Bring Plum Village into your climate work, your communities and your daily life.
If you’ve joined a Climate & Nature Leaders retreat with Christiana Figueres and Plum Village, the Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (ZASP) online course offers you the chance to continue and deepen the journey together.
During our in-person retreats, we came together to channel our strong emotions and cultivate insight, mindfulness and compassion. Many of you have asked: how can we bring these practices into our daily lives, leadership, work, and communities?
ZASP creates the space to navigate our fear and despair with clarity; listen deeply even to those we disagree with; act collectively from love rather than anger; and find our way back home to each other.
Key details:
- Course dates: 18th October – 6th December 2026
- Alumni pathway: Live events in 2027 & course access until 2028
- Global Community: Connect through the course platform
Our aspiration is that what we experience together can continue to take root in our lives and, through us, in the world.
Pricing & Registration
Discounted rates available for the Climate Leaders community:
CLIMATE & NATURE LEADER REDUCED RATE
€200
Includes full ZASP Course and Alumni Pathway access, as a special offer for climate leaders.
FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS
Via Global Optimism
For young people and / or Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) and / or those from the Global South.
SPONSOR RATE
€600
Helps to support the Plum Village community and sustain ongoing access to the teachings.
Whether your practice has remained strong since joining a climate & nature retreat, or has become harder to sustain, or you simply feel called to go deeper, ZASP offers a way to continue the journey.
Christiana Figueres
What This Course Offers
Thay’s Teachings
Discover rare archival teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh on Engaged Buddhism and learn to apply them to your climate leadership.
Live Sessions with Monastics
Reconnect with monastic teachers through online events; ask questions from the heart and deepen your practice alongside people who’ve devoted their lives to this path..
Dharma Teachings
Experience profound teachings for a world in crisis, and reflect on how they might apply to your work and climate action.
Daily Meditation Practices
Bring the teachings into your daily life through guided meditations, contemplations, and
reflection questions.
Small Groups for Deep Listening
Sharing groups offer a way to practice deep listening, mindful sharing, and experience the power of collective practice.
A Living Community
Connect with changemakers and practitioners across the globe. As Thich Nhat Hanh said,
“the next Buddha will be a community”.
Jump To Practicalities
What to Expect?
- For the Climate & Nature Leaders’ Community, the ZASP course (18th October – 6th December) is being offered in combination with the ZASP Alumni Pathway (continued access until end of 2028).
- As part of the upcoming ZASP course, there are 5 live events which you can access via Zoom. All events will be recorded if you’re unable to make it live:
- Opening Event – Sunday 18th October, 19:30-20:30 CET
- Q&A Event – Sunday 1st November, 19:30-2030 CET
- Deep Relaxation (optional) – Sunday 15th November, 19:30-20:30 CEST
- Workshop -Sunday 22nd November, 19:30-21:00 CEST
- Closing Event – Sunday 6th December, 19:30-20:30 CEST
- Following the course you will be given access to the ZASP Alumni Pathway, which will allow ongoing access to all content until end of 2028, plus further live events at the start of 2027.
Meet Your Teachers
Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen master, poet, peace activist and spiritual teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) devoted his life to helping people transform suffering and build a more conscious, compassionate world. His teachings are at the heart of this course.
Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres has spent decades bringing people and nations together for climate action. Thay’s teachings touched her deeply, and she now offers retreats with Plum Village for climate & nature leaders, such as you. She is also a teacher on the ZASP course.
Plum Village Monastics & Lay Teachers
Sister Từ Nghiêm, Felipe Viveros, Sister Peace, Sister True Dedication, Christiana Figueres, Brother Pháp Hữu, Dr. Larry Ward, Sister Lăng Nghiêm, Sister Trai Nghiêm, Anh Tran (Nho),
Sister Tuệ Nghiêm, Brother Pháp Linh, Sister Chân Không, Brother Pháp Xả, Brother Pháp Dung, Sister Định Nghiêm, John Bell, Sister Chân Đức
What Participants Are Saying
Participants from over
120 countries, across 6 continents.
More connected to nature,
hopeful, empowered, & supported.
Shifts in self-awareness, agency, and
engagement with the world.
Statistics from: Wamsler, C. (2026). The Seeds We Sow: From Polycrisis and -Isms to Interbeing and Societal Transformation, Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 6(1), 92–140.
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