[EcoDharma] Living Earth

[Shokai]

It's so sad, we've been spinning our wheels for over sixty years. We can all do some small bits but, it takes governments to do the big stuff and they can't seem to agree.

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Doshin]

It's so sad, we've been spinning our wheels for over sixty years. We can all do some small bits but, it takes governments to do the big stuff and they can't seem to agree.

gassho, Shokai
stlah

Shokai your thoughts are part of my daily perspective. On the first Earth Day 50 years ago I raised my voice with hope. I was in the middle of an education to tackle those environmental problems. On Earth Day last month I acknowledge we have come a little ways but the journey ahead is still long. May Our species choose the right path.

Doshin
St

Doshin
St

[Doshin]

https://www.upaya.org/program/awakened-action-women-leaders-speak/?id=2326

This past Sunday I participated in a day long conference put on by Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA about climate change. Leading female Buddhist voices and others addressed the science, social and gender implications. The above link is for your information. Many of the talks were packed with information and I plan to listen to some again to further digest the information presented.

Gassho
Doshin
St

[Onka]

https://www.upaya.org/program/awaken...speak/?id=2326


This past Sunday I participated in a day long conference put on by Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA about climate change. Leading female Buddhist voices and others addressed the science, social and gender implications. The above link is for your information. Many of the talks were packed with information and I plan to listen to some again to further digest the information presented.

Gassho
Doshin
St

Thanks for the link Doshin. Later today I'm going to see if by registering I can listen to last weekend's talks. Some good ones coming up too I see.
Gassho
Onka
St

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[Jundo]

Thank you, Doshin.

This sad news today ...

Siberian town records 100 degree F day — the hottest in Arctic history

The new all-time high follows the world's hottest May on record.

... On Saturday (June 20), temperatures in the far-north town of Verkhoyansk broke 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) for the first time, according to news reports.

If verified, that makes Saturday's high the hottest-ever temperature documented above the Arctic Circle, The Washington Post reported.

https://www.livescience.com/hottest-...r-siberia.html

Gassho, J

SatTodayLAH

[Heiso]

Thanks Doshin, I'll have a listen. Sounds like an interesting day.

Gassho

Heiso
StLah

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[Doshin]

For those who may be interested

https://oneearthsangha.org/

Be Safe, Be Well

Doshin
St

[Onka]

For those who may be interested

https://oneearthsangha.org/

Be Safe, Be Well

Doshin
St

Nice one. Cheers comrade.
Gassho
Onka
ST

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[Kokuu]

Thank you, Doshin!

The name reminds me of this Gary Snyder poem:

O Waters

O waters
wash us, me,
under the wrinkled granite
straight-up slab,

and sitting by camp in the pine shade
Nanao sleeping,
mountains humming and crumbling
snowfields melting
soil
building on tiny ledges
for wild onions and the flowers
Blue
Polemonium

great
earth
sangha


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Jundo]

For those who may be interested

https://oneearthsangha.org/

Be Safe, Be Well

Doshin
St

Doshin, would you look around, see if that organization or other Buddhists organizations are something that Treelaf could "officially" join in?

I would like very much to see Treeleaf of some larger groups pulling together on these issues.

Would you check out what is available for us to join in, and report to us (much obliged)?

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Doshin]

Doshin, would you look around, see if that organization or other Buddhists organizations are something that Treelaf could "officially" join in?

I would like very much to see Treeleaf of some larger groups pulling together on these issues.

Would you check out what is available for us to join in, and report to us (much obliged)?

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

Yes I will.

Doshin
St

[Doshin]

https://oneearthsangha.org/join/ecosanghas/

Jundo,

There is individual membership which puts folks on email list.

There is also a group Sangha membership (see link above)

Doshin
St

[Onka]

Jundo, could we please have a separate section/archive of Sangha's who have an online presence in this current and probably post-Covid-19 world who align with Treeleaf's engaged Buddhism ethos? Maybe like a "Sister Sangha" kinda thing?
Gassho
Onka
st

[Jundo]

Jundo, could we please have a separate section/archive of Sangha's who have an online presence in this current and probably post-Covid-19 world who align with Treeleaf's engaged Buddhism ethos? Maybe like a "Sister Sangha" kinda thing?
Gassho
Onka
st

Oh, gee, I would say that about every Soto Zen group has some online happenings these days. I would just have to list them all. I don't know enough about the atmosphere at various places, and it is a matter of what resonates. And I would guess that almost every teacher these days is environmentally and socially concerned in one way or another.

Sorry, this list is mostly weighted to North America, but with some international places listed ...

http://szba.org/affiliated-temples-centers/

(Treeleaf is a member, though they insist on listing us only in "Japan" for some reason.)

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Meitou]

Jundo, could we please have a separate section/archive of Sangha's who have an online presence in this current and probably post-Covid-19 world who align with Treeleaf's engaged Buddhism ethos? Maybe like a "Sister Sangha" kinda thing?
Gassho
Onka
st

I subscribe to quite a few newsletters from other Sanghas and I can confirm that all of those I read are currently involved in lots of online activities. And all of them are aligned to engaged Buddhism, which I don't feel is personal to Treeleaf but more an expression of the Bodhisattva path. Lots of good people out there.
Gassho
Meitou
Sattoday lah