Articles and Talks on Eco-Dharma
What would Buddha Siddhartha do about Climate Change? (Part 1)
an article by Bob Hodson-Smith and Jules Wagstaff
What would Buddha Siddhartha do about Climate Change? (Part 2)
An article by Bob Hodson-Smith and Jules Wagstaff
Dharma for Stormy Weather
a talk by Kristin Barker
In February 2018 DANCE Bristol were delighted and honoured to host Kristin Barker, co-founder of One Earth Sangha. Here is the talk she gave that night, with her thoughts on relating to the eco-crisis as Dharma practitioners.
An Ecology of Love
A talk by Rob Burbea
A talk about love, eros, metta, and the Dharma; about our sense of the Earth, and a sense of the sacred. Cut into four parts, this talk is now available on Dharmaseed: dharmaseed.org/retreats/2757
The Buddha and the Sacred Earth
An article by Rob Burbea
Rob has written for Resurgence on Buddhist beliefs about and attitudes to Nature. You can find the article here.
Due to space constraints it was necessary to omit certain points from the published article. For the more complete version, click here.
RSA Report: A New Agenda on Climate Change
Jonathan Rowson’s report from RSA on “Facing up to stealth denial and winding down on fossil fuels” is exceptional. It builds on Common Cause and Carbon Tracker and much else. It doesn’t come from one of the usual suspects, which may mean it reaches beyond them. It mentions Quakers and religious groups as means of moving to the ‘bigger than self’ values. Right on the button about finding the key levers to bring about behavioural change and helpful in thinking about goals and divestment.