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What Coronavirus Teaches Us about Climate Change
Seemingly born out of the live animal market in Wuhan, China, the coronavirus has exploded into an international pandemic. China quarantined millions of people and basically shut down its economy. Italian leaders grounded flights, suspended mortgage payments,…
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Europe by Train: England to Sweden, Return
This past December, I took the train from London to a small town in Dalarna, Sweden. About a year before, I made the same journey by plane. Travelling on land wins hands down; not only was it…
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Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
This is an extract from the book Being the Change by Peter Kalmus, published by New Society Publishers, 2017-08-01, reprinted here with kind permission. Chapter 1: Waking Up “Trees and people used to be the best of…
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Befriending Eco-Anxiety: A Practice of Deep Adaptation
Walking along stretches of beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a city of five million people, trash is everywhere: plastic bottles, straws and bags, styrofoam, the lone flip flop, take-out food containers, and more. At one spot there…
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ethical.net Manifesto
We are aware that “ethical” is a subjective term that can vary in meaning for different individuals. While there are numerous books and schools of thought on ethics, ethical.net defines “ethical” as moving towards harmony with other…
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Kindness Meditation: A Short Practice for Cultivating Kindness
To celebrate World Kindness Day, Kaira Jewel, a former Buddhist nun who lived for 15 years in the Plum Village community, offers reflections and a mindfulness practice to help us cultivate kindness. I moved to Colombo, Sri…
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Why is IKEA so cheap?
A chair, a book, a fork, or even a tie-dye pillow case, whatever you want, they probably have it, although some assembly is required. IKEA, the blue and yellow furniture behemoth from Sweden, has quickly become a…
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Getting Beyond the Economy: A Journey with Extinction Rebellion
In April this year I first went to the protests organised across central London by Extinction Rebellion. I had never attended a demonstration before. To my surprise I found myself in a movement that embodied and tied…
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Zen Ethics: Collective Awakening and the Five Mindfulness Trainings
Each winter in Plum Village we have a three-month retreat. There are about 250 people, monastics and laypeople, practicing together for ninety days. We get up very early in the morning and we practice joyfully as a…
