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Time to Stand Up

Dharma teacher and activist Thanissara urges us to move "beyond a personal introversion and quietism" and apply the Buddha's radical teachings to the catastrophe of climate change and its underlying causes.
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Inside of tank at oil sands upgrader in the Athabasca delta region, Alberta, Canada. © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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I am the Tar Sands

An Earth Meditation

Can we face the truth of the way human beings are altering the Earth without making enemies? Nomi Green invites us to viscerally experience the perspectives of the many beings connected to the tar sands in northern Alberta, Canada.
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Calling All Eco-Sattvas

Buddhism and Climate Change

Vipassana Dharma Teacher James Baraz, co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California and one of the guiding teachers here at One Earth Sangha, invites us to engage in climate action as "joyful responsibility."
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Through the streets of Rome and then into the Vatican itself, Buddhists and other faith communities took their message in June of 2015. This banner, created by the Buddhist Peace Fellowship was first unveiled in May in front of the US White House.
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Towards a Social Dharma

Caring for Our Common Home, Our True Body

Soto Zen priest Hozan Alan Senauke is calling for the development of a "Social Dharma" that would galvanize a global community response committed to maximizing justice and safety for all beings in the context of ecological crisis.
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(c) Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures. "Meenakshi Dewan, 20, brings something very special to her home in Orissa, India"
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Tipping Points

A View on Global Climate Policy

All around us, all the time, change happens. But some moments feel bigger than others. 2015 is shaping up to be filled with those kinds of moments. One Earth Sangha's Lou Leonard offers an update on the big changes underway, as well as how the Dharma helps him stay balanced through it all.
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So that we may have paper towels. Circles form around aerators at a waste-treatment pond at a Louisiana paper mill that manufactures paper towels. © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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Equanimity and Denial

One of the most useful contributions Buddhism can offer social action is the quality of equanimity. Yet indifference can masquerade as equanimity, providing a kind of "spiritual bypass" that whisks us away from the difficult encounter. How can we know true equanimity wherein we retain our connection to ourselves and the world?
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Proclaiming Unity

Kootenay Shambhala Joins the Global Climate Chorus

The Kootenay Shambhala sangha joins the Global Climate Chorus on Sunday, June 28, at noon local time as a proclamation of belief in the basic goodness – buddhanature – of our selves and of society.
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“Praised Be!”

Affirming Pope Francis' Message to the World

People of faith around the world are joining with Pope Francis in his message to all people of the world: the time to act swiftly and decisively on climate change is now.
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A Call to the Moral Conscience

A Buddhist Response to Pope Francis’s Climate Encyclical

In support of Pope Francis' letter to the Catholic church regarding the climate crisis, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi clarifies that the time for denial, skepticism, and delay is over.
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Zen Center NYC

Earth Initiative Public Workshop

Come learn about the Earth Initiative at the Zen Center of New York City. This special workshop is tailored for other sister-sanghas who are eager to hear about the Zen Center NYC’s 5-year project to live in harmony with our mother earth.
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