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A global sangha learning how to navigate eco-crises with mindfulness and Buddhist teachings.
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Perhaps the question isn’t, are we alone? But rather, who are we alone with?

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Belonging • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Perhaps the question isn’t, are we alone? But rather, who are we alone with? 🌏
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November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The Dharma changes as it encounters the contexts of different cultures. How do we guard against a Dharma that serves late capitalism? And instead, serve the arising of Dharma that serves collective liberation? Explore this with Guhyapati in "A Necessary Antidote": oneearthsangha.org/articles/a-n...
A Necessary Antidote • Guhyapati
The Dharma changes as it encounters the contexts of different cultures. How do we guard against a Dharma that serves late capitalism? And instead, serve the arising of Dharma that serves collective li...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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What do you reach for to fill that insecurity? What do our cultures, institutions, and nations reach for to soothe the worries, satisfy the craving, and solidify our permanence?

Explore this with David Loy in "What Lack Drives Us to Do":

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What Lack Drives Us to Do • David Loy
What do you reach for to fill that insecurity? What do our cultures, institutions, and nations reach for to soothe the worries, satisfy the craving, and solidify our permanence? 🌏
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October 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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What do you reach for to fill that insecurity? What do our cultures, institutions, and nations reach for to soothe the worries, satisfy the craving, and solidify our permanence?

Explore this topic with David Loy: oneearthsangha.org/articles/wha...
What Lack Drives Us to Do • David Loy
What do you reach for to fill that insecurity? What do our cultures, institutions, and nations reach for to soothe the worries, satisfy the craving, and solidify our permanence? 🌏
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October 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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"It would take years and years for me to crawl around on the ground to meet all the beings that are in the field behind me. And it would probably take another year to greet them all."
-Larry Ward

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The Circle of Your Influence • Larry Ward
How to discover again, that at any moment, the whole world is within reach? Larry Ward teaches on the power of our five senses. 🌏
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October 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Even in times of unraveling, the Dharma invites us to meet our grief, fear, and hope with presence.

At One Earth Sangha, we gather as a community to honor these truths and turn toward compassionate action for all beings.

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September 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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“These days, more than ever, we need to put on our bodhisattva shoes.”

In her article You Too Can Be a Bodhisattva, Diana Winston reflects on what it means to walk the bodhisattva path in times of ecological and social crisis.

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You Too Can Be a Bodhisattva • Diana Winston
What’s in the toolkit of a budding Bodhisattva? You’ll be pleased to know you’re more prepared than you may think. 🌏
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September 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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What does it mean to root our practice in justice, compassion, and the living Earth? 🌍

Join Konda Mason for an EcoDharma Exploration on Sept 28 at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET.

Registration is open: oneearthsangha.org/pgm-post/eco...

#EcoDharma #ClimateJustice #Mindfulness
September 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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“Our systems are grasping, refusing to acknowledge the inevitable. Once we accept death, we can make conscious choices about how we want to accompany it.”

-Kazu Haga

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Death Doula to a Dying Empire • Kazu Haga
What beginnings might we meet for the choice to compassionately accompany systems, cultures, and worldviews to their end? 🌏
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August 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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✨ “How are you doing?”
Most of us take the safe route: “I’m good.”

In her latest piece, Nikayla Jefferson asks what might happen if we risked more—if vulnerability became our offering in this time of polycrisis.

Read: oneearthsangha.org/articles/how...

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How are you doing? • Nikayla Jefferson
Might we all have more to gain, rather than lose, in making the choice to lead with our truest, most unedited selves? 🌏
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August 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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“Passion isn’t about urgency or output. It thrives in community.”

In this tender “Dear Climate Therapist” column, Leslie Davenport responds to burnout with guidance rooted in compassion, systems thinking, and the Dharma.

Read more: buff.ly/YEtCOAI
A solitary orange mushroom standing tall amid a mossy forest floor, softly lit with green and golden light. Text reads: “Passion isn’t about constant urgency or output.” A delicate, translucent mushroom emerging from thick green moss, surrounded by blurred stems. Text reads: “It’s about sustainability. It respects boundaries. It makes space for rest.” A small community of pale mushrooms growing up the side of a moss-covered tree trunk. Text reads: “And it thrives in community. – Leslie Davenport”
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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How do we keep going when the work feels endless?

