We do not walk this path alone.
Coming to terms with and responding to what is underway requires the support of community.
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Upcoming Events
from Our Networks
Cultivating Peaceful Economies with Taj James and Konda Mason
- June 5, 2025
- Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Online
Is there a spiritual practice that can disrupt the global war economy? And if so -- are we doing it yet? Together we'll explore how we might leverage our resources -- individually and as dharma communities -- to interrupt economies of extraction, violence and domination, and to build a more liberated future.
Strategies for Building a New World
- June 1, 2025
- Bay Area Book Festival
This panel brings together Kazu Haga, Malaika Parker, myisha t hill, and ayodele nzinga, four transformative leaders pioneering the incorporation of healing into activism, demonstrating how personal transformation fuels collective liberation. Their work bridges social justice and healing, emphasizing the need for community care in the fight for a just future.
Co-emerging Sacred Strategy in an Age of Unravelling
- June 7, 2025
- — June 29, 2025
- Sacred Mountain Sangha
Online
Join Thanissara, Sumedha, and Andrés González on this vital journey of Dharma-informed practices in response to increased political, social and environmental upheaval.
The Power of Community, Dharma and Wise Hope
- June 8, 2025
- — July 28, 2025
- Insight Dialogue Community
Online
The supportive power of gathering in community, with like minded others cannot be overstated. This seven-week course with Rosalie Dores is a call to gather together. Our work will be rooted in the Buddhist relational meditation practice Insight Dialogue and the psycho-educational work of environmental activist and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy, The Work That Reconnects.
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
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.
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 Declaration on Climate Change
- One Earth Sangha
The Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change. On November 28th, 2015 in Paris, this statement was presented to UN climate negotiators with other faith statements around the world.
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.
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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.
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- 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.