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 B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Integral Maps, tagged activists, AQALists, belief systems, change, City 2.0, evolution, Gaia, human freedom, inner reflection, integral, ongoing development, spiritual depths, wellbeing on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Integral City 2.0 Develops Innovation Ecosystems
Posted in Building - Structures, city, D. Strategic Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, tagged City 2.0, curitiba brazil, design, ecology, emergence, governance systems, human hive, indicators, innovation, leadership, metro vancouver, Murcia, Songpa, sustainability, Sydney, wellbeing on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Integral City 2.0 innovation systems are emerging because conscious capitalists, governments, students and citizens are aligning strategies for leaders, organizations and governance systems to transform entire cities from resistant holdouts to resilient human hives. Humans as Gaia’s most “reflective organ” have located 50% of our species’ brain trust in the world’s cities. We are starting to see the shape of Integral [...]
How Do We Design Healthcare Systems for Integral City 2.0?
Posted in city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, tagged change, City 2.0, evolution, health, healthcare, healthcare design, human hive, major cities of the world, major healthcare systems, Principles, whole systems thinking on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Designing healthcare systems that serve the wellbeing of Integral City 2.0 begins with remembering “health” comes from the same root as the word “whole”. Healthcare in the human hive is based on the principles of Life and Evolution . Wholistic healthcare systems are rooted in natural science and embody values and cultural intentions. Principles that contribute to appropriate [...]
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 [...]
Occupy the Voice of the Civic Manager
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, city, tagged civic manager, economy, education, health, occupy, sustainability on December 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Who #occupies the Voice of the Civic Manager? When everyone else is speaking at #occupy city square, who’s ears are occupied by the Civic Manager’s words? The voice of the Civic Manager speaks for senior leaders in city hall, the healthcare system, the justice system, the school system, and the library system. The Civic Manager calls forth conditions for the Integral City to run effectively across [...]
Integral City Intelligences for Sustainable City Class
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, city, climate, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Colwood, education, integral, integral city intelligences, Resources for Mayors, Royal Roads University, sustainability on February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I spent last week at Royal Roads University delivering the first Residency of the Sustainability Graduate Certificate. Ten students from across Canada provided a rigorous proving ground for the Integral City approach to sustainability. Using the Integral City Compass to prove the design with three leverage points, here is what we did. Integral City Compass [...]
Resourceless or Resourceful: Megacities, Dinosaurs & Supercyles
Posted in Building - Structures, city, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, tagged China, Climate change, economy, human hive, meshwork, sustainability, World Economic Forum on January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In yesterday’s National Post two stories intrigued me that ultimately relate to resources available to the Human Hive. They appeared without linkage to each other but they raised bridging questions for me. The first article was about a Super Human Hive – a megacity that China has plans for turning the Pearl River Delta into [...]
