Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy [B1233]

2012 PB in nice clean condition. The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "I love this book for its practicality and for its many suggestions for how to move through feelings of hopelessness. I also appreciate that it's not the kind of book about climate change that asserts "we WILL overcome this" - it's as real and raw as the situation at hand."; "I generally appreciated the idea of active hope, the central thesis being that if we're going to tackle our socio-ecological crisis, it's going to take an active vision for a better world that we continuously push towards as a community even in the face of opposition and setbacks. I appreciate the insights and wisdom present in the Buddhist framework that Macy and Johnstone employ, like acknowledging the interdependency and irrevocable interconnectedness of ecological systems."; "A bit repetitive, but a good structure to frame overarching societal issues/human quagmires with proactive work and spiritual fortitude. For me, both must go hand in hand."