World as Lover, World as Self, Joanna Macy’s enduring classic, is more timely than ever as it draws on Joanna’s lifetime of wisdom to offer a re-focus on the natural world. Within its pages, readers can find the strength and spiritual nourishment to envision a new future for humanity. Read more
Resource Type: Books
Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation
A book by professor Sean Kelly, who has co-taught with Joanna at the California Institute of Integral Studies. It frames our planetary emergency as collective initiation into a new identity as living members of Gaia, in whom we live and have our being. Read more
Coming Back to Life: Good News for the Spanish-speaking community
“It is my great pleasure to recommend this Spanish version of the 2014 edition of Coming Back to Life, translated by Adrián Villaseñor Galarza. I cannot think of a finer and more experienced person to render this book into Spanish than Adrián, himself a teacher and facilitator of the Work That Reconnects in Latin America. Adrián, who has… Read more
Coming Back to Life – Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects
Joanna Macy & Molly Brown The original Coming Back to Life has helped people transform denial, despair and grief in the face of the social and ecological challenges of our time. This new, completely updated edition repositions the classic work within the context of deepening global crises and the cognitive, spiritual and perceptual revolutions occurring… Read more
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess we’re in without Going Crazy
Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone Active Hope: How to Face the Mess we’re in without Going Crazy, co-authored with my long-time colleague Chris Johnstone of Bristol, England, aims to bring basic assumptions and ingredients of the Work That Reconnects to a mainstream readership. In the process some valuable new perspectives on the Work have emerged.… Read more
Held in Love: Life Stories to Inspire Us Through Times of Change
Edited by Molly Young Brown and Carolyn Wilbur Treadway. A moving collection of stories, poems, and artwork from 72 writers and artists who share experiences of connection with a loving Source within and beyond themselves—in times of hardship or unexpected grace, alone, in nature, or with others. These writings and images offer examples of how… Read more
Pass It On: Five Stories that Can Change the World
by Joanna Macy Joanna shares five stories from her more than 30 years of studying and practicing Buddhism and deep ecology. Gathered on her travels to India, Russia, Australia, and Tibet, these stories testify to Joanna Macy’s belief that either humankind awakens to a new and deeper understanding of our interconnectedness with its planet or risks losing… Read more
Stories of the Great Turning
This book tells stories of how ordinary people in their everyday lives have responded to the challenges of living more sustainably. In these difficult times, we need stories that engage, enchant and inspire. Most of all, we need stories of practical changes, of community action, of changing hearts and minds. Read more
World as Lover, World as Self
by Joanna Macy World As Lover, World As Self – Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal This collection includes new thinking that guides my work, along with favorite portions of the original book, all freshly rewritten. Order it here
Hoffnung durch Handeln – Dem Chaos standhalten, ohne verrückt zu werden.
Joanna Macy und Chris Johnstone Auf unserem Planeten herrscht ein exorbitanter Notstand: Klimawandel, die Erschöpfung von Ressourcen, ökonomische Umwälzungen und Ausrottung von immer mehr Arten. Hoffnung durch Handeln zeigt uns, wie wir dieser Krise begegnen und auf sie mit ungeahnter Widerstandskraft und Kreativität reagieren. Diese Hoffnung setzt nicht notwendigerweise Optimismus voraus; wir können diesen Prozess… Read more
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