Active Hope (revised): How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power [B2183]

2022 PB revised and updated 10th Anniversary edition of the 2012 original, in nice clean condition. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Anyone concerned about the state of the world needs to read this...and get some active hope going."; "I liked how this book provided prompts, meditations and testimonies of practices of active hope. I was particularly inspired by the Buddhist term 'bodhchitta' which appreciates the interconnectedness of all beings on Earth and ultimately conceptualizes a larger scope of time"; "An inspirational read in these precarious times... I loved the exercises in this book, which gives practical tools in order to take active hope into the world, and not just remain words in a book."