26th – 29th June: International Environment Forum 29th annual conference
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- May 11
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Join us for a weekend of reflection, collaboration, and action—where science, values, and community come together for a sustainable future!
The program will include study sessions, discussions, outdoor activities, and a hybrid panel.
Registration deadline: 12 June
At a time when the forces of disintegration, including the triple environmental crisis of
climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, are threatening people everywhere, the
world-wide Bahá’à community is working at the grass roots to strengthen forces of
integration, bringing people together for unity in diversity. The 29th annual conference of the International Environment Forum aims to contribute to these efforts toward building a world
where we live in harmony with nature and with each other. The primary tools we will explore
for this purpose are social action and public discourse.
There is a particular need to address the materialistic consumer society that has driven us
far beyond the sustainable limits of the Earth’s resources. Advertising and social media
cultivate addictions in the name of profits. Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy
theories entrap people in distrust and fear. The conference will explore these issues and
how to find positive ways forward, overcoming anxiety about the direction the world is taking
and providing both scientific knowledge and spiritual principles that can motivate
constructive action.
The conference will be participatory in its format and encourage joint learning. We welcome
people of all ages but particularly welcome youth and those working with youth and junior
youth groups as animators to explore how their activities relate to environmental issues as
part of their local - and global - reality. Together we can learn how to build capacity for both
public discourse and social action drawing on resources from Baha’i educational materials
and beyond. The conference organisers are also welcoming young and old Bahá'Ãs who are
engaged in environmental social action to share their experience. There may also be an
opportunity for a hands-on environmental project.
For more information, visit the conference website.
