military snipers, bleed to death on operating tables left a deep and lasting imprint. Watching young Iraqi children, shot by U.S. I can still smell the decaying bodies as I write this, more than a decade later. Walking through morgues in Baghdad left scenes in my mind I remember even now. a human time bomb of rage, my temper ticking shorter each day. It was February 2005, and after several months of frontline reporting from Iraq, I had returned to the U.S. It is influential work that, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, helps people transform despair and apathy into constructive, collaborative action. She originated The Work That Reconnects, a framework and methodology for personal and social change. Macy, a scholar and teacher of Buddhism, systems thinking, and deep ecology, is the author of 13 books and a respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology. In this excerpt from the new anthology “A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Times ,” journalist Dahr Jamail describes how Macy and her work helped him survive profound war trauma and climate grief.
Being fully present to what is happening in the world is a radical act that can transform grief into action.
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