EcoDharma

Climate and Mind

Mindfulness and Compassion as Pathways to a More Sustainable Future

November 14, 2022

Christine Wamsler
November 14, 2022

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?

Christine Wamsler

I Vow to Be Political

Buddhism, Social Change, and Skillful Means

October 31, 2022

Melvin McLeod
October 31, 2022

How should our practice influence our political engagement? In 2012, three Buddhist leaders explored this provocative question in a conversation that feels just as urgent today as it did then.

Melvin McLeod

Take Action, but Do It Kindly

October 12, 2022

Claudia Zhang
October 12, 2022

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

Claudia Zhang

Deafening Silence

We Cannot Ignore Buddhist Extremism

October 3, 2022

Brenna Artinger
October 3, 2022

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?

Brenna Artinger

The Queen is Dead – Long Live Equanimity

September 19, 2022

Emma Palmer
September 19, 2022

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?

Emma Palmer

The Power of Embodied Simplicity

Looking Beyond Technological “Solutions”

September 12, 2022

Lisa Hickler
September 12, 2022

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?

Lisa Hickler

Doing Nothing for the Planet

Why Turn Inward Just as the Planet Needs Us Most?

September 6, 2022

Sarah Jaquette Ray
September 6, 2022

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.

Sarah Jaquette Ray

Tragedy in Norway

Who is in the Wrong?

August 29, 2022

Buddhistdoor Global
August 29, 2022

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?

Buddhistdoor Global

The Buddha on Poverty and Plutocracy

August 23, 2022

David Loy
August 23, 2022

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?

David Loy

Lessons from Fire

Parallels in Ecology and Enlightenment

August 11, 2022

Kristin Barker
August 11, 2022

Well-meaning but ill-advised tactics of suppression can make wildfires worse. How, then, should we respond to the fires of conflicting emotions?

Kristin Barker

No Mud, No Lotus

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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