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Sustainable city evolution
The future of cities and regional development is fundamentally different from where we come from. In the article about “breaking with our heritage” I describe this breaking process at individual and city governance level. Nowadays it goes even further than breaking with the facilitating function of our industrial or capitalist economic heritage. This is necessary if we want to have a sustainable future as a human species. It therefore also breaks with hierarchical dominance, citizen domestication, money as prime goal, growth and our cultural behavioral (lack of) ethics, as we all, people and institutions alike, carry the same responsibility. It goes much further than the decorative transition suggested in this animated visualization (source: LinkedIn ). Many cities will have to redefine themselves and their economies, some will disappear or develop into smaller units.
| previous city development | new city development sustainocracy |
| facilitating economic processes (industrial, logistics, real estate, labor, mobility, entertainment, remedial care) | core natural human values based clustering of impact driven processes |
| 100% depended on material resources from outside the city | focused on local self sufficiency in close cooperation with its local natural environment, applying technology and science if necessary |
| essential human values are regulated in a competitive financial environment | essential human values are steering all the silos of the city´s leadership archetypes |
| citizens are seen as a resource for political financial development | citizens are fundamental participants and partners in all the operations and objectives |
| financial growth is a common denominator | sustainably societal harmony and integral wellness is the common denominator |
| ethics is based on financial compliance | ethics is based on existential human values |
| 1 x WIN, 3 x Loss economy | 4 x WIN economy |
Smart regions deal wisely with their water responsibilities.
In Sustainocracy we see water, air, food and warmth as shared responsibilities for our sustainable existence as a species and the stable continuity of our societies, not just as financial commodities. That is why it is so beautiful to see how, in the regio of Eindhoven, mature steps are being taken in dealing responsibly with water and our main river, De Dommel. This is done in close cooperation again with nature, instead of competing with it. This video shows the awareness driven cooperation on how things are being straightened out, were they went wrong in past decades out of one sided financial interests.
How our changing perception of reality helps human evolution
We all may know that our perception of the reality around us is a personal interpretation, not necessarily an absolute precise representation. What if we open up to looking at reality in new ways? What would it do to us and maybe even to society? In this video we try to explain how we can contribute to human evolution by experimenting with our perception of realities.
Sustainocracy, the new democracy 
