ANISHINAABEG LOUDLY OPPOSE TRANSCANADA’S ENERGY EAST PIPELINE AT KENORA OPEN HOUSE

[Editor: I will be cross-posting articles on the Energy East Pipeline because it is about to become the biggest issue for environmental activism and indigenous rights in Eastern Canada for the next five years at least.] by Crystal Greene on August 14, 2014 Nancy Morrison, 85, of Onigaming and Daryl “Hutchy” Redsky Jr., 7, of Shoal Lake 40… Read More ANISHINAABEG LOUDLY OPPOSE TRANSCANADA’S ENERGY EAST PIPELINE AT KENORA OPEN HOUSE

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Community Gardens: Get Your Hands Dirty With It

Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Enlightened Society This year of the wood horse, the Sakyong asked us to “pull up our chupa” and get to work creating enlightened society. You can also roll up your sleeves, put on your work boots, grab a spade and a package of seeds, and come down to the community… Read More Community Gardens: Get Your Hands Dirty With It

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Deep Green Resistance: Vehemently Transphobic

[Editor: I removed this story from Deep Green Resistance because I have since found out that Deep Green Resistance (DGR) has an expressed and active policy of excluding, vilifying and verbally abusing transgender and transsexual people. They are blatantly transphobic and make no apologies for doing so. One of the original authors of the book Deep… Read More Deep Green Resistance: Vehemently Transphobic

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Let’s Get Real About Addiction and Mental Illness

Robin William’s death is soaking the social media with reflections on the treatment of addiction and mental illness. It’s time to start talking openly about addiction and mental illness in the context of social justice and engaged Buddhism. Not taking care of yourself and your own mental health, or trying to avoid those issues by focusing… Read More Let’s Get Real About Addiction and Mental Illness

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New York Insight’s New LGBTQ Sangha

NYC-area Trans*buddhists and allies, We thought you might be interested in this new group. Sorry for the short notice! This is the second sit of the newly-formed NYI LGBTQ sangha, which meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 7pm at New York Insight. TONIGHT Paul Sireci will be leading the Insight OUT Refuge LGBTQ meditation group and… Read More New York Insight’s New LGBTQ Sangha

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Tommy Rosen: Recovery 2.0 Move Beyond Addiction

Dear Friends, In this picture, which was taken yesterday, you see me holding a copy of my book for the first time. It is called Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life and it took me just shy of 47 years to write it. What this book represents to me is triumph. In order to write… Read More Tommy Rosen: Recovery 2.0 Move Beyond Addiction

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Elder Albert Marshall Mi’kmaqi NS Speaks on Fracking in NS

Elder Albert Marshall’s speech to the Wheeler Commission on tracking in Nova Scotia is a very moving account of our relation to Mother earth and to future generations. Recorded on Jul 25, 2014 “Nature has rights; humans have responsibilities.”—Mi’kmaqi Elder Albert Marshall. Presentation made by Elder Albert Marshall, UINR, at a meeting with Dr. Wheeler on Hydraulic… Read More Elder Albert Marshall Mi’kmaqi NS Speaks on Fracking in NS