Active Hope How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy

by Macy, Joanna; Johnstone, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781577319726
• ISBN10: 1577319729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-13
• Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services, Inc.

Summary

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.

Author Biography

Joanna Macy has been an esteemed scholar (of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology) and activist for four decades. She lives in Berkeley, CA. Chris Johnstone trains and teaches on resilience, happiness, and positive change. He lives in Bristol, U.K.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Great Turning
Three Stories of Our Time	p. 13
Trusting the Spiral	p. 35
Coming from Gratitude	p. 43
Honoring Our Pain for the World	p. 57
Seeing with New Eyes
A Wider Sense of Self	p. 85
A Different Kind of Power	p. 105
A Richer Experience of Community	p. 121
A Larger View of Time	p. 139
Going Forth
Catching an Inspiring Vision	p. 163
Daring to Believe It Is Possible	p. 185
Building Support around You	p. 201
Maintaining Energy and Enthusiasm	p. 213
Strengthened by Uncertainty	p. 229
Notes	p. 239
Resources	p. 253
Index	p. 257
About the Authors	p. 271
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