Resources on Buddhism and Environmentalism
These are a few of the many English books on Buddhism and environmentalism, climate change, and ecology. This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are other formats, including podcasts, films and live talks, that explore this intersection of Buddhism and topics in environmentalism, ecology and the climate crisis.
Buddhism and Environmentalism Bibliography
Compiled January 2025
Batchelor, M., & Brown, K. (1992). Buddhism and ecology. Cassell.
Bauer-Wu, S., & Higgs, S. (2024). A future we can love effective approaches to the climate crisis that begin with us : featuring conversations with leading climate scientists, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, and other spiritual teachers and changemakers (First paperback edition). Shambhala Publications.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho Dalai Lama XIV (2023). Heart to heart : a conversation on love and hope for our precious planet (First edition). Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV & Alt, F. (2020). Our only home: a climate appeal to the world (; P. Reif, Trans.). Hanover Square Press.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho Dalai Lama XIV, & Dunne, J. D. (2018). Ecology, ethics, and interdependence: the Dalai Lama in conversation with leading thinkers on climate change (D. Goleman, Ed.). Wisdom Publications.
Capper, D. (2023). Buddhist ecological protection of space: a guide for sustainable off-earth travel. Lexington Books.
Cooper, D. E., & James, S. P. (2017). Buddhism, virtue and environment. Routledge.
Kaza, S, Ed 1st ed. (2005). Hooked! : Buddhist writings on greed, desire, and the urge to consume. Shambhala.
Ives, C. (2024). Zen ecology: green and engaged living in response to the climate crisis. Wisdom Publications.
James, S. P. (2004). Zen Buddhism and environmental ethics. Routledge.
Jardine, D. W. (2017). In praise of radiant beings: a retrospective path through education, Buddhism and ecology. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Jardine, D. W. (2024). “Why study for a future we won’t have?” : commiserations and encouragement for ecologically sorrowful times. Peter Lang.
Kaza, S. (1993). Conversations with trees: an intimate ecology. Shambhala.
Kaza, S. (2008). Mindfully green: a personal and spiritual guide to whole earth thinking (1st ed). Shambhala.
Kaza, S., & Kraft, K. (2000). Dharma rain : sources of Buddhist environmentalism(1 ed). Shambhala Publications.
Loy, D. (2003). The great awakening : a Buddhist social theory. Wisdom.
Loy, D. (2008). Money, sex, war, karma : notes for a Buddhist revolution. Wisdom Publications.
Loy, D. (2015). A new Buddhist path : enlightenment, evolution, and ethics in the modern world. Wisdom Publications.
Loy, D. (2018). Ecodharma : Buddhist teachings for the ecological crisis. Wisdom Publications.
Machado de Oliveira, V. (2021). Hospicing modernity : facing humanity’s wrongs and the implications for social activism. North Atlantic Books.
Macy, Joanna, Kaza, S. Ed. (2020). A wild love for the world : Joanna Macy and the work of our time (First edition). Shambhala.
Macy, J., & Johnstone, C. (2012). Active hope : how to face the mess we’re in without going crazy. New World Library.
Macy, J., & Brown, M. Y. (1998). Coming back to life: practices to reconnect our lives, our world. New Society Publishers.
Macy, J. (2021). World as lover, world as self : courage for global justice and planetary awakening (S. Kaza, Ed.; 30th anniversary edition). Parallax Press.
Mitchell, D. W., & Skudlarek, W. (2010). Green monasticism : a Buddhist-Catholic response to an environmental calamity. Lantern Books.
Murphy, S. (2014). Minding the earth, mending the world : Zen and the art of planetary crisis. Counterpoint.
Murphy, S. (2023). A fire runs through all things : Zen koans for facing the climate crisis (First edition). Shambhala.
Nhất Hạnh, Thích. (2013). A love letter to the Earth. Parallax Press.
Nhất Hạnh, & Weisman, A. (2008). The world we have : a Buddhist approach to peace and ecology. Parallax Press.
Nhất Hạnh, Thích & Chan Khong. (2021). Zen and the art of saving the planet (Sister True Dedication, Ed.; First edition). HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, The 17th Karmapa. (2017). Interconnected: embracing life in our global society (K. Derris & D. D. Finnegan, Eds.). Wisdom Publications.
Payne, R. K., Ryūkoku Daigaku, & Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, Calif). (2010). How much is enough? : Buddhism, consumerism, and the human environment. Wisdom Publications.
Shantigarbha. (2021). The burning house : a Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency. Windhorse Publications.
Snyder, G. (1990). The practice of the wild. North Point Press.
Stanley, J., Loy, D., & Gyurme Dorje. (2009). A Buddhist response to the climate emergency. Wisdom Publications.
Thanissara. (2015). Time to stand up : an engaged Buddhist manifesto for our earth : the Buddha’s life and message through feminine eyes. North Atlantic Books.
Thornton, J. (2024). Nature, my teacher. Barbican Press.
Tucker, M. E., & William, D. R. (1998). Buddhism and ecology : the interconnection of Dharma and deeds. Harvard University Press.
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