April 6–27, 2026
Join us for Tricycle’s Fifth Annual Buddhism & Ecology Summit, a donation-based, virtual event series featuring conversations with Buddhist teachers, environmentalists, and writers. The summit is sponsored by the BESS Family Foundation.
This year’s theme, A Sense of Belonging, explores how sensory perception can restore our relationship with the earth. Our senses are the very ground of our experience and mindful attention to them reveals our interdependence with all life. By reconnecting with the earth through our embodied senses, we can begin to dissolve the illusion of separation and cultivate a more intimate, caring relationship with the living world.
In addition to daily events from April 20–23, teachers from Spirit Rock’s EcoDharma Program will lead us in meditations that help us connect with the earth, grounding us in preparation for the discussions starting April 20 and offering a place for reflection and practice. These sessions will take place every Monday in April, beginning April 6.
Recordings of the events will be made available to all registrants.
This is a donation-based event with a suggested donation of $40.
Here are a few of the many wonderful events at this Summit:
Realizing Interbeing through Sensory Presence
With Christopher Ives
April 20, 2–3 p.m. ET
Listening to Earth: Tribal Nations and Buddhist Mindfulness Teachings on Perception, Presence, and Relationship
With Santacitta Bhikkhuni, Belinda Eriacho, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Stephen Posner, and Karen Waconda Lewis
April 21, 11 a.m. ET – 12:30 p.m. ET
Sensory Revolutionaries: How Floral Beauty Made Our World and Invites Us into Right Relationship
With David Haskell
April 21, 1–2 p.m. ET