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Joanna Macy

Joanna Macy, PhD is a scholar of Buddhism, systems theory and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice and ecology, she gives trainings worldwide for eco-warriors and activists for global justice. As the root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, she has created a ground-breaking theoretical framework for personal and social change. Her books include World as Lover, World as Self, Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World and A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Times. Her website is joannamacy.net.
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On Being with our World

Earth is as beautiful as she is troubled, as perfect as she is pained. Joanna Macy appeals to the courageous self in all of us that desires to widely awaken to Earth just as she is and act from this seeing: we are inseparable.
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The H-Word

Joanna Macy in Conversation with Jessica Serrante

The wider culture would have us believe that we must choose hope, even if by force, as the only alternative to despair. Is that so? What poignant possibilities lie in the uncertain space between?
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Climate Crisis as Spiritual Path

Beyond hope and hopelessness, how is the world calling us to emerge?
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Dancing with the Earth

Joanna Macy in Conversation with David Loy

In this wide-ranging conversation, Joanna and David bring forward the misunderstood, under-emphasized, and omitted gifts of the Buddha's teachings for today's troubled world.
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Entering the Bardo

A Cosmic Nudge to Reimagine Ourselves

The natural and social systems that sustain us are losing their stability, observes Joanna Macy. This state of bardo, or transition, can be painful and frightening—but if we face the reality of collapse and cultivate inner stability, we can find the courage to faithfully serve all that we love.
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The Four R’s of Deep Adaptation

No Time to Lose

One of our treasured teachers and elders, Joanna Macy, guides us in considering how cultivation of resilience, relinquishment, restoration, and reconciliation can help us find a way through the civilizational collapse we see all around us.
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Accessing Natural Wisdom

The Work that Reconnects

How can we uncover and sustain our own power to respond to a challenge as ominous as global climate change? In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we offer an introduction to the skillful means of Buddhist scholar and renowned activist, Joanna Macy and the Work that Reconnects.
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