As part of our new Global Awareness Local Action (GALA) initiative, BCBS is building a network of support for Dharma practitioners committed to compassionate climate engagement. This fall, GALA participants will join small groups—organized by geography or shared interests—to explore how Buddhist ethics can guide wise, grounded responses to the climate crisis.
To support these groups, we’re seeking to partner with environmental organizations and others working toward a more just and sustainable world. Beginning this fall and continuing into 2026, we plan to offer a series of online workshops to equip participants with the tools, inspiration, and support needed to bring their practice into action.
Do you know someone doing this work—or are you connected to an organization we should speak with?
We’d love your help. Please email GALA Program Manager Kristie Rudolph at kristier@buddhistinquiry.org with a brief introduction. Your connection could help nourish a global community of mindful changemakers.
This work is rooted in our BCBS Commitment to Environmental Practices and reflects our aspiration to meet the world’s suffering with wisdom, clarity, and care.
If you haven’t yet, we also invite you to register for the GALA program—a freely offered, eight-week online course featuring teachings from Bhikkhu Anālayo, Rhonda Magee, Rebecca Henderson, and Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Thank you for helping us bring the Dharma to life in these urgent times.
- October 4 - November 22, 2025
- Bhikkhu Anālayo, Rhonda Magee, Rebecca Henderson, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Global Awareness Local Action (GALA)
Join the BCBS Global Awareness Local Action (GALA) program, a freely offered initiative exploring climate change through Buddhist teachings and mindfulness.
Grounded in the idea that Buddhist ethics calls on us to mitigate and adapt to climate change, the GALA program will share practices, conceptual frameworks, and workshops to support participants in mindful and skillful engagement in a world with a rapidly changing climate. Participants will also have an opportunity to join small groups based on geography and/or common interests to support each other in becoming more engaged in mindful climate activism.
