Peace Activities

INVITATION TO DIALOGUE: ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOVING THE EARTH
There may be many in our community who are suffering feelings of loss, helplessness and hopelessness in the face of the poignant environmental catastrophe that is the BP oil spill and/or the ongoing and slow destruction of our natural environment. On the other hand, some may see the spill as exactly the wake-up call we all need. If you are interested in conversation about how we individuals and as a community can, aided by the dharma, explore, hold and respond with wise speech and action to this crisis, please contact Kristin Barker using the email address, imcw@kristinsworld.com. We will be getting together in the DC area on one or more occasions sometime in the next four to six weeks to explore this topic and plan an engagement of the larger IMCW.

Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a network of Buddhist sanghas and like-minded individuals in the Washington D.C. area, who are committed to creating a peaceful world through peaceful means.

Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Peace Links
Links to other Peace and Justice Groups

Links to other Peace and Justice Groups:

Joanna Macy, an eco-philosopher, a scholar of Buddhism, and a leading voice in movements for peace, justice, and a safe environment.

The Sarvoday Shramadana Movement of Sri lanka. We build the road and the road builds us. (Sarvoday Shramadana means everyone wakes up by working together.)

About Gaviotas, A Village to Reinvent the World. Humanity's search for solutions to the greatest environmental and social problems threatening the world today.

Buddhism and Social Action, An Exploration by Ken Jones.

Poets Against the War, a cry against impending war and a celebration of the long and rich tradition of moral opposition and dissent by American writers and artists. Over 13,000 poems were submitted.

California Buddhist Peace Fellowship, working for peace through contemplation and social action.

* Engaged Buddhism, a term coined by Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, refers to the social application of Buddhist teachings, as they bring us into responsible relationship with the world around us.