Leon – Integral City

Encouraging the Heart of Leon: Civil Society Integrates 4 Voices

If you want to improve the carrying capacity of a city, then increase its caring capacity. That was the experience of the city of Leon, Mexico when its Citizens’ Observatory set out to connect many stakeholders from across the city with the intention of learning how “WE” could work better together to improve economic, environmental [...]

Storytelling Quickens Cultural Intelligence

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-04-07T02:57:32+00:00July 26th, 2012|Categories: Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: eLABORATORY, human hive, intersubjective, Leon, Mexico, Mixteca, storytelling, storytelling intelligence, subjective, wellbeing|1 Comment

Last month I visited Leon Mexico where I met the Citizen's Observatory and together we all met the Mixteca indigenous peoples who have moved to the city. The Mixteca have created their own urban culture (beside the railway tracks) from the strength of the stories they bring from their traditional ways. Their stories of daily life, spiritual practice, making [...]