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 Place. What inspires you about your place? How do you define place? What qualities of the place(s) you love makes you feel FULLY ALIVE? Do you agree [...]
Guest Blogger: Alia Aurami I loved Cherie's and [Anonymous] idea of the intuitive city walks, and that could be a great practice! The inquiry into “place” brings up two resonances in me. One is that I think each of us has "our right place" on the surface of Gaia, at a given time, [...]
I have been following the work of Geoffrey West through the scholarly articles that have been sent my way, by Integral City readers who could see the application of his research to the frameworks, patterns and dynamics I had described in Book 1, (Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive) and applied in [...]
Finally, a book on the science of cities!! Geoffrey West’s Scale explains the universal laws that govern cities and how growth, innovation, sustainability, companies and economies contribute to the patterns of city dynamics. Every couple of years a new book is published that corroborates key tenets that Integral City has framed for cities [...]
City of Organs Traditional Chinese medicine embraces a geography of the human body that reflects an energy flow model of the body, where energy cycles through the body organs along meridian pathways in daily rhythms. The Chinese refer to the body’s organs as “officials”. Map 1: 4 quadrant 8 level Map of City Organs [...]
Out beyond the smart city, out beyond the resilient city, Lives the Integral City. Integral City Thinking Integral Leadership Review – Canada Issue offered a Leadership Tip on Generative Change, by Tam Lundy, that acted as a Guide to appreciating all the articles. Tam’s Tip gave the reader an energy boost as you passed [...]
It’s all a question of story. That is how Brian and May Nattrass start their exploration of where we stand on the path of waking up to our new global realities and responsibilities. http://www.noramusu.com/event/nora-musu-storytellers-truth-told-exhibit/ The stories we tell ourselves are always rooted in time. They explain the past. They comment on the present. [...]
Je Suis Charlie may be the most potent vaccine for an Ebola of the Human Soul that has been eating away the flesh of the human psyche since the first acts of terror were shouted in the name of Allahu Akbar. God is Great. God is Good. But the God [...]
Cities are the most complex, diverse, and novel human construction. I love them. Gaia Whispers At the most basic level, cities are made of zillions of tiny connections: the interactions of people conducting their lives in them. It makes me feel so alive! Exhilarating! In Humanity’s New Story, city-zens live better when [...]
What paradigms might best guide humanity’s Communities of Practice around connecting global and local conversations about change? Indra's Web Why do we connect? We value connecting and intend to connect. Whom do we connect with? Knowing our values, and understanding our purpose and our world, illuminate relevance. How do we connect well? We [...]