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 Power. The concept of morphic or Akashic fields creates the possibility that we could harness the intelligence that is concentrated in the city to generate much greater (more [...]
What does the US-China handshake on climate change mean for our Planet of Cities? When Eagle Shakes Hands with the Dragon On the one hand it should give them confidence that they are the seed beds of global change – for it is cities who took the initiative on the climate file. While [...]
I am Integral City. Web of Conversations I am a web of constant, connecting, mysteriously transformative conversations, manifesting the 12 City Intelligences, [i] amongst my 4 voices[ii] — citizens, government, organizations, and businesses. Some people align towards, others resist, co-creating a more beautiful and sustainable world. Worldviews expand from self, to city, to world, [...]
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 [...]
Spirit of Integral City ... I am ONE: Spirit of Integral City - Global Oneness Day I tune into the heart-beat of the earth. I receive impulse waves from the cosmos. I exist in time and space and beyond both in Mystery. I am Essence and I am Spirit. I want to be [...]
What is an organic strategy? Reinventing Organizations, author Frederic Laloux differentiates Tier 2 organizations from Tier 1 in the ways that they relate to strategy. Tier 1 organizations interpret strategy from the perspective of a worldview that uses strategy to produce results. Strategy arises from intentions to produce profitable bottom lines. Priorities tend to [...]
Mom always used to say, “be careful of the company you keep”. Transpersonal psychologist, Integral pioneer and wise elder, Dr. Roger Walsh, at IEC, emphasized the importance of the company you keep, to support your Integral spiritual practice. By gathering with, for and as the people who embrace the paradigms of evolutionary consciousness and culture, [...]
Have you noticed that news reports of war or “rumours of war” like to point at countries that are on the cusp of disruption or hostility because it is the traditional “big news” story on the global stage? Nevertheless, as I observe the situations of emerging hostility between nations, I see a pattern where cities [...]
Integral City is a multi-perspectival view of the city. Simultaneously we consider the Lenses of I, We, He/She/It and Them. We remember the Knowing Fields deep within us of self, elders, family and ethnicity. And we stretch outside of our familiar Fields to appreciate the Knowing of authorities, work places and diverse communities. On Earth [...]
Here is the Integral City 2013 Meta Blog. It connects Integral City Practitioners, Catalysts and Meshworkers to the Planet, Principles, Prosperity, Practise and Potentials that energized us in 2013. 15 Years of Integral City – A Brief History of the Basics (Meeting of the Minds Conference - Toronto, ON) Systems Thinking for Cities (Waterlution, Toronto, [...]