Microcosm in Service to Gaia What distinguishes Ecovillage Findhorn is not just its longevity or its reputation as a pioneering eco-village. What makes it truly significant is its ongoing evolution into a regenerative learning community — a microcosm of what human settlements could become in service to Gaia. Miniature Whole Systems When I [...]
From the Personal to the Planetary Ecovillage Findhorn may be a small community, yet the frameworks it draws upon — Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics, and systems thinking — are designed to scale consciousness from the personal to the planetary. Fractal Patterns of Development Over the course of my career, nurturing human systems, I [...]
At the Heart of Great Shift At the heart of every great shift lies a whisper — a still, small voice that invites us to imagine life differently. For one who arrived at Ecovillage Findhorn, that whisper became a call: What if you lived here? Hearing the Whisper For me, the call first [...]
I am super excited for Earth Day - Join me and all the Co-Founders of Living Cities Earth on 22nd April at the Global Earth Day Summit 2025 (GEDS) where changemakers, leaders, and citizens from across the world unite for the planet. Be part of the first wave of 10,000 attendees! Register here: http://geds.earth/ [...]
On October 30, 2020 – on the eve of the 2020 American elections, Integral City published this prayer from Sue Cooper – who, along with Integral City’s Marilyn Hamilton is a Co-Founder of Living Cities. Earth. It seems more appropriate than ever to re-publish this prayer today – just on the eve of the [...]
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 [...]
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. Communities and cities who care have the capaocity to rapidly respond and evolve into new ways of being and becoming together. Research is showing that [...]
On Solstice, June 21, 2023 the LCE Happy Cities Marathon starts to discover the theory and practice of happiness and well-being in 10,000 cities on Earth. Special events will run for 92 days until the Autumn Equinox on September 21, 2023. Integral City Meshworks is a Co-Founder and Partner of Living Cities Earth [...]
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim of human existence… and we are the masters of our own happiness” - Aristotle The research conducted by Living Cities.Earth experts in 2020-2022 among thousands of citizens across all social groups confirms that most people desire to be happy and to [...]
This is part of a series of blogs reflecting on Integral Europe Conference 2023, exploring our contributions and observations. This is an infographic from the workshop designed by Marina Demchenko and Marilyn Hamilton, Cofounders of Living Cities Earth . Here are the blog links in this series inspired by Integral Europe Conference [...]