Forms and Opportunities for Engaged Practice
There is a way to be a human being
that causes all life to thrive.
— Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe)
No small part of our challenge is the pervasive poverty of agency. How often do we hear, including from ourselves, “but I’m just one person”? Yet both Dharma and sociology disagree. Our words and actions matter so much and indeed they are all we have.
While we won’t be “saving” this Earth, our opportunity is to meaningfully respond. We can action that is deeply rooted, skillful, strategic, unattached to specific outcomes. We can speak in ways that actually help.
Opportunities for Engaged Practice
Featured Calls to Action
Upcoming
- #StopLine3
- Treaty People Gathering planned in Minnesota June 5th-8th. Sign-up to attend here, and plan to attend an orientation.
- Check out the @stopline3 linktree for information about how to join the movement by donating, attending a workshop or rally, helping allies on the frontlines get supplies, and more.
- Oak Flat: US residents can ask your members of Congress to support and co-sponsor the Save Oak Flat Act.
- Sign the Multi-faith Climate Statement to be presented to world leaders at COP26 in November 2021.
Ongoing Opportunities
- Stop the Money Pipeline:
- Move your money and divest from fossil fuels
- If you are a college student, learn about and launch a reinvestment campaign
- Tell your government representatives and local financial institutions to put people and planet before polluters
Featured Campaigns
Protect Land, Air, and Water
The Line 3 pipeline endangers the land and waters in the North American Midwest and the communities and ecosystems downstream. Join the alliance of activists working to stop it.
A call to defend sacred land of the Western Apache
- Launched April 23, 2021
Mining companies are threatening to turn a sacred site into a copper pit. Many Apaches are working to defend their historic homeland, and you can help.
Opportunities to Counter Structural Greed
- Launched February 24, 2021
United around a set of equity principles, this broad coalition confronts the financial sector institutions that fund climate chaos. If you're looking for a way to counter institutionalized greed, this might be a place for your practice.
Domains and Defining Characteristics of the EcoSattva Path
- Kristin Barker
- February 7, 2021
Meaningful response to ecological crises doesn't look one way. Just as ecosystems invest in diverse, wild and creative forms of engagement, so can we.
Stories of Engaged Practice
Reflections on a Public Act of Protest
- June 11, 2021
- Satya Robyn
- June 11, 2021
Psychotherapist, author, and Buddhist priest Satya Robyn offers a vulnerable account of mindful disobedience.
An Interview with Jeff Wagner
- June 4, 2021
- Mark Rasmuson
- June 4, 2021
In the first of a new interview series, outdoor educator, writer and non-profit founder Jeff Wagner reflects on localized belonging as resistance.
Buddhist Monastics Practice Forest Protection
- March 19, 2021
- Dipen Barua
- March 19, 2021
Moved by intimate awareness of dependent co-arising, monastics in Southeast Asia have become leaders in protecting their local environment.
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