Change and Regeneration: Jack Kornfield & Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken, author, environmentalist, and founder of Project Drawdown, joins Jack Kornfield, author, Buddhist practitioner, for a riveting dharma talk on climate change and how we can come together to spur the regeneration of our world.

The things you do not have to say make you rich.
Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk.
Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.
And things you know before you hear them–those are you,
Those are why you are in the world.”

―William Stafford, Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer’s Vocation

May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings
May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened.”

―Bodhisattva Prayer for Humanity

Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution (APPG) is an organization in the United Kingdom made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) and their peers who work together to promote measures to tackle poor air quality.

n May 29, 2020, the APPG launched its Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection to keep air pollution low and to deliver World Health Organization Air Quality Standards.

Cover of Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Corona Virus Infection Report
Cover of Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Corona Virus Infection Report

Watch the Hazelwood Power Station Chimneys Get Demolished

The defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood Power Station was built in the 1960s. The plant was known as Australia’s dirtiest power station, responsible for 14% of the state’s total emissions and was shut down in March 2017.

According the The Guardian, eight chimneys were demolished with about 50kg of asbestos in each chimney and about 12 tonnes of concrete. The site will be monitored following the demolition in line with Victorian environment laws.

“There is absolutely no risk that asbestos will be anywhere other than on the ground, and ultimately remediated on site and stored in an approved cell.”

—Ryan Auger, Engie head of corporate affairs in Australia and New Zealand