Ven. Rathana Presents Buddhist Declaration
#Buddhists4Climate Ven. Rathana from Sri Lanka presents Buddhist #Climate Change Statement to French president #COP12 This is the only evidence I have that the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change was presented in … Continue reading
COP21 Inked, Signals End of Fossil Fuel Era
COP21 deal signed, ending fossil fuel era: experts By Kevin Grandia in News | December 12th 2015 Photo from COP21 Previous story History was made today in Paris as the leaders of 195 nations agreed … Continue reading
Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dharmatalks
Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest tradition. This page has a huge compilation of Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dharmatalks, (http://www.dhammatalks.org) recorded since 2000, over a 15-year period. It … Continue reading
Amy Goodman: Refugees are the Roadkill of War
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan from Democracy Now On the outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee camp called “The Jungle” grows daily, swelling with … Continue reading
Whatever Happens, We’re Already Winning
Talking Paris COP 21: Whatever happens, we’re already winning I know that we are already successful because the transition we seek is well underway and gaining momentum. The status quo … Continue reading
Catherine Abreu: Kicking Back at COP 21
https://www.ecologyaction.ca/blog/whatever-happens-paris-we%E2%80%99re-already-winning Talking Paris: Whatever happens, we’re already winning I know that we are already successful because the transition we seek is well underway and gaining momentum. The status quo of … Continue reading
Go Mod, Buddha Baby
“But when leading Buddhist figures, along with a mass of laity and sympathizers, begin to embrace a novel interpretation, practice, or idea, it should alert the scholar than an important … Continue reading
Observer: Justice Minister Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announces inquiry into missing Indigenous women By Jenny Uechi & Fram Dinshaw in News, Politics | December 8th 2015 Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould from Canadian Press Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould outlined the first phase … Continue reading
Observer:World’s survival on the table in final hours of COP21
The latest draft of the Paris climate agreement released Wednesday is not nearly ambitous enough to prevent catastrophic harm to the world’s poorest countries, or to help them adapt to … Continue reading
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