Active Hope

Active Hope speaks to readers who feel unsettled by the condition of the natural world and want to act rather than give in to despair. It is a practical guide to facing the ecological crisis with a sense of purpose, and it asks what each person can contribute to the living planet's recovery.

Joanna Macy, a scholar of Buddhism and systems thinking who has long worked on environmental and social issues, wrote the book with psychologist Chris Johnstone. Together they treat hope as something people practice through engagement rather than as a passive feeling.