One Planet and One Habitation
Sustainability and Environmental Efforts by Bahá’í Communities Around the World
The Bahá’í International Community’s United Nations Office in New York has recently established a website highlighting case studies of Bahá’í communities around the world focusing on sustainability and environmental efforts, including one in this country.
“Bahá’í efforts toward environmental sustainability are grounded in the conviction that humanity is organic with the natural world—that the human heart cannot be separated from the environment around it. For Bahá’ís, advancing a materially and spiritually flourishing civilization in harmony with the natural world is central to the human sense of meaning and purpose. “Nature is God’s Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world,” Bahá’u’lláh writes. The natural world is a trust for which all members of the human family are responsible.”
At present, the site includes a 13-minute film “Tanna-A Study in Leadership and Action” as well as case studies from
“Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.”
~ Bahá’u’lláh