Welcome to One Earth Sangha, an EcoDharma network supporting a global community in the Path of Engaged Practice.
As ten thousand years of climate stability is ending, the call to develop inner stability has never been more clear.
Upcoming EcoDharma Explorations
Join Us Live the Fourth Sunday of the Month
Upcoming
A conversation with Rebecca Henderson and Kristin Barker
- January 26, 2025
- Rebecca Henderson
On January 26, 2025, join us for this EcoDharma Exploration with business leader and deep dharma practitioner, Rebecca Henderson to explore new possibilities for capitalism and whether this system can be reformed and – if not – what the possible alternatives might be.
Updated for 2024/2025
The EcoSattva Training
Join us in a Course to Cultivate Wisdom, Connection, and Compassionate Action
“For anyone who’s yearning for a way to meet the often agonizing challenges of this time with a clear mind, a steady heart, a resilient body and a ferocious spirit, One Earth Sangha’s EcoSattva Training is a beautifully-designed and meticulously-crafted container.”
Group and Individual Registration are now open. The Program launches on November 10.
Featured EcoDharma
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- Joanna Macy and Jessica Serrante
Energize your 2025 intentions with Joanna Macy’s apt retelling of this 1,200 year old Tibetan Buddhist prophecy: Sentient life hangs by a thread, and so the spiritual warriors make their way into the pits and citadels where decisions are made, right into the heart of the barbarian’s power.
EcoDharma Art, Poetry, and Imagery
The Path of Engaged Practice is itself made sustainable by compassion, commitment and community.
Events from Our Networks
A Call to Courage for Climate Justice
- January 9, 2025
- Zen Peacemakers International
Online
Rev. Fletcher Harper will describe the US Multi-Faith Call to Courage and the global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty – two ways that people of diverse spiritualties are standing up in public for compassion, balance and harmony between people and planet.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Embodying Insight in Action
- January 17, 2025
- — January 20, 2025
- Insight Meditation Society
During this retreat honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will practice insight meditation while interweaving the teachings of the Buddha with those of Dr. King. With mindfulness and clarity, we will cultivate the capacity to liberate our minds and hearts so that we might better learn to do our own work in service of collective liberation and respond appropriately with wise, compassionate action in the world.
POLY-CRISIS, with Jon Kabat-Zinn
- January 19, 2025
- Upaya Zen Center
Online
Join us on one or two Sundays each month, in the continued commitment to social and environmental engagement and justice in this very complex time, to exploring the roots of structural violence in our social systems, and to engaging in the world in a courageous way based on contemplative practice and views that actualize non-separateness, interbeing, equity, compassion, justice, integrity, courage, dignity, and unshakable awareness.
A Non-Human Persona & Nature-based Mindfulness Workshop
- January 19, 2025
- The Mind Body Ecology Institute
Online
This workshop invites participants to cultivate mindful connections with nature by exploring the resonant voice of the natural world.
Sponsored by the BESS Family Foundation, Earth Awareness Community Retreats are intended to foster community among those whose work and interests are focused on the intersection of mindfulness/meditation and climate change. Retreats will be held in 2025 – 2027 at four geographically dispersed retreat centers. Attendance at the retreats is free, but other costs are participant responsibilities.
There is a way to be a human being
that causes all life to thrive.
— Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe)
Featured Action Organizations
- Earth Canvass: “an artist collective where creativity meets the urgent call for climate justice. We believe in the transformative power of arts methods to inspire change and create change. The canvas is the intersection of artistic expression, exploration, and urgent action on climate justice.”
- Climate Mental Health Network: “is a collective of dedicated community advocates focused on fostering mental well-being by reshaping our national dialogue—and actions—about the emotional impacts of the climate crisis.”
- Climate Central: “uses science, big data, and technology to generate thousands of local storylines and compelling visuals that make climate change personal and show what can be done about it. We address climate science, sea level rise, extreme weather, energy, and related topics. We collaborate widely with TV meteorologists, journalists, and other respected voices to reach audiences across diverse geographies and beliefs.”
Explore Buddhist and Interfaith Organizations
“If we want to create change, the process must begin within ourselves. It is unrealistic to seek the transformation of the rest of the world without living and being the example first.” – Karmapa
Featured Calls to Action
International
- Check out: “Your High-Impact Climate Action Guide.” Through a series of questions, you’ll receive personalized action-taking suggestions.
- Read: Climate Activism is No Longer a Young Person’s Game.
- Sign: Coca-Cola quietly dropped its pledge to deliver 25% of it’s products in reusable packaging by 2030, saying that “it can’t be done.” Sign here to urge Coca-Cola to recommit to their pledge immediately.
- Read: The Environmental Impact of the Conflict In Gaza. The official death toll has surpassed 45,000. The actual death toll estimated to be much higher.
United States
- Sign: President Biden enters his last month in office. He still has the power to stop or slow the expansion of fossil fuels before he vacates the White House. Sign this petition with Earthworks.
- Send a letter: They say, “as goes California, as goes the world.” Tell Governor Newsom to be a climate leader and phase out fossil fuels now.
Canada
- Sign: Demand your MP sign onto the call for a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel.
- Check out: Tell the Facts. Climate misinformation is rampant. Check for truthfulness and accuracy before you help spread news.
- Send a letter: Let Canada Pension Plan know you demand they divest from companies complicit with war crimes and genocide.
