Active hope
Elizabeth Coleman reflects on a book that offers an alternative to despair
‘Since 1950, we have used up more resources and fuel than in all human history before this.’ I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this statement in the book Active Hope: How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone.
However, we know that we live in exceptional times, in terms of global warming, nuclear weapons, production of nuclear waste that is deadly for huge lengths of time, destruction of habitats, species facing extinction, spending on armaments, inequality, threat of water shortages, reduction in fish in the sea, pollution of the sea, air travel and population growth.
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