From Javier Sethness, April 3, 2014, TruthOut.org  There can be little doubt about the centrality and severity of the environmental crisis in the present day. Driven by the mindless “grow-or-die” imperative of capitalism, humanity’s destruction of the biosphere has reached and even surpassed various critical thresholds, whether in terms of…

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:…