Category: Environment & Climate
Commentary: Responding to Trump’s Separation from the World
Buddhist economist Clair Brown shares inspiration — and facts — for the way forward after the US drops out of the Paris Climate Accord.
Author (and Zen Buddhist) Jane Hirshfield debuts “poem about the presidency” in Washington Post
The Washington Post today published “On the Fifth Day,” a new “poem about the presidency” authored by Jane Hirshfield. “On the Fifth Day,” according to the Washington Post, will be read by Hirshfield from the stage at the March for Science on April 22. Hirshfield, who has been heralded as one of our finest contemporary…
One Earth Sangha organizes Buddhist presence at People’s Climate Mobilization
One Earth Sangha has been working with many Buddhist communities to organize a Buddhist presence at the People’s Climate Mobilization.
I’m Buddhist and going to DC’s People’s Climate March. See you there?
I ask everyone who believes that clean air and drinking water is the right of every living being to join me in the march.
A Future Is Possible
When we see people living mindfully, smiling and behaving in a loving manner, we gain confidence in our future.
Buddhists lend their signatures to Interfaith Climate Change Statement
The "Interfaith Climate Change Statement" was signed by a number of Buddhists, as well as five Catholic cardinals, the CEO of the world’s largest Islamic humanitarian NGO, and many others.
A Western Soto Zen Statement on the Climate Crisis issued
The statement was created "to spur a wider discussion in Zen centers and communities, as well as encouraging denominations and religious communities of all faith traditions to express themselves about the fate of the earth."
Christiana Figueres cites Thich Nhat Hanh’s influence in Paris climate talks
Figueres is the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A New Year’s Resolution for the Planet
Nadia Colburn looks at how Buddhists and environmental activists can keep moving forward after the Paris Climate Conference.
Buddhists come together for 21st UN climate change meeting
The 21st United Nations conference on climate change starts on Monday, and Buddhists around the world are busy working to raise awareness.
15 Buddhist leaders pen climate change statement to world leaders
Buddhist leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh, have issued a statement on climate change.
Dalai Lama calls for action on climate change
On October 20th the Dalai Lama issued a special video message calling for action on climate change at COP21, highlighting the situation in Tibet.
Be a part of 24 hours of meditation for the earth on November 1
In advance of the UN climate change meeting, spiritual activists are organizing "24 Hours of Meditation for the Earth."
Three Buddhist teachers explain the essence of “Prayer for Everyone”
This week, one.org is promoting #PrayerForEveryone, a global interfaith campaign to draw awareness to the Global Goals For Sustainable Development.
East Bay Meditation Center’s holding Power to the Planet fundraiser
East Bay Meditation Center is holding a fundraiser in Oakland on October 23 2015 called Power to the Planet.
You’re invited to sign “A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change”
The declarations represents a global Buddhist statement.
Dharma Rain Plants Zen in Portland
For almost fifty years, from 1936 until 1983, a twenty-six-acre plot of land in Portland, Oregon, was used as a gravel pit and construction landfill.
Wake Up to the Revolution
Only when we recognize our connectedness to the earth, says Thich Nhat Hanh, can real change begin.
San Francisco Zen Center to Jerry Brown: Ban Fracking
Zen Center leadership and members issue open anti-fracking letter to Governor Jerry Brown.
What can Buddhism do for the environment?
Buddhism and environmentalism are a natural fit. Jessica Morey points this out in her review of Susan Murphy's new book, Minding the Earth: Mending the World,