CLIMATE EMERGENCE

& OUR BELOVED PLANET

Thoughtful Articles

Scientific American article: “How the Environment Has Changed Since the First EarthDay 50 Years Ago”
Full of graphs and statistics on the increasing burden we are placing on the Earth.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-environment-has-changed-since-the-first-earth-day-50-years-ago/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=earth&utm_content=link&utm_term=2020-04-22_featured-this-week&spMailingID=64589589&spUserID=NDE2NDcyMzY3NzI3S0&spJobID=1862669127&spReportId=MTg2MjY2OTEyNwS2

Scientific American Blog: “Air Pollution, COVID-19 and Earth Day.”
Opinion piece about the health costs of air pollution especially as it relates to COVID.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/air-pollution-covid-19-and-earth-day/

“Can Buddhism Help Fight Climate Change?”
Article that outlines why buddhism and mindfulness in general could be an effective tool for activists.
https://psmag.com/environment/can-buddhism-help-fight-climate-change

“A crash course on climate change, 50 years after the first Earth Day”
The science is clear: The world is warming dangerously, humans are the cause of it, and a failure to act today will deeply affect the future of the Earth. This is a seven-day New York Times crash course on climate change, in which reporters from the Times’s Climate desk address the big questions:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/19/climate/climate-crash-course-7.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20200701&instance_id=19917&nl=climate-fwd%3A&regi_id=64543127&segment_id=32349&te=1&user_id=fed52810387b64dfb1412cacef71d9d2

Inspiring Books

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Beautifully written book that explores both the way we are currently maiming our world and the practices that can bring the environment back into balance from the author who is both a PhD. professor of Bota… — **Braiding Sweetgrass** **by Robin Wall Kimmerer**
Beautifully written book that explores both the way we are currently maiming our world and the practices that can bring the environment back into balance from the author who is both a PhD. professor of Botany and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times by Stephanie Kaza A book written from the perspective of a Buddhist practitioner on how to address the environmental crisis. She looks at why we need to “take time to cultivate med… — **Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times** **by Stephanie Kaza**
A book written from the perspective of a Buddhist practitioner on how to address the environmental crisis. She looks at why we need to “take time to cultivate meditation when so much is being lost.” She draws on Buddhist teachings to help us find a more sustainable approach to living on our “one earth.”

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine WilkinsonA wisdom anthology of heart-centred leadership being offered by women in diverse fields ranging from architecture to edu… — **All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine Wilkinson**
A wisdom anthology of heart-centred leadership being offered by women in diverse fields ranging from architecture to education, oceanography to restorative agriculture — all addressing what changes we need to make together to make the best of this climate crisis we are in.

Great Podcasts

From the podcast series Mothers & Invention: This series, devoted to a feminist perspective on climate and system change, goes global. The 3 interviews of a Navajo sacred water activist, an Israeli wave energy proponent and a Peruvian indigenou… — **From the podcast series Mothers & Invention: This series, devoted to a feminist perspective on climate and system change, goes global.**
The 3 interviews of a Navajo sacred water activist, an Israeli wave energy proponent and a Peruvian indigenous peoples activist bring positive solutions with a sense of sacred grounding.
Click here to listen and find out more.

The Ecology of Perception: An Interview with David Abram “Climate change is the simple consequence of forgetting the holiness of this mysterium in which we’re bodily immersed.” — **The Ecology of Perception: An Interview with David Abram**

“Climate change is the simple consequence of forgetting the holiness of this mysterium in which we’re bodily immersed.”

Helpful Websites

Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops - a series of videos narrated by Richard Gere helping to explain what is happening and how we can help.

“Climate change threatens us all. It's one of those natural challenges that teach us that we must work together, making a common effort to reach a common goal.”

The Dalai Lama