Engaged Buddhism refers to Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, environmental, and economic suffering and injustice.

Earth Holder Call to Action!

Our tradition's Earth Holder Sangha has issued a call to contact our leaders to formally sign COP21 on April 22, 2016 in NYC. The COP21 Climate Conference held in Paris in December was an historic event of tremendous significance. For the first time, all nations of the World agreed to take action on climate change. We are now calling on the Leaders of those 195 nations, to "Sign Us Up for LIFE!" That LIFE is the future of all species, now so dependent on the follow-through of commitments made at COP21. We are individually asking our own national leaders to formally sign the COP21 Agreement on our behalf.
Please find information on how to participate in this action at: http://www.earthholder.org/contemplation-and-action#sign-us-up

Additional Resources

Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh: "Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth," Mindfulness Bell, Autumn 2014 edition

One Earth Sangha: The mission of the One Earth Sangha is to support awakening and responding to climate change and other threats to our shared home through education, sustainable living and advocacy. We explore the teachings of the Buddhist path and how they can inform, support and motivate this work. We also recognize the critical role that Sangha (spiritual community) plays in this work. We need each other. Therefore, we are committed to making connections that bring together a variety of environmental, Buddhist lineage, cultural, racial and faith voices in order to deepen our practice of responding to the call of our home.