Spiritual teachers, deep ecologists, and diverse writers and activists celebrate the life and global impact of pioneering Buddhist philosopher and environmental advocate Joanna Macy.
STEPHANIE KAZA is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the
University of Vermont. A leading voice in Buddhism and ecology, her
most recent book is Green Buddhism- Practice and Compassionate
Action in Uncertain Times. To learn more, visit
www.stephaniekaza.com.
JOANNA MACY, PhD, teacher and author, is a scholar of Buddhism,
systems thinking, and deep ecology. As the root teacher of the Work
That Reconnects, Macy has created a groundbreaking framework for
personal and social change that brings a new way of seeing the
world as our larger body. Her many books include World as Lover,
World as Self; Widening Circles, A Memoir; Active Hope- How to Face
the Mess We're in without Going Crazy; and Coming Back to Life- The
Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects. Macy received a BA from
Wellesley College in 1950 and a PhD in Religion from Syracuse
University in 1978. She continues to write and teach in Berkeley,
California. Her most recent book is A Wild Love for the World-
Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Times (ed. Stephanie Kaza). To
learn more, visit www.joannamacy.net.
“The conversation I had with Joanna Macy early in our tender,
tumultuous century has shaped me ever after. I first discovered
Joanna through her gorgeous translations of the poet Rilke, a voice
of the last century’s turnings that she has brought to accompany us
in ours. I marvel at her many callings and adventures. She attended
to the human trauma as Rilke’s central European world disappeared
in the aftermath of World War II—and in the exile from Tibet of a
young Dalai Lama. She was an environmentalist before that term was
on every tongue. And she became a great Buddhist teacher before
anyone understood how this tradition would meet
twenty-first-century people and potentialities. Through all of
this, Joanna has come to embody a singular clarity of vision about
the totality of what it means to be human—at this moment in time.
Her wild love for the world is a beacon to us all—and an exuberant
invitation—to join our passion to hers, whatever the lives we lead.
This book is a precious offering toward life-giving
possibility.”—Krista Tippett, host of On Being
“Joanna Macy is one of the planet's treasures, not least for the
remarkable cadre of people who have learned from and been inspired
by her rooted and unstinting life. This fine book combines her
insights and those who have learned from her, and it will be a joy
to anyone who approaches it with an open heart.”—Bill McKibben,
author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
“We can’t save our world, we can only love our larger body, this
living earth, and take the next healing step. To guide us, we have
Joanna Macy, who embodies this active loving in her brilliant
teachings, ‘The Work That Reconnects,’ and through her decades of
serving our planet. This new book captures the great depth and
breadth of Joanna’s wisdom through her own stories, as well as
through the richly shared stories of her colleagues—activists,
thinkers, and teachers. Throughout, Joanna’s understandings, group
practices, and passionate heart offer us an urgently needed pathway
of hope for this precious world.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical
Acceptance and Radical Compassion
“I am wildly in love with A Wild Love for the World. I can truly
say that the stories in this book, and its life-transforming ideas
and their practical applications, have changed me. The personal
stories and focus on positive collaborative engagement offer a
breath of energizing fresh air as we move forward. Joanna Macy’s
life, celebrated here in an engaging, inspiring, and practical
compendium of approaches catalyzed by her ‘Work That Reconnects,’
offers each of us a light to cultivate resilience and illuminate
the path ahead. Thank you to Stephanie Kaza and all the
contributors, and to Joanna, for the love and brilliance that shine
so brightly in this life’s work of heart.”—Daniel Siegel, author of
Aware and Mind
“How do we live in solidarity on this warming planet? This book
captures a lifetime of grappling with this most important of
questions—and invites readers into a thriving community of people
who, like me, have been transformed by Joanna Macy’s thought and
practice.”—Naomi Klein, author of On Fire: The Burning Case For a
Green New Deal
“If the ecological crisis is the greatest challenge that humanity
is facing today, then Joanna Macy is the most important teacher of
our time. For those who don’t yet know her work, this anthology is
an excellent place to start. For those of us who have already
benefited from it, it provides an overview of an extraordinary
woman and her remarkable career.”—David Loy, author of Ecodharma:
Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis
“Serendipitous that this volume by and about one of our most
far-seeing, exuberant, and empathic radiators of necessary wisdom
is emerging in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. The book will be
a talisman for many, a seed bundle, a way through the
calamity.”—David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous
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