Listen to an episode from the Bioneers Radio Program from Joanna’s presentation at the 2013 National Bioneers Conference. Deep Ecology extends an inalienable right to life to all beings. Yet as the naturalist Aldo Leopold observed, “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” Either harden… Read more
Meditation in Time of War
With conflicts raging in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Ukraine and tensions boiling over in Ferguson, Missouri, Joanna shared this meditation that was printed in London from words spoken in San Francisco 23 and a half years ago, when our country invaded Iraq. As these conflicts break our hearts, let these words find some solace for our souls. Meditation in… Read more
Council of All Beings from Guatemala & Belize
From Aryeh Shell: I lead a Creative Facilitation training and wanted to share some sweet photos of the land and marine conservationists here leading and participating in the Council. They loved it and did a beautiful job – you would have been so proud .Here are some photos from the Councils with participants from all… Read more
Hope? A Letter to a Young Ally by Carolyn Raffensperger
Over the years I’ve had many young people come up to me and ask how I do this environmental work without collapsing in despair. They are acutely aware of how desperate the situation is. They doubt that the rain forest or ocean or jaguar will be salvageable by the time they are able to dedicate… Read more
Initiating/Facilitating a WTR Workshop
Initiating/Facilitating a Work that Reconnects Workshop or Group in Your Community Revolving Around the Book Active Hope. Notes from a Conversation with Claire Maitre, Work that Reconnects Facilitator, Ann Arbor, Michigan. How did you get involved in the Work that Reconnects? After I took my first workshop with Joanna Macy, I knew my… Read more
Joanna Macy at Evergreen 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSP02MuIeCg
Staying Sane In A Suicidal Culture: Spotlight On Joanna Macy, By Dahr Jamail
Reposted from Truthout It was February 2005, and after several months of front-line reporting from Iraq, I’d returned to the US a human time bomb of rage, my temper ticking shorter each day. Walking through morgues in Baghdad left scenes in my mind I remember even now. I can still smell the decaying… Read more
Sowing Fertile Soil: Deep Ecology in Colombia by Helena ter Ellen
Colombia, which has now lived through 50 years of war, has a very special place in my heart. My story begins in 2002, when I joined the Peace Brigades. For a year, I worked with an Afro-Colombian peace community in Cacarica, in Chocó province. This unforgettable experience would bring me face to face with the… Read more
Joanna Macy: On how to prepare internally for WHATEVER comes next
“Doomers” like Albert Bates and Guy McPherson are balanced by a few who see and sense much of the same and yet internally clothe the entirety in an infinitely larger, richer light. For example, Carolyn Baker, and especially, Joanna Macy. Interesting that they are both female. “Yes, it looks bleak. But you are still alive now. You are alive… Read more
Four Steps to a Better World
Joanna was recently interviewed by Madison Mullen, founder of The Privilege Project and the Editor in Chief of 21st Statement. His interview with Joanna explored how the Work That Reconnects sustains us in these difficult times and can move us from despair to action. To read click on link Four Steps to a Better World. This interview… Read more
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