Book cover for Active Hope (Revised): How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

Active Hope (Revised)

How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power

2022 Released
288 Pages
4-5 Hours
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New World LibraryISBN 9781608687107

The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, war, political polarization, economic upheaval, and the dying back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. This revised, tenth anniversary edition of Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face these crises 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.

Joanna Macy

Joanna Macy, whose eight books include World as Lover, World as Self, is a scholar of systems theory and Buddhist thought who helps people find inner resources for dealing with global crises.

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Chris Johnstone

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