health and biodiversity of the Tibetan Plateau (the world’s Third Pole), which is the source of the great rivers of Asia and is crucial to the well-being of literally billions of people in their watersheds. In Ladakh, the Gyalwang Drukpa recently led his 15th
annual Eco Pad Yatra pilgrimage, 1 bringing environmental education services to remote villages. In India, the Karma- pa’s environmental movement, Khoryug, 2 coordinates proj- ects across many Buddhist monasteries. In Thailand (where injuring monks is taken very seriously), Buddhist bhikkhus have ordained trees to save them from illegal logging. 3 In North America, Green Buddhist practice is young, but
rapidly evolving. A lot of it is online. For websites from Green Buddhist communities, start
here: • One Earth Sangha:
https://oneearthsangha.org/ • Earth Holder Community:
https://earthholder.training/ • Buddhist Global Relief: https://www.buddhistglobalre-
lief.org/
• Life Itself:
https://lifeitself.us/ • Plum Village :
https://plumvillage.org/ • Extinction Rebellion Buddhists – Global: https://www.
facebook.com/groups/2166143550304582
• Ecobuddhism:
https://www.facebook.com/ groups/106653225660
• Rocky Mountain Eco Dharma Center:
https://rmerc.org/ For articles on Green Buddhist topics, I recommend the
following: • Buddhistdoor Global (
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/). They have many environmental features and columns, such as Bodhisattva 4.0, Dear Earth, or The Bodhisat- tva’s Embrace.
• Tricycle (
https://tricycle.org/topic/society-environment/). This is the leading US Buddhist magazine, so their articles cover a wide range of topics, but they are increas- ingly featuring Green Buddhist content.
• Lion’s Roar (
https://www.lionsroar.com/tag/environ- ment-climate-change/). This is the leading Canadian Buddhist magazine.
Looking for books about Green Buddhist practice? Here
are a few recommendations: • This Fragile Planet: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Environment, edited by Michael Buckley (Sumeru, 2021)
• Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time, edited by Stephanie Kaza (Shambhala, 2020)
• Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Environmental Crisis, by David Loy (Wisdom, 2019)
• Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times, by Stephanie Kaza (Shambhala, 2019)
• Bodhisattva 4.0: A Primer for Engaged Buddhists, by John Negru (Sumeru, 2019)
• Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays on Buddhism and Ecology, edited by Allan Hunt Badiner (Parallax Press, 1990)
The way forward: a personal note Having worked in the Green Buddhist space for quite a few
years now as a community organizer, publisher at Canada’s largest independent Buddhist press, author, and blogger, I’ve learned that Green Buddhism is still an outlier in the Bud- dhist world. For example, in 2019 just before the pandemic hit, I
launched a project to audit land use by rural Buddhist cen- ters across North America. These properties comprise thou- sands of acres of wild land. Working with an ecologist and a
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