This ecospiritual action news livestream highlighted urgent calls to action around the climate and extinction crises. These calls came from faith leaders and scientists in recent weeks. We suggest some actions in defense of a thriving biosphere.
In Novasutras, we invite the co-creation of a shared spirituality to address the needs of our time. An ecospirituality developed in community can be a source of resilience and renewed meaning for people confronting the existential crises we now face. It can help bring ecoactivists into supportive spiritual community.
We celebrate the legacy of the inspirational Desmond Tutu, one of the world’s foremost spokespersons for ubuntu. In Novasutras we expand on the deep truths of ubuntu for the liberation of all beings and the healing of Earth.
Environmental science fiction storytelling can shape our thinking and subsequent technological and social innovations. Solarpunk and other imagined futures can inspire us. Many include messages about the need for an ecospiritual movement to deal with climate and other environmental crises.
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Novasutras has its roots in Deep Ecology, as expressed in agaya.
You’re smart. You often notice that things aren’t quite right. You long for community with meaning and purpose. Science shows that people in religious communities, and people who practice meditation regularly, are happier and healthier…
Unlike most activist organizations, Novasutras starts from the intention of inspiring a movement large enough to change the whole paradigm of civilization.
The intention of the Novasutras movement is to provide deep and rich soil in which a new culture can take root and flourish. It seeks to be a response that is at the right scale for the global crises that are now converging on our species, by… …sharpening our attention, cultivating a sense of…
