{"id":736,"date":"2009-08-05T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/08\/buddhist-meditation-global-warming-and-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch.html"},"modified":"2009-08-05T10:50:04","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T10:50:04","slug":"buddhist-meditation-global-warming-and-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/08\/buddhist-meditation-global-warming-and-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch.html","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Meditation, Global Warming, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/08\/090804114102.htm\">mindful people<\/a> do something about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2009\/08\/04\/california-launches-state-plan-to-deal-with-global-warming\/\">Global Warming<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/science\/08\/04\/pacific.garbage.patch\/\">Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/a>? What does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhala.org\/\">Buddhist Meditation<\/a> have to do with healing the planet? <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/\">Interdependence Project<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-City-Interdependence-Ethan-Nichtern\/dp\/0861715160\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1249229276&amp;sr=8-1\">One City<\/a>&#8216;s very own Jerry Kolber was published today over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhala.org\/\">Shambhala Sun <\/a>on just how we can take our practice to the next level. Check it out:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhalasun.com\/sunspace\/?p=11415\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"great_pacific_garbage_patch.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/124\/import\/great_pacific_garbage_patch.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" height=\"242\" width=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can mindful people do something about Global Warming and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? What does Buddhist Meditation have to do with healing the planet? 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