For the months of August and September I am taking a break from posting Nest City while I step up my work on an international webinar eLaboratory on cities:
Integral City eLab is 12 days of webinars from September 4-27 (Tuesday – Thursday each week) and an on-line learning environment to serve as an eLaboratory to explore how to design prosperity systems for the liveable city. Our intention is to create the space and place for people across the planet to share and learn of ideas about our relationship with cities. We will explore big ideas and share stories. Click here for information on the eLab.
I have three roles in the eLab:
C0-host eLab webinars. Marilyn Hamilton, David Faber and I will be hosting/facilitating/moderating the 36 eLab sessions. Some will be formal presentations, others will involve extensive Q and A, while others are designed for participants to explore and share their experiences and stories.
Blog the eLab. Prior to the eLab I will be writing about the contributions our speakers make to our understanding of cities as whole systems. During the eLab I will be blogging about eLab stories and making meaning of each day. I will be creating pieces to head out into the world as well as creating a jumping off points for discussion among eLab participants.
Co-create the spaces and places to make meaning. With my fellow eLab organizers, we are holding the intention, and creating the structure for personal and collective learning about ourselves and cities. We are holding this intention for the duration of the eLab and into the future that we can’t see yet.
So for Nest City readers, you will see a shift in focus here. For the month of August I will be writing about the speakers that are engaged for the eLab. For the month of September, during the eLab itself, I will be blogging each conference day about meaning I make of the day’s journey. This will be a juicy side-journey that will provide lots of intelligence to put toward the creation of Nest City and nest cities.
I look forward to sharing the Integral City eLab with you!
August – guest blog about Integral City eLab speakers/ideas