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 »
Changing the dream of the north
Posted in Spiritual intelligence, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Canada, dream, dream of the north, trans-ethnic, world dream on March 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In tonight’s Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies, we saw, heard, smelled, tasted, felt the dream of the north shift. From our traditional Canadian stance of modesty and self-deprecation, we shifted into claiming the gold of self-identity – an identity that transcends and includes the nations of the world. The presence of 2600 athletes from around the [...]
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 [...]
First News of Copenhagen Deal – Some BBC Quotes
Posted in C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Emergence, Panarchy, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Climate change, Copenhagen, hope, mayors on December 18, 2009 | Comments Off
This first news from a deal at Copenhagen tells us that at least there is some political will amongst the key power brokers and deal breakers. The devil will be in the details — but it offers us a gleam of hope. Human Hives aka Mayors of key cities around the world will no doubt need [...]
Who is at Climate Talks and What Do They Seek?
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Inner, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, Master Intelligence, Navigating - IVSM, Storytelling - Cultures, climate, tagged Climate change, integral city intelligences, survival, sustainability on December 17, 2009 | Comments Off
This article published early in December 2009, reveals the biases of the voting blocks at Copenhagen, based on their emissions, GDP and % of world population. The spectrum of intelligences hidden inside these numbers does not reveal who the complex thinkers are in each block — those people who can think at a geo-centric level and [...]
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/.
Canadians Do Care About Climate Change – They Are Fasting in Support
Posted in C. Collective Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged change, Climate change, sustainability on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Fast and Vigil for Courage in Copenhagen: December 7 to 18 2009 Factsheet: Copenhagen, Canada and the Climate Crisis Why Are The Climate Talks In Copenhagen So Important? These talks are meant to produce a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the first international agreement to fight global warming, which expires in 2012. Not every [...]
Investing in Kids – Another School – New Orleans
Posted in Inner, Level 4 Blue, Level 7 Yellow, Master Intelligence, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged children, education, meshwork, New Orleans, schools on May 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Thanks to Amy Hartman and Don Beck for passing along a very clear message from a New Orleans Catholic School who has a whole system meshwork for educating kids. Check it out here at Principal Moran’s of Archbisop Rummel HighSchool. The fervour of the Principal’s message affirms the values of healthy Blue, while designing the school’s [...]
Investing in Kids
Posted in Inner, Lifecycle, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged children, education, health, New Orleans, schools on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just finished a final edit on the last Imagine Abbotsford Dialogue — to be reported in The Abbotsford News May 14, 2009. This dialogue was on the Health and Community of Abbotsford. One Policy Maker from the Fraser Valley Health Authority remarked that the community gains greater health benefits by investing in kids than [...]
