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Climate, Corona, and Collapse

As racial justice protests swell, compounding the COVID-19 crisis that can already feel overwhelming, the Dharma continues to offer perspectives and practices to help us navigate these samsaric waters.
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Times Square, deserted during the COVID-19 lockdown. © Paulo Silva from Unsplash
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The Great Adaptation

How historic is this current moment of disruption? Will we forever talk about life BCV and ACV—before corona virus and after corona virus? And what does it teach us about climate change?
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A Task For Mindfulness

Facing Climate Change (Part One)

Skillfully blending compassion and dispassion, Bhikkhu Anālayo explores early Buddhist texts to discover the fundamental role for mindfulness in meeting even the suffering of global climate crisis in this first of a two-part series.
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Mark Øvland (center) with the rest of the "Petroleum 9" at Hendon Magistrates' Court. © Sophie Cowen
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From Disruption’s Front Line

Mark Øvland's Courtroom Statement

What will it take to change a society's confused stories that have been building over millennia? The embodied practice of a few protesters at the heart of Extinction Rebellion UK positions non-violent civil disobedience as disruptive response to business-as-usual.
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Solar geo-engineering mimics the process of a large volcanic eruption. By Andiseño Estudio
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A Buddhist Perspective on Climate Engineering

Climate engineering is now a serious scientific and political conversation. Ven. Bhikkhu Vivekānanda explores the Dharma foundations that can inform our response to this daunting but increasingly real possibility.
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Bhikkhu Bodhi at the UN on Vesak
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Vesak and Climate Crisis at the UN

As part of the United Nation's observance of the International Day of Vesak, Bhikkhu Bodhi's keynote speech connected the Buddha's core teachings to the impending climate crisis.
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Coal ash flows into ponds in Kapubağ. Protesters recently challenged the associated thermal power plant in Yatağan district of Muğla, Turkey. © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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Extending Our EcoSattva Roots

For many of us in 2018, to track the state of equity, justice, and ecological health has been to feel a trembling resonance with collective suffering. We share here our reflections on 2018 and our ideas for EcoSattva practice in 2019 and beyond.
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Fire scar on the Northern California landscape. This image, acquired October 21, 2017 by NASA's ASTER instrument, depicts vegetation in red, while burned areas appear dark gray.
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Five Practices for Working with the Immense Challenge of Climate Change

"The Bodhisattva precepts extend from the idea that bodhicitta, or wise compassion, is the ground of ethical action and speech. We too can ground our activism, social engagement, and resistance in wise compassion." Lama Willa Miller offers five practices that can help us face the immense challenge of climate disruption and ecological crises in general.
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A Plea For the Animals

In writing about the ecodharma of not eating meat, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says, "The most striking quality that humans and animals have in common is the capacity to experience suffering."
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Brown pelicans flying over oil on the water in Barataria Bay. LA, USA. Flight provider Southwings. © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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Changing Directions

"On April 29th ...I will be marching not only on behalf of people here in the U.S. but on behalf of people all around the world... especially those whose voices will never reach our leaders." Join Bhikkhu Bodhi and hundreds of ecosattvas at the People's Climate Mobilization. Here's why this mobilization is crucial.
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