Terry Patten, Founder of Integral Heart and a lifelong activist recently spoke at the Integral Theory Conference at JFKU on Integral Activism. I found Terry’s approach to be very relevent to influencing and delivering change in the Integral City. Terry’s three part strategy is refreshingly practical. It embraces a personal commitment to develop one’s capacity [...]
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Evolutionary Activism — Patten’s Bodhidharma Strategy
Posted in Building - Structures, D. Strategic Intelligences, Inner, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged integral, Integral Theory Conference, strategy, Bodhidharma on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Curitiba Wins Globe Sustainable City Award
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, Global/Worldcentric, Integral Maps, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Uncategorized, tagged Globe Award, integral city intelligences, sustainability on May 1, 2010 | Comments Off
Globe Award 2010 – Leading Sustainability Awards The Brazilian city Curitiba awarded the Globe Sustainable City Award 2010 STOCKHOLM, April 7, 2010 − The Brazilian city Curitiba wins the Globe Sustainable City Award 2010. The city of Curitiba is awarded for excellent sustainable urban development. The Globe Award statuette will be presented to representatives from [...]
Integral Politics Bad News Flash
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged integral, politics on January 31, 2010 | Comments Off
When on the same day I receive news from Integral Heart/Life leader Terry Patten and Economist Hazel Henderson about a recent US Supreme Court decision, I pay attention. The impact the Supreme Court’s decision on funding political adverstising will not just be felt in the USA, but will impact decision making, corporate conduct and ethical guidelines [...]
Vancouverism as a Spirit of Thinking About Future
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged eco footprint, Rees on January 15, 2010 | Comments Off
Vancouver is contemplated by Kim Murphy from the shadows of Los Angeles, for both its sustainable pluses and its sustainable cautions. As Vancouver is in the final month to the Winter Olympics, it will be interesting to see how its commitment to sustainability is played out for the world to see and consider whether it [...]
Integral Architecture for Human Hive
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Integral Maps, Level 7 Yellow, tagged architecture, design, education, integral on January 5, 2010 | Comments Off
In the Human Hive, we need truth, beauty and goodness to sustain our capacities and encourage creative impulses. It is not always easy to find them in cities designed from pre-modern, modern and post-modern design principles. Someone who is committed to changing that is Mark Dekay, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Architecture, University of [...]
http://radyananda.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/ecuador-constitution-recognizes-rights-of-nature/
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Global/Worldcentric, Storytelling - Cultures on December 12, 2009 | Comments Off
http://radyananda.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/ecuador-constitution-recognizes-rights-of-nature/.
Nominate Your City for Sustainable City Award
Posted in Building - Structures, Emergence, Inquiry, Level 7 Yellow, Uncategorized, tagged award, sustainability on December 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Globe Award 2010 – Leading Sustainability Awards Sustainable cities can be nominated for international award STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBER 23, 2009: Globe Awards will be presented for the fourth consecutive time at the annual gala at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm April 29th, 2010. The applications will be viewed in four categories: research, innovation, city and reporting. The [...]
Amazing 3D Mandelbulb Images
Posted in Building - Structures, Emergence, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary, Level 9 Coral, tagged human hive on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
In thinking about cities as meshworks with fractal capacities — or fractals with meshwork qualities it’s amazing to see the new 3D Mandelbulb images that hint for me of the archtecture of the human hive. Check it out here http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html#renders
Ecocities Emerging
Posted in Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Level 7 Yellow, tagged eco-city on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
From the Eco-Cities Emerging Newsletter November 14, 2009: Greetings, Welcome to the mid November 2009 edition of Ecocities Emerging, an initiative of Ecocity Builders and the International Ecocity Conference Series. I’d like to share something inspiring that just happened. I had dinner with a man who saved the world! No exaggeration. Proves it can be [...]
Green Building Standard in Cascadia
Posted in Building - Structures, Ecosphere, Level 6 Green, Uncategorized, tagged Green building on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Standard Addresses Social Justice, Urban Agriculture and Community Scale Impacts Download the challenge 2.0: www.ilbi.org (International Living Building Institute) Story: http://www.cityfarmer.info/?p=2643(Phoenix, AZ) Nov. 10, 2009 The newest iteration of the Living Building Challenge was released today at Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual conference. The International Living Building Institute (ILBI), in conjunction [...]
