We do not walk this path alone.
Coming to terms with and responding to what is underway requires the support of community.
EcoSanghas to Join
In-Person or Online
Group meets Monthly; discussion is in Nederlands.
LocationAvercampstraat 74
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1072 RB
Netherlands
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1072 RB
Netherlands
Upcoming Events
from Our Networks
How We Heal
- May 5, 2025
- — May 9, 2025
- Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Online
Our world is navigating a softened poly-crisis of grief, including personal and collective losses, climate disruptions, post-pandemic recovery, and ongoing global conflicts. Hosted by activist and meditation teacher Reggie Hubbard, this online event invites participants to gently hold these realities while exploring pathways to healing.
A Response to Our Environmental Crisis
- May 3, 2025
- — May 4, 2025
- Twin Cities Work That Reconnects and the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
Through reflections, experiential exercises, and mindfulness practices, this workshop is designed to build our capacity and stamina to fully engage in the healing of our world. Facilitated by Jean Hammink and Matt Streit.
SOLIDARITY, with Roshi Joan Halifax
- May 4, 2025
- Upaya Zen Center
Online
Join us on one or two Sundays each month, in the continued commitment to social and environmental engagement and justice in this very complex time, to exploring the roots of structural violence in our social systems, and to engaging in the world in a courageous way based on contemplative practice and views that actualize non-separateness, interbeing, equity, compassion, justice, integrity, courage, dignity, and unshakable awareness.
Acting as an Individual and as Community
- May 4, 2025
- Network of Buddhist Organisations
Online
Join Narapa and Kim Farr and hear how one Sangha has engaged in individual and community activities to promote biodiversity, tackle climate change and support the local community in areas from helping food banks to engaging asylum seekers in supporting the environment. This is the first online event of Buddhist Action Month (BAM), an annual opportunity to put our Buddhist values into action.
Sponsored by the BESS Family Foundation, Earth Awareness Community Retreats are intended to foster community among those whose work and interests are focused on the intersection of mindfulness/meditation and climate change. Retreats will be held in 2025 – 2027 at four geographically dispersed retreat centers. Attendance at the retreats is free, but other costs are participant responsibilities.
Statements
from Leaders and Practioners
Statement
Feedback on Teachers' Statement
- One Earth Sangha
Dharma teachers from around the globe have been working since June on a statement that clarifies the relationship between the Dharma and climate disruption and the responsibility Buddhists have to meaningfully engage in the issue. Now they want your feedback.
Statement
- One Earth Sangha
What does it mean to follow the path of spiritual warriorship or to be an ecosattva? The leadership council of the Shambhala Community has issued a statement exploring the role of the spiritual warrior that resonates for all Buddhist traditions.
Statement
A Western Soto Zen Buddhist Statement on the Climate Crisis
- Western Soto Zen Buddhists and Alan Senauke
The Western Soto Zen Buddhist Association's statement on the climate crisis draws from a long term commitment from this rich tradition to Earth, sustainability, and compassion.
Statement
A Buddhist Statement of Support for the Standing Rock action and Water is Life Protectors
- One Earth Sangha
To protect life, we must protect water. An alliance of Buddhist communities stands in solidarity with Indigenous water protectors, and your voice and support are needed.
Stories of Community
EcoDharma
Lessons from Ladakh’s Climate Leadership
- Sneha Poddar
By adapting traditional Buddhist wisdom to contemporary challenges, a community in Ladakh is devoting itself to the sacred duty of protecting land.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma Beacon
- John Harvey Negru
The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies is one of many land-based centers embracing EcoDharma not only in their programming but in caring for land and complex histories.
EcoDharma
- Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia et al.
On the occasion of Vesak we are invited to contemplate whether the real world objects emblematic of our tradition are aligned with its teachings.