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Children’s Day – HIGHLIGHT
An Excerpt from the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective December 2023 Newsletter In thinking about this year’s December Newsletter only one thing came to mind…Children’s Day! Over the past three years, The Touching the Earth Collective has been the Children’s Day presenter on Shambhala Online Sunday Gatherings. It was a ... continuePosted December 5, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Elemental Expression – Mindy Moore – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friends to share their work, art, or passion… Artist Statement The elements of earth, water and fire are intrinsic when working with ceramic materials. Clay is a wonderful, luscious, malleable, strong ... continuePosted April 18, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Fiona Woke Us Up – HIGHLIGHT
Fiona Woke Us Up When we interviewed Catherine Neill, Dorje Denma Ling’s Executive Director, after the passage of hurricane Fiona which had left the place without power for 20 days, the first words she uttered were… “Fiona was a wake-up call.” The wake-up is that climate change brings more ... continuePosted November 15, 2022 by Jillian_Johnson
Touching the Earth Collective: October 2022 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Regenerative Gardening and Meditation: Karmê Chöling, August 2022 By Donna Williams Eight home gardeners came to Karme Choling this summer to work and learn in its amazing organic garden and wander the forest to meditate with nature.It was our second annual gardening and meditation program, aimed at teaching ... continuePosted October 4, 2022 by Jillian_Johnson
Touching the Earth Collective: September 2021 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Mountain Center Offering Lessons in Earth Protection By Mac McGoldrick In 2018 Shambhala Mountain Center established our Healthy Forest Initiative. In this work, we sought to consider our complete ecosystem to ensure that we’re providing an all-inclusive, science and ecology-based conservation plan. SMC is living into a plan that factors ... continuePosted September 9, 2021 by Natasha West
Touching the Earth Collective: May Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Mind Blindness By John Rockwell A while back, I read an article about “plant blindness.” When shown a picture that shows a pair of elephants in a clearing and asked what they see, virtually everyone says, “Two elephants.” Even when the question is repeated, “What do you see?” ... continuePosted May 7, 2021 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective: April 2021 – HIGHLIGHT
April 2021 Newsletter Persisting on the Dark Mountain An interview with Nick Hunt and Charlotte Du Cann, by Greg Webster Back in the late 2000s two young writers, Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine, emerging from environmental activism in the UK, were troubled by the direction of travel they saw ... continuePosted April 6, 2021 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective: March 2021 – HIGHLIGHT
March 2021 Newsletter “What Level of Threat Are We Facing Now?” Christoph Schönherr now works for The Climate Task Force in Europe, helps coordinate the global network Scientists 4 Future, and is on the working group on sustainability and climate change of the United Nations Association of Germany. Richard Reoch asked him about ... continuePosted March 5, 2021 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective: February 2021 – HIGHLIGHT
Being Brave in the Iron Ox Year By Irene Woodard and Emily Takahashi On January 20 we breathed out, a collective physical re lease. In the United States, a new president was inaugurated, and we witnessed a ceremony, ritual, and some longed for peace and calm. The ceremony offered a spot ... continuePosted February 8, 2021 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective—January 2021 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Dear Collective’s members and friends, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ address on “The State of the Planet” from early December at Columbia University is an exceptionally frank assessment of the perilous state of our sacred living environment. He is explicit: “Let’s be clear: Human activities are at the root ... continuePosted January 5, 2021 by archives-staff
We are now at the fork of this road – HIGHLIGHT
By Richard Reoch “We are now at the fork of this road. We now have an ultimatum or an alternative,” warns Albert Marshall, the Elder who speaks for the Mi’kmaw Nation on the environment. “Is it going to be business as usual? Or are we going to ... continuePosted December 15, 2020 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective—December 2020 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Wild Rice Stuffing and Children’s Day By Irene Woodard There are certain things that happen this time of year… A big family gathering with the wild rice stuffing that doesn’t go in the bird. The New Yorker has a turkey cartoon. The Children’s Day King and Queen dolls ... continuePosted December 2, 2020 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth Collective—November 2020 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Contemplating the SMC Fire By Irene Woodard Each month, a few of us determine what will be featured in this Newsletter. The fire at Shambhala Mountain Center clearly was the news, and would be the lead story. This “no brainer” became questionable, however, as we began to look ... continuePosted November 1, 2020 by archives-staff
Humanity at a Crossroads – a Shambhala Conversation – HIGHLIGHT
By Richard Reoch “This needs to be an inclusive, global conversation,” said Shambhalian film animator Cyndi Levine. “People are already suffering from environmental degradation. Those who are suffering the most right now are the ones who have not had any voice. We need to understand the ways ... continuePosted October 28, 2020 by archives-staff
Touching the Earth—October Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Laudato Si’ and The Shambhala Principle: Points of Convergence By Richard Reoch “A certain way of understanding human life and activity has gone awry, to the serious detriment of the world around us. Humanity has entered a new era in which our technical prowess has brought us to a ... continuePosted October 6, 2020 by archives-staff