Zen and Coping with Climate

Climate One

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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How do we manage our own anxiety around an uncertain climate future – let alone help our children work through their feelings and fears? In his latest book, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, internationally renowned Zen Master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hahn argues that addressing the intersection of ecological destruction, rising inequality, racial injustice, and the lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic requires us to strengthen our clarity, compassion, and courage to act. “The power of Zen and the power of mindfulness is that it roots us in the present moment so we can be alert to what is going on, we can be responsive, we can be the master of our mind and awareness in any given situation,” including climate disruption, says Sister True Dedication, contributor and editor of Thich Nhat Hahn’s book. Psychotherapist Leslie Davenport, author of All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal With Climate Change, provides thoughtful, practical exercises to help young readers process their feelings about climate change. For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts Guests: Sister True Dedication, Zen Buddhist nun, editor of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Zen and the Art of Saving The Planet Leslie Davenport, author, Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change; All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal With Climate Change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	worrying about what we've done to the Earth's climate.
0:38.3	Eco-anxiety and eco-grief have just jumped way up in public awareness.
0:43.3	Climate predictions can be scary, but we don't have to live in a place of fear or denial.
0:48.3	We all need a real practice to be able to not be afraid of our fear, to not be afraid of our despair and our anxiety,
0:56.8	and to learn some really concrete practices to be able to acknowledge it,
1:02.2	recognize it, and embrace it every time it comes up.
1:05.8	A Zen Buddhist nun says accepting our feelings can make us stronger and more ready to act.
1:11.4	And the power of Zen and the power of mindfulness is that it roots us in the present moment
1:17.0	so we can be alert to what is going on. We can be responsive. We can be the master of our
1:22.1	mind and awareness in any given situation.
1:33.2	Before we get into today's show, exploring emotional resilience in the face of the climate crisis,
1:38.5	we're continuing our weekly look at the COP26 Climate Summit and Glasgow next month.
1:45.7	Estimates suggest there are over 5 billion people of faith worldwide, and religions continue to be a dominant political and moral force even in societies driven by science and technology. This week,
1:51.4	our correspondent Amman Azar explores how world religions are intersecting with the climate
1:55.8	movement and the run-up to COP 26.
1:59.2	Religions outsized influence on many aspects of her personal, social and political lives
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