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Kristin Barker

Kristin is co-founder and director of One Earth Sangha whose mission is to cultivate a Buddhist response to ecological crises. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program and now teaches with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (DC). As a co-founder of White Awake, Kristin has been supporting white people since 2011 with a Dharma approach to uprooting racism in ourselves and in our world. With a background in software engineering as well as environmental management, she has worked at several international environmental organizations. She is a GreenFaith Fellow and serves on the advisory board of Project Inside Out as well as the steering committee for Interfaith Power & Light DMV. Kristin was born and raised in northern New Mexico and currently lives in Washington DC, traditional lands of the Piscataway peoples.
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Mindful in the Middle Seat

On the Question of Flying

The middle seat has always been the one to avoid. But the squeeze of ecological harm is there for all of us, whether or not we fly, tightened by countless industries that depend on our disconnection. Can a wakeful presence, right in the discomfort, open up possibilities beyond guilt, blame, or denial?
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

Let the Silence Speak

Reflecting on a Historic Moment

Given what’s unfolding, it’s quieter than we expect. What might be right about this relative silence? As the U.S. takes a sharp turn towards authoritarianism, Kristin and Nikayla inquire into the absence of mass outcry.
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

Into the Shadows

Buddhism, Ecology and Social Justice

Need a refresher on the untapped and transformative potential of the dharma for our times? Kristin Barker delivers the foundational understanding of One Earth Sangha in this 1:1 interview with Damchö Diana Finnegan.
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Deep Roots, Strong Branches

Cultivating a Steady and Loving Presence as We Approach the US Election

One Earth Sangha's Guiding Teachers, Adam Lobel, along with our director, Kristin Barker, led a gathering to cultivate the powerful qualities that can see us through even the most challenging times.
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Practicing with Rising Uncertainty

Amid new levels of collective instability, how might we change our relationship to distress, anxiety and all of their relatives? Damchö Diana Finnegan and Kristin Barker led this gathering on July 28 to ground our responses in a steady posture and open heart.
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

By Love Alone

Reflections on the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza

We invite you to join us in the practices of clear-seeing and compassion around these devastating events.
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

Evolving EcoDharma

Foundations of One Earth Sangha

One Earth Sangha exists in part to evolve and share EcoDharma. But how do we define EcoDharma, what does it emphasize, and why do we consider this part of our mission?
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Making Friends with Precarity

Wisdom and Practice for a Life of Vulnerability

As the conditions for life on Earth change rapidly around us, how might we re-acquaint ourselves with our inherent vulnerability? One Earth Sangha director Kristin Barker led this EcoDharma Exploration on July 23.
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

All Life is Sacred

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.
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EcoDharma
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EcoDharma

Lessons from Fire

Parallels in Ecology and Enlightenment

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