In this installment of “Dear Climate Therapist,” Leslie Davenport offers wise counsel on balancing passion with acceptance—so that we can sustain our purpose without burning out.

Read here: buff.ly/YEtCOAI

#EcoDharma #ClimateCare
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August 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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“We’re all in a middle seat now.” Kristin Barker invites us to sit with the grief and complexity of flying during climate crisis—and to let that discomfort become part of our practice. Read or listen: oneearthsangha.org/articles/min...

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Mindful in the Middle Seat • Kristin Barker
The middle seat has always been the one to avoid. But the squeeze of ecological harm is there for all of us, whether or not we fly, tightened by countless industries that depend on our disconnection. ...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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We are excited to announce the theme of this year's EcoSattva Training: Becoming a Force for Nature ✨

Our EcoSattva Training returns this year, newly revised for 2025–2026.

✨ Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when registration opens: buff.ly/ykrXF5k
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July 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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What does leadership look like when the systems we’ve relied on no longer hold?

Join us tomorrow for our EcoDharma Exploration with Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian teacher Roshi Norma Wong: buff.ly/ojZAJSW
July 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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“We need you on the ground.” In our latest piece, Mohsen Mahdawi shares his story of ICE detention, Buddhist practice, and a powerful call to action for spiritual communities to show up for justice. Read the full interview here: buff.ly/oHTwkei
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July 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Times Obituary for Joanna. “You have to allow yourself to experience the love that is underneath the horror."

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Joanna Macy, Who Found a Way to Transcend ‘Eco-Anxiety,’ Dies at 96
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July 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Join Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Norma Wong Roshi for a powerful EcoDharma Exploration on Sunday, July 27, as she speaks into our current timeplace of collapse and possibility.

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/ojZAJSW

#EcoDharma #ZenLeadership #SpiritualActivism #ClimateJustice
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July 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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In our latest edition of Blue Planet Practice, Kristin Barker, co-founder of One Earth Sangha, offers a moving reflection on Joanna Macy’s life and legacy—how it shaped our work, our practices, and our sense of belonging in this world.

Read the newsletter: buff.ly/SYzDq67
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July 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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“My healing is part of their healing. I want to help them empathize with me too.”

Mohsen Mahdawi’s voice is one of insight and courage. In conversation with Nikayla Jefferson, he offers a powerful Dharma-infused vision of healing from violence and separation.

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We Need You on the Ground • Mohsen Mahdawi
One Earth Sangha interviews Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi on nonviolence, peacemaking, and Gaza. 🌏
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July 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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“What kind of society can sustain human dignity today?”

In a bold keynote, Bhikkhu Bodhi names the forces of moral nihilism and calls for a world grounded in solidarity and justice.

Read “Protecting Human Dignity”: buff.ly/02Pz6f4

#EcoDharma #Buddhism
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July 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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“It’s not about who’s winning—it’s about where I choose to show up.”

In We Are the Great Turning, Jess Serrante invites us into the quiet courage of participation.

🌱 Read more: buff.ly/R2quRDy

#EcoDharma #GreatTurning
A red fox sits peacefully in a golden field of tall grasses, gazing to the right with a calm, attentive expression. Overlay text reads: “On Being the Great Turning. ‘Being a part of the Great Turning is not hanging out in the stands of a soccer stadium asking which team’s going to win. It’s asking which team do I want to be a part of, and that it’s getting off the stands into the game, playing all out no matter what the scoreboard says. So that’s the Great Turning, that’s what it is, it’s a choice.’ – Jessica Serrante.”
July 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🌱 “If I were seeding the world I want to see, what would I do today?” Jess Serrante invites us into the quiet, steady work of the Great Turning. Read her reflection from Earth Day at Spirit Rock: buff.ly/R2quRDy
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July 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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🌊 “Peace without justice is only a false peace...” — Nikayla Jefferson

Read the full reflection and explore other offerings in our latest newsletter: buff.ly/FM5kv7F

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July 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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You're invite to join us on July 27th for our EcoDharma Exploration with Norma Wong.

Learn more and register: oneearthsangha.org/pgm-post/eco...

#ecodharma #buddhism #environmentaljustice
A mist-covered rural landscape with faint outlines of trees and rooftops in soft morning light. The text overlay announces an EcoDharma Exploration on July 27 at 1:30 PM US ET with Norma Wong Roshi, titled When No Thing Works: Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse. Co-hosted with Braided Wisdom and Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
July 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM