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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Seeds for Integral City Acupuncture Atlas?
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, tagged acupuncture nodes, global, integral, maps, quadrants, wellbeing, whole systems thinking on October 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Metropolitan World Atlas (MWA)by Arjen van Susteren gives us a glimpse of what an atlas of Integral City acupuncture points might look like. MWA identifies 101 metroplitan areas of the world which include the world’s 50 largest cities, 25 largest seaports, 30 largest airports, 30 largest telecom ports and 12 other metropolitan areas. The atlas [...]
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 [...]
Songpa South Korea Awarded the Globe Sustainable City Award 2011
Posted in Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, Navigating - IVSM, tagged Aracuai, city, Globe Awards, Murcia, Sao Paulo, solar power, Songpa, sustainability, Tampere on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
STOCKHOLM, March 28, 2011 − The South Korean district Songpa wins the Globe Sustainable City Award 2011 for excellent sustainable urban development. The Globe Sustainable City Award is now presented for the third year. The aim of the City Award is to recognize cities and municipalities, which excel in sustainable, urban development, and to set a [...]
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 [...]
One City: A Clash of Healths
Posted in Level 7 Yellow, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Uncategorized, tagged health, meshwork, wellbeing on January 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Further to my interview with Will Varey in Perth about emergence in the city (also see Blog) we talked about the dilemma that in one location we have multiple cities. Effectively each citizen carries around a unique mental model of the city and through the magic of self-organizing systems we negotiate this complex territory. The [...]
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 [...]
