Gaia Hypothesis

17 06, 2020

Right-Sizing Cities: How Does Gaia Reflect on Size?

By Marilyn Hamilton|2020-10-13T10:42:10+00:00June 17th, 2020|Categories: B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, Placecaring, Placemaking|Tags: covid19, Gaia, Gaia Hypothesis, James Lovelock, right-sizing, space|0 Comments

One of the most impactful and fascinating insights about the relationship of humans to the Earth from which we have evolved, came from James Lovelock, author of the Gaia Hypothesis – that the Earth herself is a living system. Lovelock contends that humans are not mere banes on the Earth – but have [...]

1 08, 2019

Global Ecovillage Network Europe 2019 Ecology Panel

By Marilyn Hamilton|2019-08-01T12:26:14+00:00August 1st, 2019|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Integral Maps, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: 4 voices of the city, Albert Bates, business, citizens, civic managers, civil society, ecology, ecovillage, Emergency response, Gaia Hypothesis, Global EcoVillage Network, honey bees, James Lovelock, Peter Harper, visionary, VUCA|0 Comments

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 [...]