Joe Mishan, Bishops Stortford, UK

Joseph Mishan is a psychotherapist and meditator of over 20 years in the Insight Meditation tradition. He is a founding member of an engaged Buddhist organisation which is active on the issues of climate and the wider poly-crisis. He is a trained facilitator of Climate Cafes and has attended many grief rituals run by the embracing grief community in London. 

Santacitta, Brighton, UK

Santacitta is dedicated to sharing the Dharma through meditation, study, and community engagement. She has a particular interest in supporting women’s practice and fostering spaces of depth, connection, and kindness. Her approach emphasises steady, wholehearted practice and the integration of Buddhist principles into everyday life. She has been active in Buddhist-inspired Nonviolent Direct Action in relation to the Climate and Ecological Crises. 

Sarvajit, Cambridge, UK

Sarvajit has been attending the Cambridge Buddhist Centre since 2007, and was Ordained in 2019. He has been a climate activist for over 20 years, and has run a group in Cambridge (now part of Triratna Earth Sangha) exploring social action within Buddhism, for the last decade. 

Rowan Tilly, Bristol, UK

Rowan Tilly is a GFR mitra, living in Bristol.  She offers expertise in nonviolent civil resistance to groups including Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil.  She has participated in many successful actions including disarming a fighter jet to protect East Timor, shutting down a trade globalisation convention in Seattle, climbing into Buckingham Palace to stop UK nuclear testing and sitting on the M25 to stop climate change.  See also https://courtinglife.uk/about/rowan/ 

Sanghanath, Cambridge, UK

Rooted in Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s vision and guided by Buddhist values of compassion, generosity, and social transformation, Sanghanath works to embody these principles through action and community building. Born in rural India and now living in the UK for over 20 years, his life was deeply shaped by Karuna’s work while he was growing up. Having been part of the organisation for more than 16 years, he brings lived experience and a strong commitment to social change. https://karuna.org/ 

Satya Robyn, Malvern, UK

Satya Robyn (she/her) is a writer, a Buddhist minister with Bright Earth, and a psychotherapist using Internal Family Systems. She completed a year of daily hour-long Earth vigils and another year of daily Earth prayers, both in her local town of Malvern.  

Sanghasīha, London, UK

Sanghasīha has led Buddhism and Deep Ecology residential and camping retreats, workshops and retreat days for over ten years. He has a particular interest in Deep Listening as a way of connecting deeply with the natural world and believes that environmental activism is an essential activity for the engaged Buddhist. 

Shantigarbha, Bristol, UK

Shantigarbha is a British Buddhist teacher, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainer, and co-director of Seed of Peace. He is author of The Burning House: A Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency: https://www.windhorsepublications.com/product/the-burning-house/ 

Yogaratna, Cambridge, UK

Yogaratna has been exploring Buddhist (including activist) responses to the climate crisis since 2006.  He has done four four-month solitaries, and lived in Buddhist communities for over 30 years.  He has worked as a dementia carer since 2009, lives with his partner and is learning classical guitar.

Guhyasakhi, London, UK

Guhyasakhi is a retired Educational Psychologist. She has three decades of practicing the healing art of Shiatsu and provides sessions in this, Chi Nei Tsang, classical shamanism and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).  Four years ago, she began training in horticulture at a small organic farm in north London.  Two years ago, she started growing plants for food and beauty at her allotment.  Bearing in mind the polycrises of these times, food growing is part of global movements for sovereignty and land justice. This talk brings a buddhist perspective to this.