Active hope : how to face the mess we're in without going crazy

by Joanna Macy

Other authorsChris Johnstone
Paperback, 2012

Publication

Imprint: Novato, California : New World Library, c2012. Responsibility: Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. Physical: 1 volume : xiv, 272 pages ; 22 cm.

Call number

Peace / Macy

Barcode

BK-07600

ISBN

9781577319726

CSS Library Notes

Description: 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.--Back cover.

Contents: Three stories of our time -- Trusting the spiral -- Coming from gratitude -- Honoring our pain for the world -- A wider sense of self -- A different kind of power -- A richer experience of community -- A larger view of time -- Catching an inspiring vision -- Daring to believe it is possible -- Building support around you -- Maintaining energy and enthusiasm -- Strengthened by uncertainty.

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Physical description

xiv, 272 p.; 22 cm

Description

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.

Language

Original language

English

User reviews

LibraryThing member b.masonjudy
Active Hope is a helpful book to read and consider the personal impact of the current global situations that breed apathy and fatalism. The text has practical tools and practices that are accessible and oriented to cultivating and sustaining ways of being that engender more life. It's not a silver
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bullet but it's a clear resource that doesn't try to be too rosy.
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