ABSTRACT
Integral Dynamics starts with nature and community, generally, and with aboriginal Australasia, specifically, initially with Permaculture, and subsequently with the wisdom of the world's oldest people, as its aboriginal, 'core' orientation to 'Southern' nature and community. Community, is the first institutional constituent of integral dynamic genealogy, and might also be aligned with Sanctuary. Bill Mollison, an Australian jack-of-all-trades, together with his compatriot and ecologist David Holmgren after extensive research into the Tasmanian aborigines, evolved what they termed Permaculture: permanent agriculture. The agricultural system that they developed incorporated a comprehensive paradigm shift that involved the development of an ethical and moral approach to the natural world. For Marcia Nozick, a Canadian community activist, the most critical issue, together with environmental destruction, is the disappearance of community, on a physical and a spiritual level. As a result, communities are breaking apart under the strain of outward-pulling forces of global economic development.
