Month: October 2026
There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie Driscoll as reflected on by Giani Harpreet Singh
At four in the morning at Gurdwara Sahib Dasvandh, the road outside is already awake. The heavy freight trucks roll through our junction, their tires humming against the damp tarma
The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot as reflected on by Giani Harpreet Singh
Every morning before dawn breaks over the freight corridors and container terminals surrounding our Gurdwara, our Langar hearths are lit. Long-haul truck drivers, warehouse packers
Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters as reflected on by Giani Harpreet Singh
Here at Gurdwara Sahib Dasvandh, the hum of long-haul diesel engines rarely ceases. We sit squarely in the belly of the regional freight corridor, surrounded by distribution yards,
Meet Barbie Pig: new documentary reveals the wonders of life on the Pacific seabed as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Walking the seawall here at Harborview Point before morning zazen, the Pacific often appears as a flat, grey mirror reflecting the marine fog. We look out across the swell and imag
Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At dawn in Harborview Point, the tide pulls back over the rocky shelf, leaving behind kelp, smooth stones, and the sharp tang of salt. Down at the docks, the diesel engines of the
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Early this morning, before the zendo bell sounded for dawn sitting, I walked along the lower marina here in Harborview Point. The fog was hanging low over the tide pools, blurring
Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
When the sun dips behind the ridge here in Pine Ridge, the valley cools fast, and you can sit on the church porch and watch the twilight come alive. It does not take long before th
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
After our dawn prayer at Al-Fajr Islamic Center, a few elders gathered in the foyer to discuss the weekly clean-up along the alley behind the market. In an overcrowded urban quarte
Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Before dawn settles over Harborview Point, the tide pulls back from the mudflats beneath our zendo, leaving quiet pools of salt water where herons wait motionless. In Zen, we spend
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At dawn in Harborview Point, a cool salt fog rolls off the water and wraps itself around the cedar pillars of our zendo. Sitting on the cushion, listening to the tide lap against t