The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is an intriguing film of an unintended case study. It chronicles the radical life condition change that was triggered in Cuba by the break up of the Soviet empire and Cuba’s loss of Soviet support, markets and imports in 1990-92. This was further exacerbated by the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Cuba – A Case Study for Cities in Peak Oil??
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Integral Maps, Meshworking, tagged Cuba on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Flow: The Movie – An Integral City View
Posted in Level 1 Beige, Level 5 Orange, Level 7 Yellow, tagged integral city intelligences, water on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Flow is the story of water (rights) being privatized by Big Biz – esp. Suez, Vivendi and Nestlé (interestingly enough all European). These companies are all portrayed as vulture captilalists who are buying up water properties around the world and privatizing water as a commodity that is being re-sold at prices higher than oil. [...]
The Story of Stuff – an Integral City View
Posted in Building - Structures, Level 3 Red, Level 5 Orange on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
The Story of Stuff, is Annie Leonard’s impassioned plea for people to understand that the Earth is a closed system. That the cycle of harvesting/pillaging natural resources; manufacuturing; distributing; using; trashing is an ignorant failure to understand the natural cycles of life on earth. That the trash is going nowhere, and it is time [...]
Integral City Views 3 Movies on Stuff, Community & Flow
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary, Integral Maps, tagged Cuba, integral city intelligences, resilience on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Thank goodness for youth and student activists. I had the pleasure of enjoying this week, the UFV Film Festival sponsored by the International Development Club and the Students for Sustainability Club. Here was their movie line up: The Story of Stuff The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Flow – the [...]
Earth Day 09 – Countdown to 350
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, Inquiry, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, tagged Earth Day, integral city intelligences on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve just listened to the Wisdom Radio interviews of Jim Garrison with Bill McKibben, (author of Deep Economy) and Lester Brown (author of Plan B 3.0). Both authors are talking about a decisive metric that has been scientifically confirmed (by IPCC and others) that creates a super-ordinate goal that cities need to subscribe to. It [...]
Integral Education
Posted in Classroom course on April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
I see that Next Step Integral is running the Integral Education Seminar FROM CRADLE TO KOSMOS again on beautiful Whidbey Island August 2-7, 2009. Get the details at www.i-edu.org .
Inspire Health – an Integral Practise
Posted in Building - Structures, Inner, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged health on April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Integral health is emerging in Vancouver, BC in the Inspire Health Integrated Cancer Care clinic. Check it out at http://www.inspirehealth.ca/ . This service was started 11 years ago by Dr. Hal Gunn and co-founders. It has now served over 5000 patients directly and through the “prescriptions” by which every doctor in BC can refer their patients to Inspire [...]
SDi – Introductory Evening
Posted in Classroom course on April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
To be confirmed – but mark your calendars: An Introduction to SDi at 7 pm on May 25 and/or June 17 at the Canadian Memorial United Church at 16th and Burrard in Vancouver. Pre-Registration required via email to marilyn@integralcity.com . Presented by Michael Keller and Dr. Marilyn Hamilton
SDi Confab Training of Trainers Presentation
Posted in Classroom course on April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Come to Dallas, Texas SDi Confab - May 25-27, 2009, join Dr. Don Beck for SDi Level One. Details are available here http://www.sdiregister.com/ May 28-May 31, 2008 join Dr. Don Beck Spiral Dynamics integral Level Two ”Cultural Dynamics and Nation-Building and SDi Train-the-Trainer Training”. Details are available here http://www.sdiregister.com/SDi-Level2-Confab.php Dr. Beck will be joined by Elza Maalouf LLD, Dr. Marilyn Hamilton, Dr. Bruce Gibb and the [...]
Communicating for Change
Posted in Classroom course on April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Join us for 2 learning events co-sponsored by BC Centre for Social Enterprise, & BC Healthy Communities. Details & Registration at 250-356-0892 or www.bchealthycommunities.ca May 12, 2009 Taking Stock: How Resilient is Your Community? Presenter: Michelle Colussi, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 am (registration opens at 9:00 am) Location: Clayburn School, 4315 Wright Street, Abbotsford BC [...]
