The Loka Initiative
@lokainitiative.bsky.social
The Loka Initiative is an environmental & climate partnership platform for community & faith leaders & culture keepers of Indigenous traditions @CenterHealthyMinds at UW-Madison. Learn more about our Deep Resilience vision and work at lokainitiative.org!
🌿 Spread the word! The Loka Initiative is hiring an Admin Assistant! In this role, you will work closely with the Loka team, providing essential operational, programmatic, and communication support our projects on capacity building with partners, online courses, and cross disciplinary research.
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🌿 Spread the word! The Loka Initiative is hiring an Admin Assistant! In this role, you will work closely with the Loka team, providing essential operational, programmatic, and communication support our projects on capacity building with partners, online courses, and cross disciplinary research.
Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth unveils the deep connection of Wisconsin’s Native American tribes to the land and waters of the Great Lakes and how that seeds their efforts to restore spiritual, cultural, and environmental resilience. We premiere this Wednesday, July 16th at the Menominee Reservation!
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth unveils the deep connection of Wisconsin’s Native American tribes to the land and waters of the Great Lakes and how that seeds their efforts to restore spiritual, cultural, and environmental resilience. We premiere this Wednesday, July 16th at the Menominee Reservation!
In these turbulent times, we must ground ourselves & find strength in our relationship with Mother Earth. Here is a recent @tricyclemag.bsky.social talk our director @dchungyalpa.bsky.social gave on how humanity treats water & the wisdom and compassion it teaches us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyN9...
In Deep Water: Learning to Build Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene with Dekila Chungyalpa
YouTube video by Tricycle
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June 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In these turbulent times, we must ground ourselves & find strength in our relationship with Mother Earth. Here is a recent @tricyclemag.bsky.social talk our director @dchungyalpa.bsky.social gave on how humanity treats water & the wisdom and compassion it teaches us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyN9...
A great highlight by @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social on Loka's current research embedded in our online Psychology of Deep Resilience course! Check it out:
A new CHM study seeks to understand the impacts of “Psychology of Deep Resilience” (PDR) – an online four-course program launched by the @lokainitiative.bsky.social last year about navigating climate change distress.
Read the full story now!
centerhealthyminds.org/news/study-h...
Read the full story now!
centerhealthyminds.org/news/study-h...
April 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A great highlight by @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social on Loka's current research embedded in our online Psychology of Deep Resilience course! Check it out:
As the Earth awakens this spring, so did our April newsletter, with some fresh updates from Loka! 🌸 Have you had a chance to read it? Find it here: www.lokainitiative.org/newsletters
Don't miss out on future news – subscribe to Loka's newsletter at explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌱
Don't miss out on future news – subscribe to Loka's newsletter at explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌱
April 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As the Earth awakens this spring, so did our April newsletter, with some fresh updates from Loka! 🌸 Have you had a chance to read it? Find it here: www.lokainitiative.org/newsletters
Don't miss out on future news – subscribe to Loka's newsletter at explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌱
Don't miss out on future news – subscribe to Loka's newsletter at explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌱
We truly love this recent Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies interview of dear Loka advisors along with our director @dchungyalpa.bsky.social - give it a read! 🌍🌎🌏 nelson.wisc.edu/how-to-build...
🌎 To face the climate crisis, we have to feel it first. 🌎 A must-read article that digs deeper into building climate courage ahead of Earth Day, with interviews from @lokainitiative.bsky.social Director Dekila Chungyalpa, CHM Founder Dr. Richard J. Davidson & more! nelson.wisc.edu/how-to-build...
How to Build Climate Courage
Fill in the blank: It takes courage to ___________.
nelson.wisc.edu
April 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We truly love this recent Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies interview of dear Loka advisors along with our director @dchungyalpa.bsky.social - give it a read! 🌍🌎🌏 nelson.wisc.edu/how-to-build...
Loka's thrilled to be part of @uwmadison.bsky.social's Earth Fest 2025! 🌎 @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability are proudly co-hosting this year's Earth Fest Forum! Details: earthfest.wisc.edu/events/earth...
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Loka's thrilled to be part of @uwmadison.bsky.social's Earth Fest 2025! 🌎 @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability are proudly co-hosting this year's Earth Fest Forum! Details: earthfest.wisc.edu/events/earth...
We're excited for @tricyclemag.bsky.social's Buddhism & Ecology Summit in a few weeks! Join @dchungyalpa.bsky.social on April 24th, 11 a.m. ET for a water-focused talk, "In Deep Water: Learning to Build Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene." Learn more and register: tricycle.org/events/the-b...
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We're excited for @tricyclemag.bsky.social's Buddhism & Ecology Summit in a few weeks! Join @dchungyalpa.bsky.social on April 24th, 11 a.m. ET for a water-focused talk, "In Deep Water: Learning to Build Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene." Learn more and register: tricycle.org/events/the-b...
