Fearlessness and Climate Change: A Better Way to Be in a Suffering World
In 2007, I took a multi-year sabbatical from my career as an environmental professional and set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile ocean voyage in a small
Buddhistdoor View: Opportunity and Encouragement in the Midst of Trump’s Climate Change Skepticism
Keeping the focus on real change in the face of political…
Wildlife on the Brink
Addressing animal poaching and trafficking in South Africa
Planetary Healing: Buddhism and World Ecology
From biodiversity loss to desertification, from veganism and vegetarianism to green energy, environmental issues
Buddhistdoor View: Reflecting on 2016
What a year it’s been—brimming with economic and political upheavals that historians will be debating furiously for decades to come! Many joke (with a hint
An Afternoon with Ajahn Sujato: Personal Courage and Restoring the Sangha’s Moral Purpose
The tall and robust teacher of Ajahn Chah’s forest tradition speaks with a typically blokeish Aussie accent, however the words of wisdom and compassion he
Gyalwang Drukpa Warns of Climate Change Threat to Himalayan Water Sources
His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa has voiced concern over the growing impact on water rights—particularly in Himalayan communities—stemming from climate change, observing that aberrant weather
Buddhistdoor View: The Dharma’s Place in the Global Climate Change Crisis
The Earth recently reached a grim milestone. On 24 October, the World Meteorological Organization reported in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin that a strong El Niño weather
Buddhistdoor View—How the Zeitgeist of Greed and Materialism is Destroying our Ecology and the World
What was it about the Panama Papers that made people so angry? Leaking of classified information and geopolitical deceit aside, it is because the public
Art, Ecology, and Religion: Intersecting Landscapes on the 21st Century Silk Road
The themes of the Silk Road, spirituality, and the environment rarely come together in contemporary art, so I feel fortunate to have recently met an
Buddhistdoor View: The Great Danger and Fear to Come—Global Catastrophe and the Dharma-ending Age
The Doomsday Clock at the University of Chicago is a symbolic timepiece that estimates how many “minutes” remain before the “midnight” of a global catastrophe.