Dealing with Despair without Dispensing Hopium
Many people feel we may now be living in what may be “the end of the world as we know it.” Between climate crisis, the demise of democracy, the possible dangers of runaway AI, encroaching likelihood of world war (in a recent YouGov survey conducted in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US, more […]
New Meta- Narrative for a New World Order
A meta-narrative is an overarching story that gives us context and meaning—a purpose to life. Meta-narratives provide the unifying big picture that encompasses, transcends, and integrates the smaller stories and themes contained within. Historically, religions and mythology were the primary authors of meta-narratives. However, meta-narratives fell into extreme disfavour with the rise of post-modernism and […]
Integral Urban Planning & Management
In 2007, humans became for the first time more urban than rural in our settlement patterns, and by the end of this century some two-thirds of people worldwide will be living in cities. This represents a noteworthy historical inflection point. Importantly, there are significant differences in the biophysical and psychosocial needs of people in urban […]
Wholistic Regeneration: Evolutionary Sh*t Show
A new era of Regenerative Community is growing beyond the Exterior focus of traditional environmentalism, to include our individual and collective Interior landscapes. Members of the leading edge of the global eco communities movement have joined with digital visionaries, and have been co-creating Intentional nodes of human growth & development. We are doing the ‘hard’ […]
Integral Politics: how can we make it happen?
(Abstract to be edited in two weeks) Following Elke Fein, Karen O’Brien and Integral Politics Switzerland presentations, how can we make it happen both in our personal context and in Europe?
Is Human Civilization at Risk?
What will it take to preserve what remains of life on Earth? Is humanity itself at risk? These are the overarching questions the author addresses in this pioneering new book Second Sapiens: The Rise of the Planetary Mind and the Future of Humanity. In it Dawlabani asserts that the current leading intelligence that rules over […]
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens: A New Perspective for Thriving in a Disrupted World (Michiel Doorn, Dr. Birgit Viertlböck) Many people feel anxious about today’s barrage of alarming events (COVID, economy, inflation, supply chain risk, cultural, political, climate disruption, resource scarcities, war, etc.). Older people are wondering what world they are leaving behind for […]
Meditation: Green Tara, Saviouress from Suffering
Join this classic Green Tara meditation to connect more deeply with wisdom and enlightened activity. Green Tara is beloved as the mother of all the Buddhas, specializing in nurturing and protecting all sentient beings. “Tara” means both “star” and “savior:” her practice liberates us from suffering, in particular from fear, danger, and obstacles. Green Tara […]
Fractals of Change
We are experiencing a paradigm crisis that is having profound impacts on people and nature. What is often referred to as a polycrisis, a megacrisis, a metacrisis, or a permacrisis leaves little room for a sense of individual and collective agency. To respond to a paradigm crisis, we need to be open to different ways […]
Inner Development Goals – Challenges and Opportunities Through an Integral Lens
The Inner Development Goals (IDGs) initiative represents a transformative framework grounded in the understanding that meaningful outer change requires a corresponding evolution of inner capacities. Drawing on the Integral AQAL (All Quadrants, All Levels) model, this presentation explores the IDGs as a holistic response to the meta-crises facing humanity, highlighting the challenges and opportunities inherent […]
