Today ’s cities are being transformed by activists. Tomorrow’s cities will be transformed by AQALists. What is the difference? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today’s activists demonstrate their beliefs through confrontive action. They stand up against injustices, rules, authorities and infrastructure by blocking access for as many people as possible. They are willing to threaten power, throw projectiles and thrust their bodies [...]
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Integral City 2.0 Requires a Momentous Leap from Activism to AQALism
Posted in Integral Maps, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, tagged integral, change, evolution, wellbeing, activists, Gaia, City 2.0, AQALists, inner reflection, spiritual depths, belief systems, human freedom, ongoing development on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Integral Sustainable Design for City 2.0
Posted in Building - Structures, city, Integral Maps, tagged City 2.0, DeKay, design, integral, integral design, integral theory, new paradigm, sustainability on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
How would we approach the built design for Integral City 2.0? Could we find a designer with the depths of consciousness, design repertoire, cultural acuity and systemic prowess to imagine Integral City 2.0 designs? I propose a likely candidate would be Architect, Mark DeKay to lead us with the wisdom of Integral Sustainable Design. In [...]
Occupy the Voice of Civil Society
Posted in city, Integral Maps, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged culture, generations, grassroots groups, occupy, politics, Principles, wellbeing on December 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Civil Society #occupies the We and Heart of the Integral City. As Civil Society We beat with the pulse of cooperatives, credit unions, foundations, institutes, not-for-profits, NGO’s, social enterprises and other agencies who invest in cultural and social capital in our Integral City. As Civil Society Members and Activists our volunteers #occupy principles of city wellbeing. As Civil Society Executive Directors [...]
3 Research Studies Revealing Integral City Patterns for Leaders & Policy Makers
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Integral Maps, tagged integral, integral city intelligences, modern, postmodern, urban theory on May 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Are you “seeking inspiration about the untapped potential of city dynamics”? If so the Canadian Journal of Urban Research (Winter 2010) observes that the book Integral City “opens up a gallery of visionary futures”. While the CJUR book reviewer has some reservations about using the Integral model as a viable framework for viewing the city (see Endnote [...]
12 Intelligence Principles for Integral City to Celebrate on Earth Day
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Earth Day, integral city intelligences, Principles on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
P 1. Ecosphere Intelligence 1. Honor the climate and geography of your city. 2. Steward the environment. 3. Add value to the Earth space. P 2. Emerging Intelligence 1. Survive so holons serve each other’s existence. 2. Adapt to the environment. 3. Create a self-regenerating feedback loop, by interconnecting human regeneration cycles so that they [...]
Almere NL New Town Appreciates, Celebrates, Blossoms
Posted in C. Collective Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Storytelling - Cultures, Uncategorized, tagged Almere, appreciative inquiry, city, integral, integral city intelligences, meshwork, sustainability, whole systems thinking on April 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week Almere Netherlands was the location of my learning and the focus of my attention. Attending the fifth Centre for Human Emergence, NL, fifth Spiral Dynamics Integral Confab, Almere was featured in case studies to explore the city with Integral City related lenses. Almere was created as a New Town, 30 years ago, using [...]
Spiritual Practices for Dealing with the News
Posted in C. Collective Intelligences, Emergence, Global/Worldcentric, Integral Maps, Level 8 Turquoise, tagged evolution, news, spiritual practise, Terry Patten, wellbeing, whole systems thinking on March 23, 2011 | Comments Off
As a follow up to my blog on the Systems and Resilience Cycles for the Restoration of Sendai, Integral City Spiritual Advisor, Terry Patten blogs a much needed set of practices for dealing with the News – good, bad and otherwise. Terry says: “The news so far during 2011 has been particularly electrifying: Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, [...]
