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Song for Species

A Poem in Honor of Endangered Species Day

If our winged, scaled, and shelled relatives could speak with us, what might they say? On Endangered Species Day, we share from our archive this original poem by our guiding teacher Mark Coleman.
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Mark Coleman
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Earthrise—the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts on December 24, 1968 as they came from behind the Moon after the fourth nearside orbit. © NASA from Unsplash
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Only This World

Read for a wide and loving embrace of Earth, from its mountains to meadows, frozen ponds to slender grass. In this poem, Rosemerry also dares to reach for hope.
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The Long Marathon

An Interview with Dekila Chungyalpa

In this one-on-one interview with One Earth Sangha, Dekila Chungyalpa speaks about Earth-based practice, deep resilience, and wise leadership.
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Dekila Chungyalpa
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All My Relations

Where are our relatives? We share 92 percent of our DNA with mice. 44 percent with fruit flies. Zenshin Florence Caplow opens our eyes to the family beyond just those seated at our holiday dinner table.
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Election

What are you voting for? Alfred K. LaMotte casts his vote for the cry of a loon, his grandfather’s bones, and the beetles that feed now with a poem that rings as a piercing reminder of the stakes beyond the self.
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Encountering Trees

Acknowledging all that binds you and a tree together within a shared biosphere, see what emerges as you hold an intention to simply be in the presence of a tree.
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Evolutionary Remembering

What happens when we recognize that the very substances and processes of this being human reflect our grand belonging to this world?
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Rupert Marques
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Idaho Wild Horses
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Shared Agreements for Gathering

Shared agreements remind group members of their shared intentions, build authentic connections, and protect members from harm.
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May Morning

In honour of Earth Day 2024, we share this exquisite poem reminding us that we utterly belong to this world, its beauty and its losses.
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The northern lights over the volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall. © Toby Elliott from Unsplash
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Loving the Earth

For the cultivation of our own responsivity, Mark takes us on a guided journey outward into rich ecosystems and inward to the natural reverberations of our hearts.
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— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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