In my Nobody opinion, Integral needs more translators. If the value of this incredible, truly “game-changing” (yes I feel the bile in my throat using this term) field of thought and practice is going to touch the public discourse, it needs:
Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
Integral for the rest of us?
Posted in Culture, Integral, Spirituality, Sustainability, tagged ecology, integral sustainability, Ken Wilber, nature, spirituality, sustainability on October 4, 2010 |
Grunchables
Posted in Culture, Nature, Spirituality, tagged awareness, ecology, education, nature on September 30, 2010 |
…your grasshopper has darkened to a crispy-looking brown over the fire. Will you eat it? The thought of its squishy insides spilling onto your tongue makes you wish, for a moment, that you had some chocolate for dipping.
Decline and Disintegration Roundup
Posted in Culture, Sustainability, tagged Bill McKibben, decline, global warming, growth, Jonathan Franzen, peak oil, population decline, steady state economy, sustainability on September 12, 2010 |
There is nothing quite so abhorrent in the canon of sustainability as the term “sustainable growth.” The idea that anything can grow in perpetuity is 100% snake oil, an utter myth. Everything, including the Universe itself, is created, grows, declines and dies. Yet the myth of sustainable growth is one so deeply ingrained in our culture’s beliefs, values and economic principles that it continues to be held up not only as an actual possibility, but a panacea.
Culturally appropriate water harvesting
Posted in Culture, Sustainability, tagged integral sustainability, rotoplas, tucson, water harvesting on September 4, 2010 |
A few weeks ago I led a tour of water harvesting sites in Tucson for a group of students. One of the stops we made was at a house in the southern part of the city that serves as a community meeting center, permaculture oasis, and headquarters of Tierra y Libertad, a local nonprofit. TYLO’s [...]
