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Buddhist Action

Aryadrishti on Carbon offsets, Promise the Pod, and Dana

By Christine on Sun, 21 Jun, 2020 - 22:49

Aryadrishti on Carbon offsets, Promise the Pod, and Dana

By Christine on Sun, 21 Jun, 2020 - 22:49

Follow on from Aryadrishti’s talk, The Earth is My Witness. Three points of discussion that arose with regards to how we can mitigate our impacts on the world, whether ecological, environmental, political, social and/ or Dharmic.

Carbon offsets for air travel (from research done by Mary Salome and Nancy Artz)

Carbon offsets are not a perfect solution, but they are a helpful starting point to address the climate crisis. You can use the calculator to come up with an amount to a local organization that...

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"Buddhist Climate Superheroes"

By Christine on Thu, 29 Oct, 2015 - 18:02

Fifteen of the world’s senior Buddhists have issued a landmark call to political leaders to adopt an effective climate change agreement at COP21.
- See more at: http://ourvoices.net/evoke/blog/buddhist-climate-superheroes/view#sthash…
Once again the world’s faiths are out in front, lighting the way on climate. Pope Francis’ Encyclical and the Lambeth Declaration during the summer kicked it off, and the Islamic Declaration on Climate Change made history in August.

Now the Buddhists are lifting their voices.

The Dalai Lama, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa are just some of the supporting the new Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World Leaders, signed by 15 of the world’s top Buddhists. This is momentous — it is the the first time so many respected Buddhist leaders have come together around a single global issue.
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Dharma talk: Reclamation of the sacred (Thanissara)

By Christine on Sun, 11 Oct, 2015 - 12:28

This Dharma talk explores collective dislocation, naming colonial devastation and the movement towards tenderness. One of the resources from the Eco-Sattva Training course.

http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/178/talk/27138/

Thanissara, a practitioner since 1975, was a Theravada nun for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally the last 20 years. She is co-founder and director of Dharmagiri Hermitage and Outreach in South Africa and spends time between there and the US. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from Karuna Institute...

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Earth Metta Retreat @ Rivendell (March 20-22, 2015)

By Christine on Wed, 21 Jan, 2015 - 21:16

Earth Metta Retreat @ Rivendell (March 20-22, 2015)

By Christine on Wed, 21 Jan, 2015 - 21:16A bunch of us are planning on going to the Earth Metta weekend retreat (March 20-21), and hope to meet more sustainability-minded individuals from other centres there. So if you’ve always fancied visiting this fantastic centre and exploring this powerful theme, you’ll be in good company! Please join us:
http://www.rivendellretreatcentre.com/weekend.php

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Introducing Eco-Dharma by Amalaketu

By Christine on Thu, 18 Dec, 2014 - 16:34

This is a must-listen talk to anyone interested in sustainability issues, the climate crisis, etc.