July Greetings, Integral City-zens and Friends of Integral City We are already into the second half of 2010! Happy 4th of July to American readers! This is a quick link summary of what we have been up to in the first half of 2010 and where we will be going in the second half of 2010. (These are [...]
Archive for the ‘Navigating – IVSM’ Category
July-Dec. 2010 Sense in the City Where Why How
Posted in Classroom course, D. Strategic Intelligences, Dialogue, F. Training, Inquiry, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Telecourse, tagged education, news, research, sense in the city, sustainability on July 4, 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 [...]
Neuromarketing = Dumbing Down
Posted in Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, tagged neuromarketing on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hazel Henderson reports that Neuromarketing is invading the corporate ethic. She connects the insidious practise of utilizing fMRI scans (and other neuro penetration technology) to fine tune marketing messages for the use of politicians and corporate interests . Along with the US Supreme Court decision to lift the restraints on corporate financing, this practise has 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 [...]
Eco-Regions and Water/Food Equation
Posted in D. Strategic Intelligences, Ecosphere, Inquiry, Level 4 Blue, Level 5 Orange, Level 6 Green, Level 7 Yellow, Navigating - IVSM, tagged food, sustainability, water, whole systems thinking on January 5, 2010 | Comments Off
If you want to find out how complex the relationship between ecology, water resources and human food supplies is becoming, check out this item on Endangerd Species Act Ruling and food production in California. In order to even grasp the players in this scenario one has to gain some altitude and look at it systemically. It [...]
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 [...]
Bill McKibbens Points at 4 Key Numbers for Climate Scoreboard
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, Navigating - IVSM, tagged Climate change, sustainability on December 16, 2009 | Comments Off
As we are in the stage of chaos in our international community — what voices of intelligence point to evidence-based information that we can continue to learn from? Bill McKibben uses 4 numbers: 350 degrees target, 100 countries, 4% and 770 degrees actual!! Read below for background behind these feedback loops. http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/bill-mckibbens-guardian-uk-article-features-climate-interactive/#more-2214 Bill McKibben’s Guardian [...]
Science not faked, but not pretty
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Level 5 Orange, Level 7 Yellow, Navigating - IVSM, tagged Climate change, COP15, UN Conference on December 12, 2009 | Comments Off
E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press. http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2951
Climate Change Scoreboard
Posted in E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, tagged Climate change, economy, indicators, scoreboard, scorecard, sustainability on December 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As we are striving to create new frameworks, approaches and paradigms, it is often easy to overlook how far we have come and what progress we are making. For someone, like Hazel Henderson, who has demonstrated decades of commitment to changing our perspectives on economic performance the following is good news indeed. MH/Integral City For Immediate Release: NEW [...]
Thoughts About GRI Sustainability Reporting
Posted in D. Strategic Intelligences, Navigating - IVSM, tagged indicators, sustainability on December 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (of www.iisd.ca) has just reported this oped on the use of GRI reporting from the mining industry. However it would seem likely the lessons could apply to any sector. I wonder how it opens up the natural evolution from the triple bottom line to the quadruple (integral) bottom line?? ===== Mehrdad [...]
