Active Hope Course

This course helps you navigate the current state of the world with resilience and creativity

Let’s transform the overwhelm and pain we feel for the world into active participation that takes us towards the future we want to co-create.

Active Hope + The Work That Reconnects

The Work That Reconnects (also known as Deep Ecology) was created by Joanna Macy. This is a body of work that is open source, and continues to grow in an open and collaborative way.

In 2012 Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone co-wrote the book Active Hope, which offers an entry point into the Work That Reconnects.

This book takes us on an empowering and fascinating journey through the 4 phases of the spiral of the work that reconnects. This is the path that we walk together in this course!

Outline

 

SESSION 1 - INTRO - 04 March 2021

SESSION 2 - GRATITUDE - 11 March 2021

SESSION 3 - HONOURING OUR PAIN FOR THE WORLD - 18 March 2021

SESSION 4 - SEEING WITH NEW EYES - 25 March 2021

SESSION 5 - LARGER VIEW OF TIME - 01 April 2021

SESSION 6 - GOING FORTH & BUILDING SUPPORT - 08 April 2021

THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, BETWEEN EACH SESSION:

. Exercises to do in pairs (around 1h)

. Reflection time in small groups of 3/4 people (1h)

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Content

 

We start the course by getting to know each other, and having an introduction to the beautiful practice of Active Hope and the Work That Reconnects. After that, we follow the spiral at the heart of this work: we go from Gratitude to Honouring our pain for the world, to Seeing with new eyes, and finally Going forth. At the end we explore ways of building support. 

GRATITUDE will help us appreciate life more. We will ground this practice as nourishment, and it will make us stronger, more resilient and more loving. This is where we are rooted as we move towards the difficult stuff. 

HONOUR OUR PAIN FOR THE WORLD will be a powerful moment of acknowledging our feelings and grieving together. Overwhelm and despair for the world call for collective processing. As we go through them together, we make it something more than a personal experience. We transmute it, as in a ritual, and it becomes our fuel.  

SEEING WITH NEW EYES will literally make us see new perspectives. We gain vision, and become much more aware of what is possible. Clarity lands. 

We explore a larger view of time which expands what we see even further.

GO FORTH takes us towards our intentions. We gather resources and outline next steps as we move in the direction of making our personal impact in the world. 

At the end we build support, creating ways to keep ourselves nourished as we move forth. 

Through this journey we ground the practice of Active Hope. We step into our roles as change makers.

You know this course is for you if:

  • you feel overwhelmed with the state of the world

  • you want to take action but you feel paralysed

  • you have unique gifts to share but don’t know where to start

  • you feel alone in your pain with the state of things

  • you have a sustainable business and feel overloaded with work

  • you’re an activist and feel really close to burnout

  • you want to do more to support life on Earth

What you’ll get out of this course:

  • Grounded ways of addressing the current crisis of our world

  • A deeper sense of gratitude

  • Connection with yourself, others, and the whole of life

  • Encouragement & inner resilience

  • Power to do your Earth action and generate world impact

  • Clarity on next steps towards life affirming goals

  • A deeper love for life

  • Community & a sense of belonging

Course Details

 

DATE: Next one will be in 2023

TIME: Thursdays, 1:30-3:30pm EST / 6:30-8:30pm GMT

PLACE: Online on Zoom 

PRICE: 250€