Three years ago, at Ecovillage Findhorn, Scotland, we began Saturday morning meditations to create Islands of Calm in a VUCA world—volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous. Inspired by David Spangler’s reminder that calm within can ripple outward to 1,000 others, we gathered to cultivate inner stillness. Since then, our practice has evolved. In today’s world [...]
The Community of Findhorn has been journeying on a Purpose Quest. We started by contemplating 5 Inspirations. Working in small clusters of 5 people, for each inspiration we asked ourselves: In what way does this Inspiration express Community Purpose? (Circle 3 phrases) what do you resonate with – affirm, want to retain? (Strikethrough 2 [...]
Here is the Integral City 2022 Meta Blog. It connects the 4 Voices of the Integral City to the Planet, People, Place and Power that energized us in 2022. It follows the traditions of: Integral City Meta Blog 2021 Integral City Meta Blog 2020 Integral City Meta Blog 2019 Integral City Meta Blog 2018 [...]
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” Antoine de St. Exupery This is a story about how Gaia is calling from her four directions hearts, minds and souls to [...]
The act of generativity is centred in the act of creation. Creation arises when any two or more elements are brought together to reveal something new – something that distinguishes it from the source resources. The act of regenerativity indicates that generation happens more than once. It is an act that repeats itself [...]
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 [...]
Our Integral City 4.0 project brought together 16 participants from around the world - Australia, Russia, Spain, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Canada. The intention of the 3.5-day workshop was Co-creating the Future of Cities Now through Placecaring and Placemaking. We explored experientially key maps from the Integral City framework - the Integral map of [...]
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 Planet. I heard James Lovelock, author of the Gaia Hypothesis (that the Earth herself is a living system) postulate that the contribution that humans make to [...]