View the Wege Lecture by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama:

http://ummedia12.rs.itd.umich.edu/snre/wege2008.wmv

Background on the lecture: As part of 2008 Earth Day activities, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will deliver a special Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 20. This is sponsored by the University of Michigan Office of the President and by the Center for Sustainable Systems in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Buddhist leader last visited Ann Arbor in 1994, when about 9,000 people attended a Thursday night lecture at Crisler Arena.

In addition to the public Lecture, the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ann Arbor will include a day-and-a-half of formal Buddhist teachings and an awards presentation that will be sponsored by Jewel Heart, an Ann Arbor-based Tibetan Buddhist center; The Tibet Fund; and the Garrison Institute. Fees will be charged for the teaching sessions. For more information about those events, go to www.DalaiLamaAnnArbor.com.

His Holiness has long held views on the subject of the environment and has talked about it in the past. One address carried these statements:

"We are also being drawn together by the grave problems we face: overpopulation, dwindling natural resources, and an environmental crisis that threatens our air, water, and trees, along with the vast number of beautiful life forms that are the very foundation of existence on this small planet we share. I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the real key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace, the equitable use of natural resources and, through concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment."