July 24th 2019
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s message to young people: The time is now!
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is the head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu Lineage and guide to millions of Buddhists around the world. Currently 33 years old, the Karmapa made a dramatic escape from Tibet in the year 2000. Travelling the world, the Karmapa teaches traditional…
May 29th 2019
Climate and conflict: Preparing for the storm
Dr Justine Huxley, CEO of St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, reflects on deepening societal divisions, climate breakdown and conflict, highlighting the need to move beyond denial, and tailor our responses for the coming storm. Over the last 6 months, the fractures in our world seem to be…
March 30th 2019
To those willing to look into the abyss
It seems we have entered a new phase in our journey of self-destruction, and the ecological and social collapse we have suspected to be on the horizon is now coming to meet us. Protecting ourselves from hopelessness no longer serves us. As many enlightened activists have told us (such as…
March 24th 2019
Climate Justice and the Living Earth by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
In this guest blog, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee reflects on Greta Thunberg’s ability to speak truth to power, and the need for activism to be rooted in a relationship with the sacred. In recent weeks young people around the world have taken to the streets in their thousands, placards reading simple truths,…
