Joanna Macy on Loving the Earth and Cultivating Hope
Tricycle
May 2, 2022
In honor of the environmental activist’s birthday, read a collection of passages from her recent talk at Tricycle’s Buddhism and Ecology Summit.
Joanna Macy—celebrated scholar of Buddhism and systems thinking, environmental activist, and beloved dharma elder—turns 93 today.
For over half a century, Macy has worked tirelessly in service of personal and planetary transformation, interweaving the Buddha’s teachings with community work and activism. Perhaps best known for her work on despair, Macy encourages us to venture bravely into the heart of our own suffering to rediscover our deep love for the world.