[Southern California Permaculture] Feb 23/Watch/Eco-Philosopher Joanna Macy & the Great Turning on PBS

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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Joanna Macy and the Great Turning will be seen on 
many PBS stations across the U.S. at the end of 
February. The film will be aired by the series 
Natural Heroes beginning on February 23. You can 
<http://naturalheroes.org/videos/joanna-macy-and-the-great-turning/>check 
your local listings to see if and when your local 
PBS station is carrying the series.

Also available here:
http://naturalheroes.org/videos/joanna-macy-and-the-great-turning/


  In JOANNA MACY AND THE GREAT TURNING, Joanna 
shares her understanding of these times we live 
in, when everything we treasure seems to be at 
risk. But it is not a film about despair. 
Instead, it is about the opportunity we have to 
come alive to our truest power, to “look straight 
into the face of our time, which is the biggest 
gift we can give,” and to participate in the Great Turning.

What is the Great Turning? It is, as Joanna 
describes it, the shift from the industrial 
growth society to a life-sustaining civilization. 
It is, she believes, the third major revolution 
of human existence, after the agricultural and 
industrial revolutions. This one, though, has to 
unfold much more quickly. The good news is that it is, all around the world.

“The most remarkable feature of this historical 
moment on Earth,” says Joanna, “Is not that we 
are on the way to destroying the world ­ we’ve 
actually been on the way for quite a while. It is 
that we are beginning to wake up, as from a 
millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship 
to our world, to ourselves and each other.”

This is a thoughtful, and ultimately hopeful, 
film for anyone concerned about the future of life on the planet.

“We imagine they’ll look back at us,” Joanna 
says, referring to future generations, “Living in 
these early years of the third millennium, and 
say, ‘Oh, those ancestors. They were taking part in the Great Turning.’”

Resource for Educators:


<http://naturalheroes.org/educational-resources/>
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