Day Three of Khoryug Conference The morning of Day Three consisted of overview on the next steps for Khoryug, including large joint projects that will be carried out in the next few months. Given that the majority of Khoryug monasteries faced difficulties in implementing waste management, especially due to the lack of recycling capabilities in...

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November 15, 2010 Day Two focused on providing training on project management to the attending Khoryug monasteries and nunneries. The training was given by Dr. Sarala Khaling from WWF Nepal, and Dekila Chungyalpa from WWF US. This consisted of sessions on: - Project design (including implementation planning) - Monitoring and evaluation of...

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November 14, 2010 The conference was hosted by Kagyu Nalanda Institute, Karma Rinpoche’s monastery. It began with an update of current trends for biodiversity, and global environmental conditions. There was a short overview on previous environmental training including that of the earth’s biological cycle. ___________ The monasteries...

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Third Khoryug Conference to be held in Bylakuppe, South India The third Khoryug Conference will begin on the 14th of November and end the 16th of November, 2010 in Bylakuppe, Mysore. The conference is hosted by Kagyu Nalanda Institute, the monastery of Venerable Karma Tulku Rinpoche, and will be attended by 31 monasteries and 7 nunneries from...

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His Holiness gives an environmental interview to Asia Sentinel Late July 2010, His Holiness spoke with Saransh Sehgal with the Asia Sentinel on reaching out to his followers to seek to revive the ecological consciousness of the Tibetan people. An excerpt from the interview follows. To read the full interview, please go...

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European Translators Make an Offering of Words to His Holiness, the Karmapa As part of their commitment to His Holiness’s environmental vision, translators affiliated with Kagyu Centers in the west offer their translations of the Environmental Guidelines for Kagyu Monasteries and Centers! They hope that this will increase eco-buddhist...

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Seven months after the launch of the forestation project at Gaya Airport, Tergar Monastery has begun planting the majority of tree saplings in partnership with the Gaya Airport Authority in the allocated area. We hope that this brings pleasure to everyone who uses the airport for their pilgrimage to the holy land of Bodh Gaya. This project was...

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June 5th, 2010 Khoryug is very happy to announce that it has received the TESI Environmental Service Award for 2010. Here are quotes from the Tibetan Sangha Ecoforum and from the TESI website announcing this recognition.  Quote from the Tibetan Sangha’s Eco-forum: “At 8:00AM today, on it’s founding anniversary, the Tesi...

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June 5, 2010 – Dharamsala At 2:30PM, in front of an audience of hundreds, His Holiness gave a public speech on environmental issues, and what we can do to avoid harming the environment. Participating in the event was Gyuto Khen Rinpoche, Lama Omze, and a large audience consisting of those with an interest in environmental protection. The...

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His Holiness explains how he designed the Khoryug logo and what he hopes it will achieve: The basic symbol within the Khoryug logo is the Kagyu Monlam design of two hands that are clasping each other. I have spoken on this before; we sentient beings live on this Earth and it protects us and gives us this precious life. We need to treat it in the...

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