What a 96-Year-Old Buddhist Teacher Knew About Loving a Broken World

Joanna Macy spent seventy years facing the worst news about the planet — and kept going. Not with optimism, which requires believing things will turn out well. With something harder: active hope. This episode explores what she learned about grief, deep time, and loving a world you cannot fix.Show Notes:Joanna Macy (1929–) is a Buddhist teacher, environmental activist, and scholar of systems thinking. Her work on the intersection of ecology, spirituality, and action has shaped generations of activists and thinkers.Sources referenced:Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy (with Chris Johnstone)World as Lover, World as SelfInterviews and talksTopics: Active hope vs optimism, the Spiral (gratitude → grief → seeing with new eyes → going forth), deep time, honouring pain for the world, staying present without numbing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.