https://www.deepecology.net/tags/great-turning/Recent content in Great-Turning on deep ecologyHugoen-auThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-the-end-of-oil-climate-change-great-turning-macy/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-the-end-of-oil-climate-change-great-turning-macy/<p>Joanna Macy&rsquo;s <a href="https://inquiringmind.com/article/2201_macy_end-of-oil/">&ldquo;The End of Oil, Climate Change, and the Great Turning&rdquo;</a> was adapted from a talk given for the Post Carbon Institute in June 2005, and published in the Fall 2005 issue of <em>Inquiring Mind</em>.</p> <p>Macy opens with two Buddhist hand gestures — the <em>abhaya mudra</em> (Fear Not) and <em>bhumisparsa mudra</em> (Earth-touching) — as postures for facing the crisis without flinching from it, alongside Haudenosaunee treaty protocols of respect, clarity, and forgiveness. She invites the reader to imagine how future generations might describe this era: a civilisation utterly dependent on fossil fuels, repeatedly warned of depletion and climate disruption, yet unable to picture any alternative to its own growth.</p>