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Could There Be a Council of Cities

Could there be a council of cities? How to concentrate level of cities aside from national interest? To agree on having one city that could be like the hive level … We have to start at the village level.   I remember when I vistited in Moscow in scientific community … Clear energy field of […]

Which Comes First – City Trigger Points or Country Tipping Points?

Have you noticed that news reports of war or “rumours of war” like to point at countries that are on the cusp of disruption or hostility because it is the traditional “big news” story on the global stage? Nevertheless, as I observe the situations of emerging hostility between nations, I see a pattern where cities […]

Preamble Russian Book Launch in Moscow: Gateways to Wellbeing in Integral City

How do you prepare for a book launch of the Russian translation of Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive? Dmitry Baranov, Publisher of the Russian Translation and Founder of iPraktik asked for an interview – which he then translated and published in Russian in the Theory and Practise Blog here. (Note: the automatic online […]

Integral City Blog – On the Move with 4 Voices

Greetings Integral City Blog Readers … if you are still there after 4 months of Blog-on-Sabbatical? I have been dancing FOR, WITH and AS the 4 Voices of the City in the last 4 months. As a Citizen – I danced AS the Voice that is ON THE MOVE. This Voice asks – How do […]

Encouraging the Heart of Leon: Civil Society Integrates 4 Voices

If you want to improve the carrying capacity of a city, then increase its caring capacity. That was the experience of the city of Leon, Mexico when its Citizens’ Observatory set out to connect many stakeholders from across the city with the intention of learning how “WE” could work better together to improve economic, environmental […]

Ekurhuleni’s Future: Civic Managers Create Habitat for Wellbeing

An old African tale relates how to take care of the wellbeing of elephants. ((1) As told to me by Dr. Don Beck). It seems a herd of elephants became very sick. The villagers consulted with the big city veterinarian who came to diagnose the ailment. But he could do nothing. Then the villagers consulted […]

Developing Durant: Business Voice Catalyses All 4 Voices of the City

What happens when business leaders expand their skills in service to thriving that is greater than just the success of one organization? The Integral Community hopes and dreams that leaders will transfer their leadership skills into their organization and impact the success of their employees. In turn the improvement of leadership skills throughout the organization should impact […]

Imagine Abbotsford: Citizen Voice Grows Sustainable City Vision

The story of the Imagine Abbotsford Dialogues was well documented in the three years that this city visioning process unfolded (by the local community paper publishing nine special sections for each of the dialogues). This story could be told through any of the 4 voices. Civil Society partners sponsored the project (Abbotsford Community Foundation, Community […]

4 Voices of Integral City: A Quadrivium of Case Studies

As more cities start to experiment with an Integral City paradigm, a collection of case studies is asking to be written. Four cities in four different countries, disclose the power of engaging with the 4 Voices of the City, but each with a different inaugurating voice. Abbotsford, BC, Canada is the city where I have […]

Meshworkers of the Year Award 2013 – Planning AS the City

Like community musical impresarios, Beth Sanders and Dnyanesh Deshpande are innovators in composing, scoring and conducting an Integral City 2.0 planning process for mature neighbourhood planning. In 2013 this civic meshworker (Beth) and city planner (Dnyanesh) guided the 4 Voices of Strathcona County, Alberta, through a planning process that inspired  uncommon participation, intelligent engagement and […]