of Ecovillage Findhorn seeking its Community Purpose and Aims. Last Sunday, at another community gathering, we moved on from exploring Purpose to defining Primary Aims. Guided by Gordon McAlpine/NFA and Tessa Brock/EF, we welcomed back 55 Questors including 11 Harvest Hosts. In groups of 5 we took the challenge [...]
Equinotes are published periodically drawing on the Archives of Integral City's Reflective Organ Newsletter, Blogs, Books and Website. The perspectives of Equinotes weave across: Planet, People, Place and Power. The theme of this issue is: Surviving in Integral City : Shadow, Trauma, Loss. March 2024 Equinotes are drawn from these publications: Waking, Growing, [...]
David Robinson, initiator of the Findhorn Zoom Taize Community, invited me to share a few thoughts about Being in the World in 2023. This is what I shared with the Findhorn Zoom Taize Community on January 1, 2023. If David had asked me about Being in the World in 2020 I would have [...]
“The life and spirit of the Commons is already within us. We ARE the Commons, for we are part of this planet, part of Gaia. It’s now a matter of acknowledging that this is so and acting accordingly.” (Spangler, David) From this beautiful spirit of the Commons, I would like to share some insights [...]
Marilyn Hamilton (as Founder of Integral City Meshworks) was honoured to form a trio with panelists, Peter Harper (an expert on climate change and its causes) and Albert Bates (an expert and elder of the Ecovillage Movement and intense sustainability practices like biochar) at the GEN Day 2 focus on Ecology. Capturing our core [...]
EVA Lanxmeer was a destination I was delighted to explore in August while I was in the Netherlands. I went there to visit Peter Merry, Founder of Centre for Human Emergence Netherlands and discover why he had moved to this eco-village. Peter and I walked around EVA Lanxmeer and I recorded his commentary - to [...]