Can personal transformation lead to climate justice? A Buddhist dialogue

Buddhists from different traditions meet to explore the tension between personal inner transformation and the urgency of systemic change needed in the face of the climate and ecological emergency. What is a Buddhist response to climate justice?

Speakers

• Jamie Cresswell – Chair, Director, Centre for Applied Buddhism
• Bo Bo Lwin Founder and director or Kalyana Mitta Development Trust, Myanmar
• Alexandra Goossens-Isshii Soka Gakkai International Office for UN Affairs
• Shantigarbha Buddhist activist, mediator and author, Triratna Buddhist Order
• Parami Triratna Buddhist Order, Glasgow
• Bill Crook Buddhist activist, Zen Buddhist Order of Interbeing/ Plum Village Tradition

Learn how to counteract feelings of powerlessness and be inspired by courageous individuals who have held on to hope and taken action for change. Including a message from the heart of the Amazon.

Speakers

• Elizabeth Wathuti Founder, Green Generation Initiative, Kenya, Head of Campaigns at Wangari Maathai Foundation, Global South Co-Chair of COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council
• Robert Harrap SGI-UK General Director
• Jamie Cresswell Director of Centre for Applied Buddhism
• Joan Anderson Soka Gakkai International
• Chiara De Paoli SGI-Italy
• Tais Tokusato and Tamy Kobashikawa (video message) Soka Amazon Institute

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