Evolutionary Activism
= concept proposed by Joanna Macy.
Description
Daniel Christian Wahl:
"Evolutionary activism is socio-ecological innovation that drives transformative culture change. In kairos, this time of transformation that Joanna Macy calls the “Great Turning”, the personal, the collective and the planetary are intertwined more than ever. She speaks of our dual role, of needing to be both hospice workers of the old “Industrial Growth Society” (with its habits, structures and stories that no longer serve) and midwives of the new, the emerging “life-sustaining society”."
Characteristics
Daniel Christian Wahl:
Macy identifies three dimensions of involvement with this process of cultural transformation. The world over, we, the people are engaging in:
i) “actions to slow the damage to Earth and its beings”,
ii) “analysis of structural causes and creation of structural alternatives”, and
iii) “a fundamental shift in worldview and values” (Macy & Young Brown, 1998: 17)."