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Facing the Climate Crisis Together

A Story of Local Community

A Seattle-based group is coming together to cultivate wisdom, compassion and energy for action.
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Sunset and solar panels at the Monastery’s dye garden @ Dharma Communications, Inc.
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Heat Pumps in the Zendo

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.
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A Gathering in the Woods

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.
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How Buddhism Can Inform Climate Activism

A Conversation with Kritee Kanko

In this wide-ranging conversation, Kritee Kanko speaks to the power of Dharma practice to help us care for ourselves amidst ecological breakdown, clearly see the spiritual and political roots of our planetary crisis, and act in solidarity with our communities.
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The Next Buddha May Be a Sangha

On the 1-year anniversary of Thích Nhất Hạnh's passing, we share his invitation to see the entire world as our Sangha body.
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Members of the Ladakh Nuns Association © Emma Lewis
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Metta in Action

Buddhist Nuns in Ladakh Fight Climate Change

An alliance of Tibetan Buddhist nuns is responding to ecological breakdown with medical, environmental, and spiritual care.
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Deepening Engagement Together

Alan Senauke in conversation with Kristin Barker

What does our practice ask of us as we bear witness to escalating loss? In this conversation from 2017, Kristin Barker spoke to Berkeley Zen Center abbot Hozan Alan Senauke about social Dharma and collective transformation.
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The exit gate of Walung village, leading to the border with Tibet © Alice Millington
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A Nepalese Community Faces Ecological and Social Peril

In northeastern Nepal, a destabilizing climate brings escalating uncertainty, economic hardship, and local tensions.
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A Blue-throated Barbet in the Chala Village Sanctuary. © Suryya Kumar Chetia from YouTube
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Forest Sanctuary in Assam

When illegal logging and poaching threatened their neighboring forest, a Buddhist community in Assam created a grassroots alliance to preserve it.
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Sangha is Essential

We Are Not Alone

For practitioners in hyper-individualized societies, sangha can be a neglected jewel. What possibilities emerge when we embrace the gifts and complexities of community?
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No Mud, No Lotus

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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