Originally posted at the Official Site of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from the University of Portland event May 9, 2013. Presented by the University of Portland and Maitripa College. His Holiness the Dalai Lama participates in an interfaith discussion on the environment at the University of Portland.   Venue:…

*This deeply inspiring piece was originally posted at BillMoyers.com and aired on “Moyers and Company” (Oct. 4, 2013)     Wendell Berry, a quiet and humble man, has become an outspoken advocate for revolution. He urges immediate action as he mourns how America has turned its back on the land…

*This inspiring piece originally was posted at Bill Moyers.com and also aired on “Moyers and Company”   On this week’s broadcast, the charismatic Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo joins Bill to discuss the politics of global warming and the urgency of environmental activism. As of this moment Vladimir Putin’s…

Ten Steps You Can Take Right Now… For a Healthier, Safer Planet, For a Greater Sense of Connectivity with Humanity and Mother Earth, and Entry into Deeper Inner Peace While Taking Powerful Action for Good. Feeling helpless and hopeless? We can and do make a difference, starting with our own lives.…

***This is an important post from Democracy Now, September 18, 2013. The skies have finally cleared over Colorado after more than a week of rain that led to what experts are calling a “1,000-year flood.” At least 21 inches of rain fell on parts of Boulder in the last week,…

(Aug 6, 2013) By Lee Temple Over the past weekend Bill McKibben and thousands of activists demonstrated at the Chevron plant in Richmond, California, bringing attention to the one-year anniversary of the plant’s toxic explosion and ensuing toxic cloud that polluted the nearby region and caused the hospitalization of over…

Finding Wholeness In Our Shared Inheritance By Lee Temple Download PDF Here Sometimes it’s hard to take today’s “Twilight Zone.” I’m referring to life in that strange disconnect between the majority’s consensus—concerning weapons legislation and climate change, for example— and the selfish string-pulling of small, financially and politically powerful special-interest…