At the launch party for our book Stories of the Great Turning, June turned to me and said, “Winchester Cathedral is hosting a series of events on the Future of Capitalism next year, and I am thinking of composing a piece drawing on the themes of the Great Turning. How would you feel about that?”… Read more
The Aliveness of Not Knowing by Josh Halpern
Joanna related a story of prophecy passed to her by Choegyal Rinpoche about the Shambala Warriors, who move across the terrain of our time and space with the two “weapons” of compassion and awareness of interconnectedness, trying to heal all beings. Joanna recounted that when she first told this prophecy to her son Jack, he… Read more
Community in the Great Turning by Joanna Macy
In our quest for sustainability, indeed survival, we are learning to see our lives within a larger context. For more and more of us, that larger context is the story of life on Earth. When I enlarge the frame beyond my personal agendas, I glimpse the wonder and beauty of that story, and how amazing… Read more
A Movement With Soul
I recently had the privilege of attending the Winter Symposium: Transformation Without Apocalypse: How to Live Well on an Altered Planet. The weekend gathering invited us to explore how our own invasive species of humans on the earth might re-imagine who we are in relation to the world and how we might thrive in a… Read more
World as Lover, World as Self; Readers’ Responses to Joanna Macy’s Words
See what others are saying about World as Love, World as Self at WebsterWeb’s World. This is a collation of Amazon and Goodreads readers’ responses to Joanna Macy’s book, “World as love, world as self. (up to Oct., ‘13). My voice, in italics, structures and adds comments. Joanna’s voice is mostly indirect, seen through the mirror… Read more
Darkening of the Light: Witnessing the End of an Era
“Darkening of the Light: Witnessing the End of an Era,” a new book by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, is a witness to the loss of the light of the sacred reflected in our continued destruction and desecration of life’s fragile ecosystem. This story of our collective destiny, however painful, needs to be heard if we are to… Read more
The Pain That Isn’t Ours Alone
(from Joanna and Molly’s work on the new edition of Coming Back to Life) Our culture, including mainstream Western psychology, tends to reduce our pain for the world to personal neuroses, and separate our personal suffering from the condition of our world. This leads people to suppose that personal anguish must be resolved and eradicated… Read more
Can Connecting to Future Generations Drive True Sustainability?
In this article, in the Guardian , Jo Confino challenges us to go beyond the words of what it means to work towards sustainability for our children and future generations. Joanna Macy ‘s experiential work calls upon us to go beyond mere words and use our imaginations to connect to those who will carry the torch… Read more
If Your House is On Fire
Kathleen Dean Moore, professor of philosophy and environmental ethics, speaks on climate activism. An excellent presentation. She was the speaker at an event in Portland Oregon educating people about industry attempts to move oil, coal and gas through the northwest.
Beloved Bioneers Elder Joanna Macy to Receive Bioneers Lifetime Achievement Award
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy PhD. is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism. Bioneers is proud to honor Joanna with a Bioneers Lifetime Achievement Award next month during the National Bioneers Conference in San… Read more
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