Sumeru News — Environmental Issues
Corporate Craving and Buddhist Compassion
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UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by Jan W. Walls. “Corporate Craving and Buddhist Compassion: Is There a Middle Ground for Buddhism in Business?” Date: Thursday, 02 February 2012 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Place: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall Lectures are free and open to the public. Seating will be... Read more »
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Mississauga & Toronto shark fin ban
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Mississauga is now the largest city in Canada to have banned shark fin products, as of October 13. Here is a link to the story about it from The Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1068489 Toronto is set to enact a similar ban at their next Council meeting on October 24, now that Toronto’s licensing commission has unanimously endorsed... Read more »
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Thich Nhat Hanh & David Suzuki – review and video clip
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As part of Thaye’s recent Vancouver Retreat and Public Talk, he held a dialogue with David Suzuki on environmental issues. Here’s a review of that event, and a video clip, from the Vancouver Sun: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2011/08/20/despair-famous-buddhist-and-famous-environmentalist-offer-antidote.aspx
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Thich Nhat Hanh & David Suzuki, Vancouver 8.15.11
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As part of Thich Nhat Hanh’s two-week visit to Vancouver later this month, he will discuss environmental issues with Canada’s well-known activist, David Suzuki. The event is by invitation only, but will be taped for YouTube and other sites. Here are more details from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-hoggan/thich-nhat-hanh-and-david_b_918542.html
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HHDL, Montreal – 9.7.11
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