Tag: Environment

  • How finding internal balance helps the natural environment

    How finding internal balance helps the natural environment

    According to Buddhist teaching, there is a very close interdependence between the natural environment and the sentient beings living in it. Some of my friends have told me that basic human nature is somewhat violent, but I told them I disagree. If we examine different animals, for example, those whose very survival depends on taking […]

  • New York Hotels join the Green Movement

    New York Hotels join the Green Movement

    Seventeen notable New York City hotels have committed to getting greener Marquee properties like the Waldorf Astoria New York, Grand Hyatt New York, Loews Regency New York and the Peninsula New York recently joined the NYC Carbon Challenge, a program Michael R. Bloomberg started as mayor in 2007 with the city’s universities to reduce their […]