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 [...]
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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 »
Death of Personal Responsibility & Nanny State => System Social Responsibility?
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, tagged commons, corporation, nanny state, personal responsibility, system responsibility, whole systems thinking on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week the National Post (NP) ran a most interesting series on the death of personal responsibility . Many of the reporters spoke nostaligically of a time when life was determined by the decisions of individuals and families unmitigated by the so-called nanny state . This vociferously argued dialectic seems to me a false one. It [...]
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 [...]
Cities 2020 – Kedgeforward
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, Lifecycle, Uncategorized, tagged future cities, human hive, integral, integral city intelligences on May 18, 2010 | Comments Off
In the last decade the concept of the city as a human habitat that is mapped in terms of bricks and mortar, managed by fiat from city hall and developed by entrepreneurs for corporate profit has given faint signals of change. This has happened because we have witnessed the city collapse underneath the weight of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Climate Change Blog Worth Checking Out
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Ecosphere, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, tagged Climate change on December 27, 2009 | Comments Off
I am always on the look out for blogs and writers who can write dispassionately about the issues that affect cities. I just discovered this one by Dr. Joe Romm today. It has a great archive and the following quote from the blog can be fully read at www.climateprogress.org Climate Change Progress. Thanks to the [...]
Almere Principles as Intelligences
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Level 7 Yellow, tagged design, integral city intelligences, McDonough, Principles on December 19, 2009 | Comments Off
In October I visited Almere, NL and met City Planner Alex VanOost. He gifted me with the monograph of the Almere Principles, developed by Architect, William McDonough & Associates. The seven principles resonate strongly with Integral City’s 12 Intelligences: Cultivate Diversity (@ Emergence and Living Intelligence) Connect Place and Context (@ Collective Intelligences and Eco-Intelligence) Combine [...]
Who is at Climate Talks and What Do They Seek?
Posted in B. Individual Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, climate, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Inner, Level 7 Yellow, Level 8 Turquoise, Master Intelligence, Navigating - IVSM, Storytelling - Cultures, 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 [...]
