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Joanna Macy



Joanna Macy, PhD, is an American eco-philosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar. In her writing, teaching, and other work, she addresses how people can respond psychologically and spiritually to the social and ecological challenges of the modern age.

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The Resilience Gathering - Joanna Macy

We face a "perfect storm" of interacting global stressors. Is resilience a possible response? What does real resilience look like?  Join some of the foremost thinkers in a discussion on resilience and civilizational collapse.

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Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers.

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Joanna Macy: No Self as Good News

Dr. Joanna Macy is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology; she has been a visionary force in environmental activism for over five decades.

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Pass it On: Five Stories that Can Change the World

Eco-philosopher and best-selling author Joanna Macy, Ph.D., shares five stories from her more than thirty years of studying and practicing Buddhism and deep ecology.

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Active Hope—Joanna Macy

Keynote presentation. 'Active Hope," is the title of a new book by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. In it, they eschew feel good denial, cynical disengagement and baseless optimism. In this talk, Macy summarized their message.

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Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America

This book celebrates the flowering of women in American Buddhism. Lenore Friedman set out to explore this phenomenon by interviewing some of the remarkable women who were teaching Buddhism in the United States.

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“To Live in the Fullness of Time,” Joanna Macy, 2014-02-14

Joanna Macy explores her most recent work, how it arrived out of her activism in the past, and why it should be of concern to the future of humanity as a whole. With genetic modification, hydraulic fracking, and nuclear technologies, our karma—that is, the consequences of our actions—lasts forever.

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A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time

A leading figure in Buddhist-informed social and ecological activism since the 1980s, Joanna Macy's life work is rooted in a profound study of the parallels between Buddhist and scientific worldviews.

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Active Hope with Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

Footage from the Gaia evening talk given by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone in July 2013. Discussing their new book 'Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy', Joanna and Chris reveal why hope arises in action.

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Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart

This anthology presents more than 30 essays from eminent women trailblazers--such as author Alice Walker, psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen, playwright Eve Ensler, holistic doctor Rachel Naomi Remen, biologist Janine Benyus, hip-hop performer Rha Goddess, and famous tree-sitter Julia Butterfly...

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