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Balancing Hope and Fear

Employing the Full Spectrum of Our Emotions

Are we really "out of time"? In this excerpt from her book Generation Dread, Britt Wray invites us to complicate our internal narratives about Earth and our society.
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Come Out of Hiding

The sheer variety and magnitude of suffering in the world can be difficult to bear. But what might we discover if we turn toward the full complexity of our situation and abandon false narratives of our own powerlessness?
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Climate and Mind

Mindfulness and Compassion as Pathways to a More Sustainable Future

In this essay, Christine Wamsler explores an overlooked driver of ecological crises—the feedback loop between the human mind and planetary systems. How might a deeper understanding of this connection transform our relationship with Earth?
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Take Action, but Do It Kindly

How can we respond effectively to suffering, enmeshed as we are within the very systems that perpetuate it?
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Deafening Silence

We Cannot Ignore Buddhist Extremism

Why are so many Buddhist practitioners reluctant to acknowledge Buddhist extremism? How can we respond when hateful ideologies take root and cause harm within our own traditions?
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The Queen is Dead – Long Live Equanimity

Ecopsychologist Emma Palmer reflects on the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the explosion of tributes and condemnations that followed. How can we honor both the grief and the rage, while working to dismantle the systems of oppression that still enmesh us?
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The Power of Embodied Simplicity

Looking Beyond Technological “Solutions”

Much energy is devoted to the search for external solutions to ecological crises. What transformative potential might we discover by attending to our bodies, by recognizing the Earth within us?
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Doing Nothing for the Planet

Why Turn Inward Just as the Planet Needs Us Most?

How might our fixation on urgency and impact actually undermine our ecological response? Sarah Jaquette Ray explores the subversive power of slowing down and acting from abundance.
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Tragedy in Norway

Who is in the Wrong?

Animal lives are routinely sacrificed for the safety, comfort, or even convenience of humans. What would it mean to adopt a new view, one based on compassion rather than dominance?
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The Buddha on Poverty and Plutocracy

Wealth inequality is not merely unjust—it's a threat to the fabric of society and the web of life. What would a Dharma response to institutional greed look like?
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