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Active Hope Foundations Training Study Group: Learning in Community

Outline of the Course

Section 1 - introduction to Active Hope Training, introducing the framework of The Work That Reconnects and sources from health psychology the course draws upon.

Section 2 - Coming from Gratitude - resourcing ourselves for a stronger starting point.

Section 3 - Honouring our Pain for the World - looking at what helps us mobilise the energy of our heart reactions without getting overwhelmed by them.

Section 4 - Seeing with New Eyes Part 1 - opening to encouraging and inspiring perspectives, introducing Systems Thinking and Gaia Theory.

Section 5 - Seeing with New Eyes Part 2 - introducing decolonisation and Deep Time, as well as visioning tools that help us find our power to make a difference.

Section 6 - Going Forth - finding our part to play, with planning tools that help us with this and strategies to prevent burnout.

Section 7 - Deepening and Sharing Active Hope - looking back at the journey we've covered and ahead at potential next steps. We'll also look at how we can share the tools that support Active Hope.

If you feel called to meet these times with honesty, courage, and community, you are warmly invited to join us. Come as you are, and let’s explore together what Active Hope can look like.

Would you like to become more engaged, encouraged, enlivened and empowered when facing concerns about the world?

In February and March, we will journey through the Active Hope Foundations Training together as a community. This free course, based on the book Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, is a seven-week online offering that includes videos (with transcripts available), reflections, and experiential exercises. Most weeks require a time commitment of 40–90 minutes to move through the materials.

As a group, we will gather to discuss what we are discovering and to practice some of the exercises together, deepening our learning through shared reflection and connection. Below is a brief overview of the course and the focus of each week.

“It is easy to feel discouraged or defeated when looking at the many problems we face. The starting point in this course is to recognize that feeling disturbed is a normal, healthy reaction when you face something disturbing. This course introduces insights and practices that help us face our concerns about the world and respond in ways that contribute to positive change.”

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