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Storax Sedan shallow underground nuclear test by the United States, used for a cratering experiment. 6 July 1962 (GMT), Nevada Test Site Yield: 104 kt. © Federal Government of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Last Note of Its Music

In the blasted landscape of an atomic test site, Anita Barrows reflects on our inescapable intimacy with Earth—and with the wounds dominant cultures have inflicted.
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Life Is Not Useful

The Original Joy of Simply Being Alive

The ethos of consumerism urges us to see the world as a means to our satisfaction—a satisfaction that never arrives. In this essay, Tiffani Gyatso invites us to reexamine our relationship with the rhythms of life.
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Buddhists Unite with Interfaith Leaders

Demand for Statehood and Ecological Protections in Northern India

In Ladakh, India, a coalition of political and religious leaders is organizing to safeguard human rights, cultural heritage, and environmental well-being.
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Bundled boom material used during BP Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Brookley Air Field, Mobile Alabama, USA © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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How To Channel Eco-Anxiety

An Interview with Renée Lertzman by Sam Mowe

How might we skillfully work with the emotional dimensions of ecological crises? In this interview, Renée Lertzman explores the challenges—and potential gifts—of eco-anxiety.
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Ecological Loneliness

Many of us feel we have no one to talk with about ecological crises, despite the severity of the problems we face. Where does this ecological loneliness come from? And how might we break out of our isolation?
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In the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve in Tibet, an area three times the size of Newfoundland. © Kalden Dhatsenpa
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Canada Birthed a Mining Industry in Chinese-Occupied Tibet

Over the past 15 years, Canadian mining companies have quite literally paved the way to increased exploitation of Tibet's people and landscape. Now Chinese industries are reaping the benefits.
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The End of Othering

Cultivating Just, Equitable Communities

How might a new understanding of mindfulness, one rooted in ethics and social engagement, help unravel systems of exclusion and degradation?
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Radical Hospitality

How do our fixed opinions about others, acquired over the course of our lives, hold us back from intimacy and solidarity? How can we begin to recognize and unravel them?
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Infinitely Diverse and Inclusive

Beyond the intrinsic benefits, how might alliances across diverse social groups help us energize our response to ecological crises?
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The Next Buddha May Be a Sangha

On the 1-year anniversary of Thích Nhất Hạnh's passing, we share his invitation to see the entire world as our Sangha body.
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