In the last One Earth Sangha online training (Oct. 2016), Bhiku Bodhi presented the global picture of climate change and how Buddhists can take action at every level, from personal to political to global arenas: Simple and Practical Steps to Combat Climate Change I. To abstain from all evil (application of the stick) 1. Rescind… Read More Bhikhu Bodhi’s Simple Steps for Climate Change

Time To Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth by Thanissara. (2015, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley California). I read this book with great anticipation that it might hold the answers to what is needed to connect Buddhism to a wider social movement to alter the path of global environmental destruction and climate change, and… Read More Brief Review of Time To Stand Up

10 years on from the Stern report: a low-carbon future is the ‘only one available’ Economist says green development is the only route to global economic growth and points to China leading the world on climate change action Damian Carrington Lord Nicholas Stern: ‘Any attempt to follow high-carbon growth will eventually be self destructive.’ Photograph:… Read More Stern Report 2: Renewables are the Only Path Forward

141 Water Protectors Arrested as Police Escalate Violent Militarized Response Ladonna Allard SacredStoneCamp.org On Saturday, hundreds of water protectors from different nations were met with violence by militarized police in riot gear, and approximately 141 were arrested. Four protectors locked themselves to a disabled car at an active construction site, stopping construction for approximately 7 hours.… Read More 141 Water Protectors Arrested At Standing Rock