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860:, an interview with Joanna Macy, by Krista Tippet on the American Radio Show "On Being." This page provides links to the original program that first aired in 2010, along with the unedited version of the program. Macy also recites many Rilke poems during the show, but some of these poems are edited out so you can listen to them recited individually. 187:
initiative, which deals with the transformation from, as she terms it, an industrial growth society to what she considers to be a more sustainable civilization. She has created a theoretical framework for personal and social change, and a workshop methodology for its application. Her work addresses
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Macy travels giving lectures, workshops, and trainings internationally. Her work, originally called "Despair and Empowerment Work" was acknowledged as being part of the
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and John Seed, but as a result of disillusion with academic disputes in the field, she now calls it "the Work that Reconnects". Widowed by the death of her husband,
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with starting her on the path to becoming a poet and writer herself. When she was a high school student in New York City, she cut school and took the train from
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by Rukeyser; the hall was already full to capacity when Joanna arrived, but Rukeyser invited her to come onto the stage and sit at her feet during the reading.
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Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural System (Buddhist Studies Series)
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Key formative influences to her teaching in the field of the connection to living systems theory have been
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provided further information about self-organizing systems in evolutionary perspective.
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Dharma and Development: Religion as resource in the Sarvodaya self help movement
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psychological and spiritual issues, Buddhist thought, and contemporary science.
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Macy, Joanna; Seed, John; Fleming, Pat; Naess, Arne; Pugh, Dailan (1988).
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and in a summer seminar, also shaped her thought, as did the writings of
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Coming back to Life : the updated guide to the work that reconnects
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provided insights on the planetary consequences of runaway systems, and
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Coming Back to Life : Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
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who introduced her to systems theory through his writings (especially
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A Wild Love for the World : Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time
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Active Hope : how to face the mess we're in without going crazy
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Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
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in 1950 and received her Ph.D in Religious Studies in 1978 from
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Macy first encountered Buddhism in 1965 while working with
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Thinking Like a Mountain: Toward a Council of All Beings
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refugees in northern India, particularly the Ven. 8th
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Her doctoral work, under the mentorship of 8: 301:tradition after she encountered the work of 757:"Joanna Macy | Starr King for the Ministry" 171:Macy is an international spokesperson for 29: 18: 933:21st-century American non-fiction writers 928:20th-century American non-fiction writers 913:Activists from the San Francisco Bay Area 846:Interview with Joanna Macy by John Malkin 524:Macy, Joanna; Young Brown, Molly (1998). 923:Writers about activism and social change 841:California Institute of Integral Studies 831:on the work of Experiential Deep Ecology 327:California Institute of Integral Studies 918:Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area 908:American anti–nuclear weapons activists 681: 679: 675: 587:Macy, Joanna; Johnstone, Chris (2012). 978:Buddhism in the San Francisco Bay Area 777:"Matthew Fox's Christmas Letter, 2013" 456:. State University of New York Press. 866:, An interview with Joanna Macy from 498:Macy, Joanna; Barrows, Anita (1996). 329:, where she is still on the faculty. 96:. She is the author of twelve books. 7: 835:Gaia Foundation of Western Australia 686:George Prentice (January 18, 2012). 852:The Healing on Mother Earth Project 610:Macy, Joanna; Brown, Molly (2014). 323:University of Creation Spirituality 938:American women non-fiction writers 319:Starr King School for the Ministry 237:Introduction to Systems Philosophy 14: 241:Systems, Structure and Experience 948:American women religious writers 545:Widening Circles : a memoir 309:, in January 2009, she lives in 120:Macy credits poet and activist 163:or interdependent co-arising. 1: 868:Tricycle: The Buddhist Review 475:World as Lover, World as Self 414:. 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New Catalyst Books. 315:San Francisco Bay Area 307:Francis Underhill Macy 263:Ludwig von Bertalanffy 105:Center for Safe Energy 101:Francis Underhill Macy 90:general systems theory 829:Joanna Macy's website 718:"Obituary: Fran Macy" 633:Macy, Joanna (2020). 564:Macy, Joanna (2010). 543:Macy, Joanna (2001). 471:Macy, Joanna (1991). 448:Macy, Joanna (1991). 410:Macy, Joanna (1985). 387:Macy, Joanna (1983). 132:in order to attend a 75:Fran Macy (died 2009) 958:American women poets 311:Berkeley, California 224:, and Dhiravamsa of 139:Macy graduated from 395:. New Society Pub. 216:and Rev. 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Index


Buddhism
general systems theory
deep ecology
Francis Underhill Macy
Center for Safe Energy
Muriel Rukeyser
Long Island
Manhattan
poetry reading
Wellesley College
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Ervin László
systems thinking
Buddhist central doctrine of mutual causality
anti-nuclear
environmentalism
Great Turning
Tibetan
Khamtrul Rinpoche
Sister Karma Khechog Palmo
Theravada
Nyanaponika Thera
Sri Lanka
West Bengal
Thailand
Ervin Laszlo
Club of Rome
Gregory Bateson

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