Trevor Malkinson
Trevor grew up in Victoria, BC. He did a double undergraduate degree in philosophy and environmental studies at the University of Victoria, and then did a graduate degree in philosophy at Brock University. He's currently attending the Vancouver School of Theology, with the intention of going into ministry in the United Church of Canada. As a chef by trade, he has a passionate interest in food and in supporting the development of a post-industrial food culture. He also has a passionate interest in evolutionary spirituality, and how the Christian tradition can live anew within this emerging worldview. His major areas of writing interest for Beams and Struts include philosophy, culture, food, sports, spirituality and the environment.
Movements of the Multitude- Integral Community Seminar 2012
A Temporary Autonomous Zone opens up in Colorado this summer with the second Integral Community Seminar.
Notes on Existentialism Pt. 1
Why is there such enduring interest in existentialism, and what do these thinkers still have to tell us?
Sacred Sundays- Give Alms to Everyone That Asks
A meditation on Walt Whitman and giving alms.
Beams and Struts at the Vancouver Integral Salon
A few members of the Beams team will be presenting one of our collective intelligence processes live tomorrow night.
Coming Soon to Beams and Struts- The Museum of Fearology
An introduction to an upcoming series exploring the subject of fear.
Joseph Campbell on the Chakras
Joseph Campbell with a tour of the chakras and much more.
John David Ebert Unpacks Jean Gebser's Magnum Opus
John David Ebert helps us 'mine the strata' of consciousness in a new video series.
Do We Really Need National Anthems Before Hockey Games Anymore?
A inquiry into this collective tradition, and a suggestion for what it could be replaced by.
Further Thoughts on Your Inner Pigdog from Plato, Freud and Zizek
More thoughts on that notorious innerer Schweinehund that lives within us all.
Saturday Night Jukebox- Bruce Springsteen on the Distinction Between Hard and Soft Power
Bruce Springsteen laments the subtle theft and destruction of his country in his new song Death to My Hometown.
The Rise of the Synthesizing Mind in the Planetary Age
A series of thoughts on putting the pieces back together again.
Saturday Night Jukebox- The Voice
Do you need a perfect voice to sing a moving song?
A Collective Intelligence TED Talk Two-fer
Yochai Benkler on open-source economics, and Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration.
Martin Heidegger on Separation and the Oblivion of Being
A companion piece to the article Sacred Economic- A Short Film Debut.
Sacred Economics: A Short Film Debut
A debut of Ian MacKenzie's film Sacred Economics on the work of Charles Eisenstein, plus a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Saturday Night Jukebox: The American Roots of Heavy Metal
A look at the latest offering from the great metal documentary filmmaker Sam Dunn.
Piracy Is the New Radio- A Mashup About Mashups
A collage-tastic look at one of the most important and contested topics of our time.
Sacred Sundays- Holy, Holy, Holy! Praise as Resistance
Thoughts on praise as a form of political resistance via Dorothy Soelle and Allen Ginsberg.
N.T. Wright's Vision for a Post-Postmodern Christianity
Anglican bishop and scholar N.T. Wright via the podcast Homebrewed Christianity.
Understanding The Apostles Creed
An interpretation of the spiritual meaning of the Apostles Creed