CHRONOLOGY OF BUDDHIST ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM

1974 American poet, deep ecologist, and Zen Buddhist Gary Snyder publishes Turtle Island

1980s Buddhist Peace Fellowship in Berkeley, California, begins to address environmental concerns
http://www.bpf.org

1985 Buddhist Perception of Nature Project initiated by Nancy Nash in Hong Kong, published Tree of Life: Buddhism and Protection of Nature (Davies 1987), and A Cry from the Forest: Buddhist Perception of Nature, A New Perspective for Conservation Education by Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (1987) in Bangkok

1986 "The Buddhist Declaration of Nature" by Venerable Lungrig Namgyai Rinpoche in The Assisi Declarations, Assisi, Italy, World Wildlife Fund 25th Anniversary conference, September 29

1988 Buddhists included in the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival (1988 Oxford, 1990 Moscow, 1992 Rio de Janeiro, 1993 Kyoto, etc.)

1989 In his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize His Holiness the Dalai Lama proposes that Tibet become an international peace zone and ecological reserve
http://www.tibet.com

International Network of Engaged Buddhists founded in Bangkok by Thai social critic, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sulak Sivaraksa embraces environmental interests
http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.org

1990 Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology (Badiner)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama keynote speaker at the interfaith symposium on "Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue," Middlebury College, Vermont (Rockefeller and Elder 1992)

1991 Buddhism and Nature international symposium on the occasion of EXPO 1990 at The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, Japan (Schmithausen 1991)

1992 Buddhism and Ecology (Batchelor and Brown 1992), book in series on World Religions and Ecology sponsored by World Wide Fund for Nature in England

Buddhists included in Declaration of the Sacred Earth Gathering of Spiritual Leaders at the UNCED Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1993 International Conference on Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue with Buddhism, New Delhi, India, October 2-4, includes declaration "Towards Ecological Responsibility: An Appeal for Commitment" (Martin 1997, Stewart 1993:37)

"Dharma: How Green Can it Grow? Rethinking Environmentalism" special section of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
http://www.tricycle.com

1995 Buddhists included in the Summit on Religion and Conservation at Ohito, Japan, and at Windsor, England, in association with the Alliance on Religion and Conservation at Manchester, England

1996 Consultation on Buddhism and Ecology, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2-5, leads to book Buddhism and Ecology (Tucker and Williams 1997)
http://environment.harvard.edu/religion

1997 Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter (Morgante 1997) published from conference proceedings by the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century
http://www.brc21.org

1998 Buddhism and Nature Conservation (Kabilsingh 1998) published in collaboration with Wildlife Fund Thailand in Bangkok with support from the UNEP

1999 Cry From the Forest: A "Buddhism and Ecology" Community Learning Tool published by the Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in association with UNESCO

2000 Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (Kaza and Kraft 2000)

2003 Asian Buddhist Network established at the Garrison Institute to coordinate application of Buddhism in environmental and community development projects in Asia
http://www.garrisoninstitute.org