Hope & Joy Series: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis, with David Loy

As part of our Hope & Joy Series, David Loy, Zen Buddhist teacher, speaker, and author of Ecodharma, shares how he thinks about Buddhist teaching, especially as it relates to the challenging work of activism.

David lectures nationally and internationally, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism and modernity. David’s academic career centered around Buddhist and comparative philosophy. His studies and teaching spanned universities and institutions across the globe – including the US, England, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, Israel, the Netherlands, and Canada. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. He eloquently argues that there is a fundamental connection between Buddhist teachings about our personal predicaments and our collective ecological predicament.

In June 2014, David received an honorary degree from his alma mater Carleton College. Two years later he returned the degree in protest of a decision by the Carleton Board of Trustees against divesting from fossil fuel companies. He is also one of the founding members of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center in Colorado.