Aug 22, 2018 posted, This speech was given at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference.

The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age: Discovering Our Wisdom, Strength and Beauty in the Midst of

Aug 22, 2018 posted, This speech was given at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference.

The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age: Discovering Our Wisdom, Strength and Beauty in the Midst of Crisis

One of the great activists and spiritual teachers of our era, Joanna Macy (1929-2025), brings a hopeful message: If we can free ourselves from the delusions and dependencies bred by the “industrial growth society,” something wonderful can happen. If we manage to steer clear of panic, we may well find, at last, the wild power of our creativity and solidarity.

Introduction by Nina Simons, Co-Founder of Bioneers.

Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. 

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 Mar 17, 2025

About this Documentary Short: A scholar, activist, and Buddhist thinker, Joanna Macy, PhD, (1929-2025) has shaped movements worldwide. This short film highlights her

 Mar 17, 2025

About this Documentary Short: A scholar, activist, and Buddhist thinker, Joanna Macy, PhD, (1929-2025) has shaped movements worldwide. This short film highlights her impact on activism, nuclear guardianship, and personal transformation, and showcases how the Joanna Macy Center at Naropa continues to inspire hope and responsibility for future generations, both locally and beyond. About the Joanna Macy Center for Resilience & Regeneration: Naropa University’s Joanna Macy Center seeks to advance Joanna Macy’s work and vision by empowering present and future generations to build a more resilient world that works for all. Our goal at the Center is to help Naropa students, faculty, and the broader community develop deep and loving relationships with themselves, each other, and nature. These healing connections inspire us to join together in collaborative action. As Dr. Macy reminds us, we are all interconnected, and this interconnectedness is the key to our healing. Join us for Reconnecting for a Just and Regenerative Future, a powerful three-day conference at Naropa University, celebrating 50 years of visionary learning and action inspired by the legacy of Joanna Macy's The Work that Reconnects. In a time of deep social and ecological crisis, this gathering brings together frontline leaders from environmental activism, social justice, ecopsychology, Indigenous decolonization work, and more to reimagine what’s possible. Documentary Short Sponsors: This video is made possible by the incredible generosity and support of Christopher & LuAnne Hormel. Production: River North Media & Naropa University staff. 

'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

'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. As Macy and Johnstone wisely acknowledge, there are no comforting certainties involved in opting to work for change with ‘active hope:’ “…there are no guarantees that we’ll be able to turn things far or fast enough to safeguard our civilization, or indeed, to ensure the continued existence of conscious life on Earth. We will probably not know in our lifetimes whether we are serving as deathbed attendants to a dying world or as midwives to the next stage of human evolution.” But, act we must on the issues we care about. Taking their lead from Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone's new book Active Hope, Cynthia Papermaster and Harvey Wasserman organized this evening of multi-issue presentations, Januare 10, 2016 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists.

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This discussion is about women's economic empowerment with a focus on the Pacific region. Panelists include Amy Luinstra, Senior Gender Specialist at the

This discussion is about women's economic empowerment with a focus on the Pacific region. Panelists include Amy Luinstra, Senior Gender Specialist at the International Finance Corporation who has been involved with the recently established Business Coalition for Women in Papua New Guinea -- the first organisation of its kind in the Pacific; Joanne Crawford, Research and Policy Adviser at the International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) and; Amanda Donigi, Founder and Editor of Stella Magazine in Papua New Guinea.

Globally women earn less than men and are less likely to be employed: they are only half as likely to be in full time jobs and when they are, their incomes are on average 10-30 percent lower. Meanwhile the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report indicates that the share of women in senior management roles, worldwide, is only 24 percent. Published on Jun 30, 2014

Moderator: Auskar Surbakti, Journalist

Mike and JoAnna Bresnan of Costa Rica's, Children Feeding Children, program

Mike and JoAnna Bresnan of Costa Rica's, Children Feeding Children, program and the change and transformation that is occurring around the world. They introduce interviews with Annie Leonard and David Orr while attending the 2010 Bioneers Conference held October 15-17, 2010 in San Rafael, California.

Filmed by Barry Heidt of GeoSpirit.tv and edited by Rob Russo.