Drawing from Buddhist teachings, psychology, and climate science, Susan will invite us further into reflection so we may feel buoyed and identify steps we can take as individuals and a community to be good stewards of the Earth.
Susan BauerWu PhD, RN is a contemplative scientist, clinician, and non-profit and health care leader. She is the author of A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis through the Power of our Hearts and Minds and the former President of the Mind & Life Institute, a non-profit co-founded by the Dalai Lama to bridge science and contemplative wisdom. She was an early researcher and teacher of mindfulness, and is an avid gardener and hiker who is nourished by trees and animals and awed by our reciprocal connection with nature. Susan is also the author of Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness (new release, May 2025).
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Unity of Charlottesville