Engaged Buddhist Practice
Engaged Buddhist Practice takes our meditation practice off the cushion into the world through social and ecological service and action. Mountain Rain sponsors periodic workshops, study groups and guest speakers in support of engaged Buddhist practice. The group puts out an occasional newsletter with information, links, initiatives, and messages from sangha members who wish to link-up to participate in specific Engaged Buddhist activities.
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Our meetings are the 2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 pm
** We are taking a summer break for July and August and resume in September. **
Petitions are read in the House of Commons. Here is an important petition for you to consider: Click HERE to stop fast-tracking environmentally catastrophic fossil fuel projects
WE-CAN suggests some alternatives to fossil fuel: $40 Billion of Public Money for a Pipeline. What Could $40 Billion Achieve?
End plastic pollution
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed that the federal government can act to stop plastic pollution. This is a major victory for turtles and fish – and for all of us. It means the federal bans on harmful and unnecessary plastic items such as checkout bags and six-pack ringsstand. It also means there is no excuse for the government to hold back: now is the time for bold and ambitious federal action to protect people and the environment from plastic.
Tell the new federal environment minister to step up the fight against plastic pollution. TAKE ACTION
WESTCOAST CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK - Welcome to the BC Climate News Roundup
BC Climate Events Calendar on the WE-CAN Website.
A 4-page colour brochure on LNG- an initiative from West Coast Climate Action Network which is being given to every MLA in Victoria. If you would like copies, you can either download it and print it locally, or send $$ and they’ll print it for you at $1 per copy + postage. Let them know how many you want – their Ladysmith printer has a 50% off sale during April.
“Peer-reviewed research shows that LNG’s climate pollution is as bad as or worse than coal. Natural gas is not a ‘transition fuel’. That is a wrong understanding. BC’s proposed projects will produce 380 MT of climate pollution a year, six times more than BC’s 62 MT. Our need is to reduce our climate pollution, not increase it.” inon LNG, which is being givin to every MLA in Victoria.If you would like copies, you can either download it and print it locally, or send $$ and they’ll print it for you at $1 per copy + postage. Let them know how many you want – their Ladysmith printer has a 50% off sale during April.
“Peer-reviewed research shows that LNG’s climate pollution is as bad as or worse than coal. Natural gas is not a ‘transition fuel’. That is a wrong understanding. BC’s proposed projects will produce 380 MT of climate pollution a year, six times more than BC’s 62 MT. Our need is to reduce our climate pollution, not increase it.”
The climate crisis has caught up with us –
-but Canada’s largest pension fund still hasn’t caught up to the risk. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned its net-zero target earlier this year – while nearly one-third of its board of directors held direct ties to fossil fuel companies.
This isn’t just bad optics. It’s a failure of governance that puts our retirement security and the planet at risk.
It’s time to demand a fossil-free board. More information HERE
We hope that the resources below will inspire you to write and send letters to your MLA.
Let’s support each other in practicing right speech, voicing our concerns regarding current social/environmental/climate issues. Let’s find ways to express wisdom and compassion in response to the issues that concern us most deeply.
Home on Native Land - Whose Land is This, Anyway?
Welcome to Home on Native Land, a self-guided course about Indigenous justice in Canada. Through a series of 10 videos, cartoons & lessons, you'll take a walk down the back alley of history — and the frontlines of legal action — with Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon.As B.C. prepares to deliver on its promise to get gas out of northeast reserves and ship it to buyers overseas, the LNG sector is set to have huge impacts on northern ecosystems and communities
Squamish environmental group challenges Woodfibre LNG, FortisBC wastewater permits
Climate impacts of expanded fracking and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Canada
Eco-grief: How to cope with the emotional impacts of climate change. University of Calgary
Click here for PDF of low-waste and refill shopping options in the Metro Vancouver and Sunshine Coast areas.
Art to End Fossil Fuels This Art Kit is a resource to make and use art to end fossil fuels, including how to order (or download) and use the new poster art newspaper. Order your poster art papers-click link: HERE.
West Coast Climate Action Network To receive WE-CAN News directly each week, click here
Who to send your letters to - Find MLA by community -
BC SOCIETY FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS - a progressive public policy research institute that looks at issues facing British Columbia and proposes bold and achievable policy solutions that centre social, economic, racial and environmental justice in BC. We face an emerging global trifecta of authoritarianism, growing inequality and a capture of our public institutions by wealthy elites—pushing us towards a breaking point for democracy and erosion of human rights. This makes existing crises on the climate and economic insecurity fronts worse—insecurity is in the air, by design.
IDEAS TO MEET THE MOMENT offers an overview of bold and achievable ideas that are already here. Ideas that if acted upon could help our province take much better care of the people who live here, and the land that we live on.
