This forum is to introduce yourself and to get to know each other. It is also the place to ask any questions about the course.

Introduction to the Concept of Sustainability

1. What is your vision of an ideal world where sustainability is an integral part?
2. How do the Sustainable Development Goals reflect spiritual principles such as justice and the oneness of humanity?
3. Why do you think it has been so hard to put this sustainable development into practice despite decades of global effort?
4. What does sustainability mean for your own lifestyle and local community?

The Environmental Challenge and Bahá'í Approaches

1. What do planetary environmental limits mean for sustainability?
2. What do spiritual principles tell us about our responsibility for the environment?
3. What are the implications of environmental vulnerability for our local resource use and waste management?

Economics and Sustainability: Poverty and Wealth

1. What are some of the characteristics of the globalized economic system that make it unsustainable?
2. What role does work play in development?
3. What attitudes towards poverty and wealth will help us to achieve sustainable development?

Social Justice: Crises and Solutions

1. What are some of the principles of social organization that can guide society to a more sustainable course?
2. Why is it important to consider the spiritual dimension in social development?
3. Can violence and war be considered a symptom of unsustainability?

Future Perspectives on Human Prosperity

1. How are economic, social and environmental dimensions linked?
2. What do scenarios tell us about the sustainability of present material civilization? 
3. What changes are necessary to make society more sustainable? 
4. What are some of the spiritual principles that would make those changes possible?

Education for Sustainability: Individual and Community Action

1. How can we implement sustainable development at the individual level?
2. What are the most unsustainable things about your own life?
3. What do you plan to do after this course to live more sustainably?
4. How can we inspire others to engage in a learning process about sustainability?
5. What opportunities do you see for your community to engage in public discourse or social action about sustainability?