Loka was deeply honored and grateful to present our Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth documentary project to the Great Lakes InterTribal Council in Madison,WI this week. We can't wait for the film's summer 2025 launch! Stay tuned for updates and don't miss the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKey... 🌎
March 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Loka was deeply honored and grateful to present our Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth documentary project to the Great Lakes InterTribal Council in Madison,WI this week. We can't wait for the film's summer 2025 launch! Stay tuned for updates and don't miss the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKey... 🌎
Spring is almost here, and so is Loka's March newsletter with some lovely news and updates! Take a look - go.wisc.edu/642bg8
Be sure to subscribe so you won’t miss any upcoming issues: explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌎
Be sure to subscribe so you won’t miss any upcoming issues: explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌎
March 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Spring is almost here, and so is Loka's March newsletter with some lovely news and updates! Take a look - go.wisc.edu/642bg8
Be sure to subscribe so you won’t miss any upcoming issues: explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌎
Be sure to subscribe so you won’t miss any upcoming issues: explore.wisc.edu/loka 🌎
We wholeheartedly endorse this letter from the Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social, our home at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We are deeply grateful to be part of a community so committed to advancing individual, community, and planetary wellbeing 🌏
Our Commitment to the Science and Practice of Wellbeing - A statement from the Center for Healthy Minds: centerhealthyminds.org/news/2025-ch...
March 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We wholeheartedly endorse this letter from the Center for Healthy Minds @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social, our home at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We are deeply grateful to be part of a community so committed to advancing individual, community, and planetary wellbeing 🌏
Hot off the press! Loka's director Dekila @dchungyalpa.bsky.social recently joined our lovely friends at @1earthsangha.bsky.social for a vital discussion on global leadership, community-based Dharma & Earth-based practices, deep resilience & visions for the future: oneearthsangha.org/articles/the...
The Long Marathon • Dekila Chungyalpa
In this one-on-one interview with One Earth Sangha, Dekila Chungyalpa speaks about Earth-based practice, deep resilience, and wise leadership. 🌏
oneearthsangha.org
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hot off the press! Loka's director Dekila @dchungyalpa.bsky.social recently joined our lovely friends at @1earthsangha.bsky.social for a vital discussion on global leadership, community-based Dharma & Earth-based practices, deep resilience & visions for the future: oneearthsangha.org/articles/the...
Hey Folks! Did you know Loka has a monthly newsletter full of inspiring stories, updates & partner highlights?? Sign up at explore.wisc.edu/loka!
This month we're proud to offer a nourishing interview ft. our dear friend, Kaira Jewel Lingo - check out the Feb. 25' issue at go.wisc.edu/fgee4w 🌎
This month we're proud to offer a nourishing interview ft. our dear friend, Kaira Jewel Lingo - check out the Feb. 25' issue at go.wisc.edu/fgee4w 🌎
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey Folks! Did you know Loka has a monthly newsletter full of inspiring stories, updates & partner highlights?? Sign up at explore.wisc.edu/loka!
This month we're proud to offer a nourishing interview ft. our dear friend, Kaira Jewel Lingo - check out the Feb. 25' issue at go.wisc.edu/fgee4w 🌎
This month we're proud to offer a nourishing interview ft. our dear friend, Kaira Jewel Lingo - check out the Feb. 25' issue at go.wisc.edu/fgee4w 🌎
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Climate Action Tracker: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
RELEASE: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
Only six of the countries the Climate Action Tracker analyses (1) have submitted their new 2035 climate targets in time for the Paris Agreement's 10 February 2025 deadline, and only one — the UK — is proposing actions at home that are 1.5°C-aligned.
climateactiontracker.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Climate Action Tracker: The climate is warming and sea levels rising way faster than governments are acting
Need a 40 second break? Take a #deepbreath: One Planet, All Beings, Deeply Resilient! We are all interdependent, we are alive now & we are capable of changing our behavior, our institutions, our societies & global systems to live in harmony with all of life on Earth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w51k...
One Planet. All Beings. Deeply Resilient.
YouTube video by The Loka Initiative
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February 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Need a 40 second break? Take a #deepbreath: One Planet, All Beings, Deeply Resilient! We are all interdependent, we are alive now & we are capable of changing our behavior, our institutions, our societies & global systems to live in harmony with all of life on Earth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w51k...
We love it! Our first skeet is a reskeet of @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social sharing a feature on our director, @dchungyalpa.bsky.social, talking about why we built a conceptual framework and FREE course program on Deep Resilience!
Check out the latest feature on @dchungyalpa.bsky.social, director of the Loka Initiative at Center for Healthy Minds, who is meeting uncertainty with resilience.
Read more now!
Read more now!
The Short Story: Three Realms of Resilience | Wisconsin Alumni Association
uwalumni.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We love it! Our first skeet is a reskeet of @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social sharing a feature on our director, @dchungyalpa.bsky.social, talking about why we built a conceptual framework and FREE course program on Deep Resilience!