Description
Introducing **Coming Back to Life**, a profound exploration of resilience and activism in the face of current global crises. This essential read reflects on the environmental challenges besieging our planet, including climate change, the repercussions of fracking, and the devastating impact of GMOs. Authored by the renowned Joanna Macy and Molly Brown, this updated edition offers a compassionate framework for understanding our emotional responses to these urgent threats.
As we navigate feelings of grief, anger, and fear, **Coming Back to Life** emphasizes that these emotions can be channeled into transformative action through the revolutionary **Work that Reconnects**. This enriching guide not only highlights the theoretical foundations of the Work, but also provides practical methods for engaging in community initiatives and fostering collaboration among diverse groups.
With new chapters reflecting the current socio-political landscape, the authors inspire us to reclaim our passion and connection to life. **Coming Back to Life** is a beacon of hope, encouraging readers to move beyond apathy and despair towards active participation in creating a sustainable future. Embrace the journey of reconnection today!
**Condition**: BRAND NEW
**ISBN**: 9780865717756
**Format**: Trade paperback (US)
**Year**: 2015
**Publisher**: New Society Publishers
**Delivery Information**: Free shipping for this item! Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780865717756
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2015
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Description:
Deepening global crises surround us. We are beset by climate change, fracking, tar sands extraction, GMOs, and mass extinctions of species, to say nothing of nuclear weapons proliferation and Fukushima, the worst nuclear disaster in history. Many of us fall prey to despair even as we feel called to respond to these threats to life on our planet.
Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition ofComing Back to Life, they show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects. New chapters address working within the corporate world, and engaging communities of color as well as youth in the Work.
The Work that Reconnects has spread around the world, inspiring hundreds of thousands to work toward a life-sustaining human culture.Coming Back to Lifeintroduces the Work's theoretical foundations, illuminating the angst of our era with extraordinary insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, it offers personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group work that profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world.
As we navigate feelings of grief, anger, and fear, **Coming Back to Life** emphasizes that these emotions can be channeled into transformative action through the revolutionary **Work that Reconnects**. This enriching guide not only highlights the theoretical foundations of the Work, but also provides practical methods for engaging in community initiatives and fostering collaboration among diverse groups.
With new chapters reflecting the current socio-political landscape, the authors inspire us to reclaim our passion and connection to life. **Coming Back to Life** is a beacon of hope, encouraging readers to move beyond apathy and despair towards active participation in creating a sustainable future. Embrace the journey of reconnection today!
**Condition**: BRAND NEW
**ISBN**: 9780865717756
**Format**: Trade paperback (US)
**Year**: 2015
**Publisher**: New Society Publishers
**Delivery Information**: Free shipping for this item! Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780865717756
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2015
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Description:
Deepening global crises surround us. We are beset by climate change, fracking, tar sands extraction, GMOs, and mass extinctions of species, to say nothing of nuclear weapons proliferation and Fukushima, the worst nuclear disaster in history. Many of us fall prey to despair even as we feel called to respond to these threats to life on our planet.
Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition ofComing Back to Life, they show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects. New chapters address working within the corporate world, and engaging communities of color as well as youth in the Work.
The Work that Reconnects has spread around the world, inspiring hundreds of thousands to work toward a life-sustaining human culture.Coming Back to Lifeintroduces the Work's theoretical foundations, illuminating the angst of our era with extraordinary insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, it offers personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group work that profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world.