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A Buddhist Response to Climate Change

November 19, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Dear Friends, This Saturday night I will speak at the Sustainability Potluck at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Church about a Buddhist response to climate change. I invite you to be part of the evening. You'll find James Reeb at 2146 E Johnson St in Madison, WI People will arrive between…

What is #MindfulAdvocacy?

November 10, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Speaking with friends the other day, a question arose: "What is #MindfulAdvocacy?" Here is the gist of my response. Mindful Advocacy begins with awareness. Our hearts open as we fall in love and come to understand our connection with our beloved. We cherish our dependent co-arising or inter-being with another. Awake to our…

Kathleen Dean Moore and the Energy of Rivers

October 22, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Kathleen Dean Moore is a sister on the path shedding light on ways to harmonize with nature. Check out her latest article in Orion Magazine. Let us flow as a river.

We are the Earth

October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 by heatherlynmann

While I was busy walking the streets of New York during the People's Climate March, others gathered peacefully around the world to support climate healing policies and sane actions. In San Diego, more than a thousand assembled in solidarity. There, Brother Phap Ho (Brother Protection) from Deer Park Monastery took the stage and…

Mindful Advocacy: An Introduction

September 28, 2014 by heatherlynmann

On August 8, 2014, I spoke at SnowFlower Sangha in Madison, WI about some of my experiences as an activist, a spiritual approach to environmental and social justice, and the origins of the Community of Mindful Advocacy. Click here to listen to the audio recording on YouTube.

Buddhists join the #peoplesclimate march

September 22, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Three buses from Madison, WI traveled nearly 2,000 miles round trip in 48 hours so 150 of us could participate in the #peoplesclimate march. Thank you Sierra Club and 350.org Madison for organizing our ride. Lining up before the #peoplesclimate march on the "inter-faith block" (58th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenue in…

Now Available: Touching the Earth Newsletter

September 19, 2014 by heatherlynmann

It is my great pleasure to share with you the first issue of Touching the Earth Newsletter of Earth Holding Actions in the Plum Village Tradition. The idea for this electronic newsletter came to life last spring in the conversations that followed the Earth Holding and Protecting Retreat at Deer Park Monastery (Escondido, CA).…

My Journey with the Peoples Climate March: Part 1

September 17, 2014 by heatherlynmann

My husband and I will take a bus from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City this weekend to be part of the Peoples Climate March. Arriving, we will meet and walk with others in Thich Nhat Hanh's global Sangha, a group of spiritual brothers and sisters uniting from around…

Announcing a Mindful Advocacy Workshop

September 8, 2014September 8, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Wednesday, October 15th from 5-8pm Dane County TimeBank, at Center for Families 2120 Fordem Ave - Madison, Wisconsin 5-6:30 pm Mindful Advocacy Workshop: An Introduction - Are you a volunteer or professional activist working for social justice or environmental sustainability? Do you sometimes feel disheartened, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed, or exhausted? Join spiritual ecologist…

Check Out this John Lennon Quote about the Sun

August 29, 2014 by heatherlynmann

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps. John Lennon

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