EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Sam Mowe interviews Rebecca Solnit and Joan Halifax

Stories have power not just to entertain and inform, but to shape our understanding of reality. How do dominant narratives support ecological injustice, and how might we discover life-giving alternatives?
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Thoughts on Thích Nhất Hạnh

A retired English professor relates how Dharma teachings helped her students envision alternatives to the dominant culture of extraction and exploitation.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
How might we prepare young people to face the polycrisis with resilience and compassion? Sumi Loundon Kim shares a practice that she developed with her children.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

A Community Renounces Fossil Fuels

With its recent installation of an emissions-free heating system, Zen Mountain Monastery is one step closer to its goal of phasing out fossil fuel use by 2030.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Kristin Barker Interviews Lyla June

In this wide-ranging interview, Lyla June speaks about facing ancestral trauma, the power of forgiveness, and the joy of belonging to all of creation.
Practice
Practice

Guided Contemplative Practice on Heat

Living on a warming planet, how can we find stability in our relationship with heat? As the Northern Hemisphere observes the Summer Solstice, we share this guided practice from Adam Lobel.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Understanding and Countering Implicative Denial

If your life feels out of sync with what you know to be true, you're not alone. How might we heal the subtle disconnections that block engagement with our eco-social predicament?
Practice
Practice
In celebration of the life of monastic and scholar Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, we share this practice he composed in response to global warming and ecosystem collapse.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

A Manifestation of Love in Action

How might we remedy the core delusion that underlies world-spanning systems of exploitation, oppression, and devaluation?
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Reflections on an Eco-Advisory Retreat for Dharma Leaders

In March 2023, 21 EcoDharma practitioners gathered to connect, practice, and exchange ideas on nourishing the Buddhist response to ecological crises. David Loy shares some of the insights and vital questions that emerged.