January 2007

TEDTalks : The rise of the amateur professional - Charles Leadbeater (2005)

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In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.

SCENE: David Johnston

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Who is David Johnston?

www.whatsworking.com

David on Integral Naked

David Johnston is an environmental and community activist using a fully integral (AQAL) approach to become the first major green-building success story. A well-known expert in the field of sustainable construction, Johnston is the president of What's Working, a green building consultation firm, and serves as a green building consultant to the City of Boulder's Green Points Program (of which he was the principle author and has been a board member since 1996). He was also responsible for a pioneering use of the integral model with his work for the Alameda County Waste Management Authority in California in developing a green approach to residential construction, also a breakthrough success.

Johnston started the Boulder Green Points program in...

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INTEGRAL LIFE: Integral Spirituality Discussion Series-Live Calls with Ken

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Dear Friends,

We resumed the Integral Spirituality discussion series with a great call last Sunday. Ken has the slightest lisp from his December ordeal, detectable only when he says "s" (as in "Structures and Stages")! We'll be posting the content from that memorable call very soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this gem from the "Stages" call.

And brace yourselves for the "Boomeritis Buddhism" call, in the coming weeks! Of course, "boomeritis" refers to someone taking any of the great traditions and making it all about themselves. But Ken felt that this tendency is especially prolific with Buddhism as practiced in the West, and thus the title of IS Chapter 5. Send your questions to isquestion@IntegralSpiritualCenter.org. We'd love to have you on the call. And all are...

INTEGRAL LIFE: Integral Training: Three New Seminars in March

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Three New Seminars in March

Integral Training is pleased to announce a series of three consecutive three-day workshops during the week of March 23 to 30. The week will begin with Integral Leadership in Action, an Integral Training alumni event presented in partnership with the Integral Leadership in Action Users Group. Following that will be a workshop on Integral Zen with Diane Hamilton and then a workshop on Integral Bodywork with Sofia Diaz. Please click the following links for more information on these events. Also, special discounts are available for students and anyone who attends more than one event.

Integral Leadership in Action

Integral Zen

Integral...

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BLOG: Integral Spirituality Typos?

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Hello Friends!

I'm happy to announce that Shambhala will be bringing out a paperback version of Integral Spirituality this fall. In preparation for this launch, we need to know if there are any errors or typos that need to be fixed before the book goes to print--that's where you come in.

If you noticed anything while reading IS you'd consider to be an error, please let me know at integralspiritualitytypos@gmail.com. Whoever submits the most genuine errors will get a signed copy of Integral Spirituality from Ken :-)

Thanks everyone,

Colin

INTEGRAL LIFE: From ISC: States and Stages Sunday

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'States and Stages' Sunday!

This Week on Integral Spiritual Center:

Sexual Energy into Light - Sally Kempton

Dear Friends,

We are incredibly blessed to have Ken in great spirits and better and better health! One of his top priorities upon his return has been to resume the extraordinary discussion that has taken place around his latest book, Integral Spirituality. We at ISC have been deeply honored to have pre-released the book on our site last year, and to have hosted an incredible series of discussions with you, our dear members, and Ken--the man who wrote the book!

And so I'm excited to announce that the IS Discussion Series will continue this Sunday, January 14th at 10AM, Mountain time! The topic of this call will be...

BLOG: Integral Institute Careers

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Integral Institute Careers Integral Institute is the leading destination for people seeking the map, tools and community to cultivate an Integral lifestyle, and we are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for talented business executives to help us manage our fast growth and dynamic Integral service offering. Integral Institute is preparing to launch a major update to its product and service suite and technology platform in order to better serve its worldwide audience of Integral practitioners and is now accepting resumes from candidates in key executive positions.

As part of the world’s leading Integral service company and working in Boulder (i.e., Denver), Colorado, one of the nicest places in the United States, you’d be a member of a special group of talented people in an amazing 2^nd tier culture working to provide world-class services and products that are highly relevant to our members’ lives. Ideal candidates are people who are...

TEDTalks : How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict - Robert Wright (2006)

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Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness" -- the network of linked fortunes and cooperation that has guided our evolution to this point -- and how we can use it to help save humanity today.

TEDTalks : Earth in its final century? - Martin Rees (2005)

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Speaking as both an astronomer and "a concerned member of the human race," Sir Martin Rees examines our planet and its future from a cosmic perspective. He urges action to prevent dark consequences from our scientific and technological development.

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