Technological Obsolescence
A summary arising from an "Elevate" workshop exploring environmental concerns:
The International Environment Forum, as a Bahá'Ã-inspired professional organization for environment and sustainability, shares and upholds the principles and ideals of the Bahá'à Faith and supports its efforts to establish and promote peace, the unity of the human race, and an ever-advancing world civilization that preserves the ecological balance of the planet.
Year
2018
Event
UN Commission on Social Development
Towards a Just Economic Order: Conceptual Foundations and Moral Prerequisites
A statement of the Baha'i International Community to the 56th session of the Commission for Social Development
New York, 29 January 2018
The Climate Change Debate: a Bahá'à Perspective
Excerpts from a letter of the
Universal House of Justice
29 November 2017
UN Environment and Faith-Based Organizations
Report by Arthur Dahl
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits
by Erling Holden, Kristin Lingered, David Banister, Valeria Jana
Schwanitz and August Wierling.
London and New York: Earthscan from Routledge. 263 p.
published in July 2017.
book review by Arthur Lyon Dahl
Spiritual Leaders Deliver Interfaith Climate Declaration at COP23
By Bicycle
Personal Commitment and Invitation to UN Climate Conference:
European Center for Peace and Development
International Round Table, 27 October 2017
Global ECPD Youth Forum, 28 October 2017
Belgrade City Hall, Serbia
In Search of a Better World (book review)
by Arthur Lyon Dahl
The principles of the oneness of humankind; unity in diversity; moderation; the fundamental reality of increasing levels of cooperation, complexity, and reciprocity throughout the planet; and the vital importance of ecological balance; that are at the heart of IEF, come from the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892) the bicentenary of whose birth is being celebrated this year on 22 October 2017.
For Baha'is among our members who are interested in discussing climate change without becoming involved in partisan political disputes, IEF member Christine Muller has just published an article for the Wilmette Institute newsletter on "How Should Bahá’Ãs Talk about Climate Change? Applying Recent Institutional Guidance". The link to the article is http://wilmetteinstitute.org/how-should-bahais-talk-about-climate-change/.
