Events Listing • One Earth Sangha

Upcoming Events from Our Networks

One Earth Sangha shares local and online events from around the world that express a Buddhist / mindfulness response to ecological crises.

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A Year to Live

With Vinny Ferraro, Frank Ostaseski and Pam Dunn

January 13, 2026
— December 12, 2026
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Online

This yearlong journey, inspired by Stephen Levine’s A Year to Live, is a heartfelt invitation to people of all ages, at any stage of life. Together, in the spirit of community, we will explore how contemplating death can profoundly deepen our experience of living.

Buddhist Practice for Building Bridges to Peace and Justice

A Dialogue between Mohsen Mahdawi and Gil Fronsdal

January 13, 2026
Sati Center for Buddhist Studies

Online

What does it mean to practice peace when you’re facing deportation for being a peacemaker? This is an invaluable chance to hear from someone dedicated to peacemaking and conflict resolution in the most challenging situation while being rooted in inner practice and peace.

What Now?!

Interfaith Solidarity with Palestine

January 14, 2026
Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Online

Join us for meditation and conversation, refining our strategies for showing up -- as Buddhists -- to interrupt violence in Palestine

Making History

The Leadership of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant Peoples at COP30 and the Path Forward

January 14, 2026
University of Michigan School for Environmental and Sustainability, Rights and Resources Initiative, Pathways Alliance for Change and Transformation

Online

Please join us for the first public presentation of the year by leaders of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant Peoples' movements to take stock of their achievements at COP30 and their vision for the path forward to meet the 2030 climate and conservation targets. Hybrid event.

Growing the Good

Cultivating Courage, Clarity and Care

January 18, 2026
— February 8, 2026
Sangha Live

Online

Drawing on key elements of Buddhist psychology, insight practice, the Engaged Buddhism movement started by her teacher, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and her decades of teaching across diverse communities, Kaira Jewel guides us in working with our own minds – and our collective life together – by tending the seeds of our mental and emotional states.

Climate Compassion Circle

January 20, 2026
Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon Insight Meditation Communities

Online

A monthly online drop-in group, grounded in Buddhist teachings, inquiry, and community practice, to build equanimity in the midst of the climate crisis and develop capacity for a wise response.

Intergenerational Care for Land and Community

A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Esther Bonney

January 21, 2026
Wild Ones

Online

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action.

Mindful Conversations on Politics and Society

Third Wednesday of every month

January 21, 2026
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy

Online

It is an opportunity to reflect on how events are landing within us, what it means to us to be engaged Buddhists, and to find meaning through shared presence.

Indigenous Presence Daylong

Wisdom Teachings from the Indigenous and Insight Meditation Traditions

January 24, 2026
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community

Online

Join Bonnie Duran, Carol Cano, Jeanne Corrigal,and Karen Wakonda for this hybrid daylong retreat. They will weave Indigenous and Buddhist ways of knowing, exploring connections in the teachings of mindfulness, kindness, and Indigenous knowledge systems.

Zen & the Art of Saving the Planet

January 24, 2026
Quaker Earthcare Witness

Online

Join us for an evening with Flo Scialom, Project Coordinator for Plum Village’s Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (ZASP) course. Drawing on Thích Nhất Hạnh’s teachings and years of facilitation, Flo will explore how mindfulness, community, and joy help us face the climate crisis without burning out.