Essential Joanna Macy
October 20, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT
Event Overview
Online. Oct 20 – Dec 8
Tuesdays, 5 – 6:30 pm PT
The Essential Joanna Macy
Facilitated by Lydia Violet
With pre-recorded videos by Joanna Macy
Curriculum designed by Lydia Violet & Joanna Macy
https://schoolforthegreatturning.com/essential-joanna-macy
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Have you been hearing the name “Joanna Macy” over the years, as you’ve explored sustainability, activism, climate grief, engaged Buddhism, or systems thinking? Looking for resources to help you sustain yourself through the promise and peril of these times?
Studying Joanna’s work – and putting it into practice – has been pivotal for thousands of people for over 40 years. In today’s moment of intersecting, accelerating planetary challenges, Joanna’s teachings continue to be a profound resource, for orienting ourselves to what’s going on, and finding our ways to stay present and contribute to this world we love.
Maybe you’re already familiar with her work, and would love to dive deeper into her most essential teachings.
Or maybe you haven’t had the chance yet to dive in at all. Ready to explore what’s been so powerful about her work?
We got you!
Joanna Macy, an environmental activist, scholar, and deep ecologist, dedicated her life to addressing the ecological and social challenges facing humanity. Throughout her thirteen books and countless workshops and classes, she offered several central teachings that inspire and empower people to engage in positive change.
Lydia Violet will be teaching this course live online. The course also includes a rich library of recorded teachings from Joanna herself. In the wake of Joanna’s passing earlier this year, we are so blessed to have had Joanna’s guidance in crafting this course, and a wealth of teaching videos from her time at School for the Great Turning. We continue carrying this curriculum with tender steadfastness, in honor of Joanna’s work and legacy.