Eco comes from the Greek word oikos meaning house or home. From it we get the words ecology and economy. The present ecological crisis is mainly a spiritual crisis, challenging us to realize our utter interdependence with all that lives.
October 7-13: Earth Care Week at the vihara
Aloka Vihara Nuns’ Video Message to Governor Brown
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THINK GLOBALLY
One Earth Sangha Dharma & Climate
Summary of Solutions
The Solutions Project
The Climate Mobilization
The Leap Manifesto
Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement
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ACT LOCALLY
Sacramento Climate Sangha
350 Sacramento
CELDF Community Rights Primer
Local-first Implementation
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DIVEST – INVEST
Divest-Invest
Fossil Free Funds
#FossilFree Digest
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INFORMATION~INSPIRATION
Albatross, Midway Project, 2018
David Spratt & Ian Dunlop, What Lies Beneath ~ The Understatement of Existential Climate Risk, 2018
Indeginous Women Rising ~ a collection of videos, 2017
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Let’s Stand Up Together, 2017
Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough, 2017, This Changes Everything, 2014, How Science Tells Us All to Revolt, 2013
Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, 2017
The 17th Karmapa, Being Content to Live With Less, 2016
Thanissara Mary Weinberg, Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Manifesto for Our Earth – The Buddha’s Life and Message through Feminine Eyes, 2016
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief Histroy of Humankind, 2014; Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 2015
Annie Leonard, Story of Stuff Project, 2009 onwards
ALLIES
California Interfaith Power & Light
Ekuthuleni: Meditation & Eco Retreats
Forest Bathing ~ Shinrin-Yoku
Interfaith Moral Action on Climate
Chris Jordan: Ecological Photography
and many many more…
“Whatever you do may seem insignificant,
but it is most important that you do it.”
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Last Update: September 17, 2018