This is the "template" for conference organisation as requested by Wendi.
General Overview of Virtual IEF Conference Organisation
Areas of action, distribution of responsibilities, and timeline for planning Areas of consultation and action
Agree on an Overall Conference Theme – sometimes relating to a conference taking place around that time toward which the IEF wants to contribute content.
From Environmental Crisis to Collective Stewardship for Humankind:
Reframing climate and environmental issues as the need for system-wide transformation of our material, social and spiritual life.
Possible Guiding Questions:
· What are the roots of the environmental crisis? Is this crisis limited to ecological and technical challenges - or part of a wider systemic crisis of overall humanity?
1. Conceptual Orientation - The discussion highlighted the importance of framing the conference around the broader moment of transition facing humanity. - Many aspects of the current global order appear to be under strain. Social, economic, and environmental challenges suggest that humanity is passing through a period characterised by both disintegrative forces, visible in the breakdown of existing systems, and integrative forces, which are gradually giving rise to new patterns of cooperation, governance, and collective responsibility.
High-Level Structure: IEF -> IEF: what can the IEF do to improve itself? IEF -> wider society: what can the IEF do to contribute to the wider society? IEF -> Bahá'Ãs: what can the IEF do to contribute to Bahá'Ãs?
