
Climate
Change
Report
Inter-religious Dialogue on Climate Change
and Biodiversity Conservation
Islander Center, Sewalanka Foundation
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 23-27 September 2012
Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3/11 Japan
Edited by Jonathan S. Watts

Now is the time for the religious community to take actions to halt climate change
Namgung Seong, head of Won Buddhism


In 2010, I journeyed to Chiang Mai for the 20th anniversary of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB). I had found INEB on the internet – proof
that technology is as good as the intentions we have to use it wisely. I asked if I could run a workshop on climate change.
featuring Joanna Macy, David Loy, Harsha Navaratne, Pra Paisan Visalo, Rev. Taitsu Kono (chief priest of Myoshinji Rinzai Zen), Rev. Tetsuen Nakajima, Rev. Hidehito Okochi & the voices of the Buddhist priests and social activists of Fukushima