From Deficit to Abundance: Seeing Capacity for Meaningful Contribution in all Populations and People

Year
2017
Event
55th Session of the Commission for Social Development, United Nations, 25 January 2017
Publication

https://www.bic.org/statements/deficit-abundance-seeing-capacity-meaningful-contribution-all-populations-and-people

From Deficit to Abundance: Seeing Capacity for Meaningful Contribution in all Populations and People

A statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the
55th Session of the Commission for Social Development
United Nations — 25 January 2017

On-line course on Agriculture

Submitted by admin on 13. December 2016 - 12:15

Baha'i Perspectives on Agriculture and Food
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The Bahá'í writings describe agriculture as a "a vital and important matter" foremost among the principles for "the advancement of mankind and the reconstruction of the world", but current agricultural policy prioritizes yield and profit over health and sustainability, the poor suffer, and climate change threatens the food supply.

IEF web site has migrated

The International Environment Forum website has just migrated to the latest version of the Drupal content management system. Some things could not be migrated, such as comments, and blogs were manually transferred with new dates. Most of the site will still be familiar, and new features will be added gradually as the technology permits. We have also installed an SSL certificate for greater security, so you should update your links with https: https://www.iefworld.org/ and https://iefworld.org. Please let us know if you find any problems, and thank you for your patience.

ECPD Conference on Globalization and Regionalization

Submitted by admin on 3. November 2016 - 22:37

ECPD Conference on Globalization and Regionalization

The European Center for Peace and Development of the University for Peace established by the United Nations, held its 12th ECPD International Conference at the City Hall in Belgrade, Serbia, 28-29 October 2016. IEF President Arthur Dahl has collaborated with EPCD for nine years., contributing to their annual conferences in the Western Balkans.

UNEP Executive Director speaks at Baha'i House of Worship in India

Submitted by admin on 30. September 2016 - 12:37

https://twitter.com/UNEP/status/782879155125948416

Erik Solheim, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Prorogramme (UNEP), spoke on "Faith and Environment" at the Baha'i House of Worship (Lotus Temple) in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday 5 October 2016, with more than hundred people attending from the diplomatic corps, representatives of civil society groups and faith-based organizations, academics, students and journalists.

International Symposium on Ethics of Environmental Health

Submitted by admin on 6. September 2016 - 13:57

3rd International Symposium on Ethics of Environmental Health

Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic, 28-31 August 2016

The 3rd International Symposium on Ethics of Environmental Health was held in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic, on 28-31 August 2016, organized by International Environment Forum member Friedo Zölzer of the University of South Bohemia. More than 20 specialists in medicine, physics, toxicology, epidemiology, environmental science, technology, philosophy, ethics, law and governance from around the world shared multidisciplinary perspectives on the interface between science and ethics in managing the risks that environmental factors present for health.

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