How to See in the Dark: Dahr Jamail Interviews Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy

[t]   Monday, February 13, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down [Read the Article at The New York Times](   The Five Faces of Dystopia [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   This Is How the Republican Party Plans to Destroy the Federal Government [Read the Article at The Nation](   Hundreds of Pilot Whales Die in Devastating Mass Stranding in New Zealand [Read the EcoWatch Article at BuzzFlash](   Trayvon Martin's Parents, Five Years On: "Racism Is Alive and Well in America" [Read the Article at the Guardian US](   Native Tribes to Urge Judge to Block Final Link in Dakota Pipeline [Read the Article at Reuters](   Border Agent Demands NASA Scientist Unlock Phone Before Entering the Country [Read the Article at Gizmodo](     [Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy]( Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Systems theorist, Buddhist, deep ecologist, author, teacher and speaker Joanna Macy discusses the necessity of seeing and feeling the reality of everything that is happening today, difficult as that may be, in order to awaken our hearts and build toward a life-sustaining civilization. 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