Events

Talks

• June 2012, “Spiritual Ecology” Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
• March 26, 2013, “Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution” at Rotary Club of Honolulu.
• June 2013, “Spiritual Ecology,” Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
• July 10, 2014, “Spiritual Ecology: Is it a possible solution to the environmental crisis?” Bangkok, Thailand: Spirit in Education Movement. http://www.semsikkha.org/sem/index.php/news/snf-news/381-10-7-2557
• September 5, 2016, invited paper “Understanding of Spiritual Ecology Revolution,” for the workshop on “Ethics and ecology: Faith-based models for reconnecting with all sentient beings,” Honolulu, HI: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Congress/World Conservation Congress.
• December 11, 2020, invited presentation on “Spiritual Ecology” for the eConference Norwegian Asian Studies Network, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
• June 17, 2021, “Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism,” Research Center for Buddhist Studies, College of Language and Cultural Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, Zoom Lecture, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvArbu3_Pk.
• July 17, 2021, “Spiritual Ecology: Four Elemental Questions,” Spiritual Citizenship eConference on Spiritual Activism, Embodied Philosophy, New York City, https://www.embodiedphilosophy.com/.
• April 18, 2022, “Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism,” Hawai`i International Association of Buddhists, Honolulu, Hawai`i, annual membership meeting will follow the Earth Day program https://www.hawaiibuddhists.org/posts/2022earthday.

Interviews

• September 2007, “Spiritual Ecology: A New Movement Finds Commonality in Religious Tenets and Environmental Causes,” Malamalama 32(3). http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2007/09/f1-ecology.html.
• 2007, “The Spiritual Lives of Great Environmentalists,” Electronic Green Journal 25:1-9. http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/index.php/egj/article/viewArticle/3202/3169
• August 26, 2012, “Peace of the Rainbow” radio interview with Sonia Fabrigas on K108 (50 minutes). Website: http://www.peaceoftherainbow.com/.
• September 22, 2012, “Issues That Matter” television interview with Native Hawaiian anthropologist Dr. Lynette Cruz on local public access television Channel 53 NATV (60 minutes).
• March 1, 2013, “FuturePrimitive” telephone interview with Joanna Harcourt-Smith available as podcast (45 minutes). http://www.futureprimitive.org/2013/03/spiritual-ecology-a-quiet-revolution/
• October 1, 2013, “Leslie Sponsel on Spiritual Ecology, Connection, and Environmental Change,” Anthropology and Environment Society Engagement Blog http://www.aaanet.org/sections/ae/index.php/leslie-sponsel-on-spiritual-ecology-connection-and-environmental-change/.
• http://fore.research.yale.edu/news/item/leslie-sponsel-on-spiritual-ecology-connection-and-environmental-change/
• http://www.emergingearthcommunity.org/innerfeed?source_site=fore&page_title=Leslie+Sponsel+on+Spiritual+Ecology%2C+Connection%2C+and+
• Environmental+Change&article_id=6&feed_type=news&news_url=news%2Fitem%2Fleslie-sponsel-on-spiritual-ecology-connection-and-environmental-change%2F
• Marion Institute - http://www.marioninstitute.org/blog/2013/03/spiritual-ecology-quiet-revolution-interview-leslie-e-sponsel
• Adamski, Mary, 2015 (September 25), “Getting Spiritual About Ecology,” Hawaii Catholic Herald http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.com/2015/09/25/mary-adamski-getting-spiritual-about-ecology/
• Coleman, Stuart H., 2015, “The Rise of Spiritual Ecology,” Green: Hawaii`s Sustainable Living Magazine
• DeMello, Croydon, 2021 (July 26), podcast interview with “Leslie E. Sponsel on Spiritual Ecology,” Toronto, Canada: The Focal Thought #55 (33 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIdFjhpBfA
• “Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism,” Research Center for Buddhist Studies, College of Language and Cultural Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, Zoom Lecture, June 17, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvArbu3_Pk.
• The Kerulos Center for Nonviolence – Living One – Spring 2023 Series – Earth Restoration and the Evolution of Human Consciousness Spiritual Ecology interview with Leslie E. Sponsel, June 12, 2023 (63 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsPUzFq3MU4

Selected Readings and Websites

• https://kerulos.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sponsel-References.pdf