Earth Care Day (London, UK)

Earth Care Day is a one-day workshop in London, UK, for people who want to bring meditation practice and practical care for the natural world together. It is described as a day of working and practising together, expressing our care and connectedness to all life. The day is led by Zohar Lavie, an Insight Meditation teacher, who is joined by a second teacher: James Blake on one occasion, and Nathan Glyde on another.

What to Expect

The day combines two strands: shared work and shared practice. Rather than treating meditation and ecological care as separate pursuits, it holds them side by side, so that care for the earth becomes part of how attention and kindness are practised. The emphasis is on doing this together, as a group, in London.

The Earth Care Day is offered through SanghaSeva, whose gatherings emphasise wisdom and compassion in ecological and humanitarian service.

About Nathan Glyde

Nathan Glyde is an Insight Meditation teacher recognised by Gaia House in the UK. He has practised and studied meditation since 1997 and has shared teachings on retreats since 2007. In 2004 he co-founded SanghaSeva, whose retreats bring wisdom and compassion into ecological and humanitarian service.

With Zohar Lavie, Nathan writes the materials for and runs DependentOrigination.org, a body of work on the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination: the understanding that all things arise reliant on other causes and conditions. The two describe it as a practical exploration of how everything leans, looking at how stress depends on thirsting and how seeing such dependencies opens a path to freedom. Nathan and Zohar also offer retreats, online drop-in groups and meditation sessions.

About Zohar Lavie

Zohar Lavie teaches alongside Nathan Glyde in retreats, online drop-in groups and meditation sessions, and co-creates the dependent origination teachings that the two share. He leads Earth Care Day in London and joins a range of SanghaSeva and Gaia House programmes.

Before You Go

Earth Care Day is a gathering for anyone drawn to combining meditation with practical care for the earth. The event is held in London, UK. Because the day involves working together, it makes sense to come prepared for shared activity as well as practice.