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
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.
A Work That Reconnects Retreat for Changemakers
- May 19, 2025
- — May 25, 2025
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Join Zen teachers Kritee Kanko and Deborah Eden Tull in the Rocky Mountains for a silent retreat focused on returning to source through meditation, embodied inquiry, nature practices, relational mindfulness, and rituals from the “Work That Reconnects”.
The Practice of Interbeing
- May 21, 2025
- — May 25, 2025
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
In this program, with Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe-Ward, we will explore practices that help us to experience our interconnectedness. Specifically, we will engage in the natural world with nature as our teacher and nature within. We will practice with our family, spiritual, and land ancestors.
With Vimalasara, Maitriveer Nagarjuna, and Upayadhi
- May 26, 2025
- — June 1, 2025
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
As a community, we will reflect on Ambedkar’s legacy and what we might integrate from his teachings and example for our times.
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.
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.