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September

Concerning the Continued Exploitation of Forests in Northeast Thailand & the Potential of Buddhist Forest Monasteries in Creating Regional Ecological Corridors

International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) September 3, 2020 In recent decades, Thailand has been facing the consequences of mass deforestation caused by the expansion of industrial agriculture and commercial lumber. Today, Thailand’s forested areas account for 37% of land surface, ranking lowest in South East Asia. This percentage has been rising, however, since the…

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November

Building a Buddhist Temple Community as a Mechanism for Environmental and Social Change

posted by Jonathan S Watts

Shift the Power by Jonathan S. Watts[1] November 10, 2018 He has helped develop a micro-credit “Future Bank”, constructed temples and houses to last 100 years, and is working for a nuclear free Japan to “recover hope within 300 years”. Needless to say, Rev. Hidehito Okochi is a forward-looking Japanese Buddhist priest who has been…

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October

Tera Energy: A Buddhist Company Building Human Bonds and Community while Taking on the Structural Foundations of Climate Change

posted by Jonathan S Watts

Rev. Ryogo Takemoto Rev. Ryogo Takemoto is the abbot of Saisho-ji, a Jodo Shin Hongan-ji Pure Land denomination temple located in Katsuragi City in Nara Prefecture. In June 2018, he established a new company called Tera Energy (tera=Buddhist temple) based in Kyoto City, which in April of 2019 began selling electricity within Hiroshima prefecture. He…

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August

The Sunshine Temple Project in South Korea

posted by Jonathan S Watts

Won Buddhism Eco-Network The Economics of Energy Conversion and the Protection of Sacred Sites The name for Won Buddhism (Wonbulgyo) in Korean) is a compound word for truth, enlightenment, and teaching. Won 圓 means circle and symbolizes the ultimate truth. Bul 佛 means enlightenment, and gyo 教 means teaching the truth. Therefore, Wonbulgyo is the path…

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April

The Zhengjue Temple in Shandong Province, China

posted by Jonathan S Watts

Ven. Master Ren Da (Abbot) Ven. Miao Hai (Head of Renewable Energy Application) Background: Zhengjue Monastery of Boshan is located in Mt. Lianhua, Boshan District, Zibo City, Shandong Province. It has an over 1,600 year history, being first built in the Eastern Jin dynasty and rehabilitated in the Song and Jin dynasties. During the Southern and…

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Tag: clean energy

Concerning the Continued Exploitation of Forests in Northeast Thailand & the Potential of Buddhist Forest Monasteries in Creating Regional Ecological Corridors

Building a Buddhist Temple Community as a Mechanism for Environmental and Social Change

Tera Energy: A Buddhist Company Building Human Bonds and Community while Taking on the Structural Foundations of Climate Change

The Sunshine Temple Project in South Korea

The Zhengjue Temple in Shandong Province, China

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