One Planet, One Habitation – A Baha’i International Community Statement About the Natural World

The Baha’i International Community (BIC) has just released a new statement called One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahaʼi Perspective on Recasting Humanity’s Relationship With the Natural World.

The statement was written on the occasion of Stockholm+50, a major international environmental meeting of the United Nations that took place in Stockholm, Sweden, the first week of June 2022.

You can read and download the statement in full here: One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahaʼi Perspective on Recasting Humanity’s Relationship With the Natural World

According to the BIC release (which you can read in full here), “the statement was launched at an event the BIC co-hosted at the Swedish Parliament with a number of other civil society organizations, including the Climate Governance Commission and Global Women Leaders: Voices for Change and Inclusion. The event was moderated by Swedish Members of Parliament Anders Österberg and Mattias Vepsä.”

For more information about the BIC, and to read these statements and others, please visit the BIC’s website: www.bic.org

Lastly, you can also listen to audio readings of two other BIC statements here on Baha’i Blog:

• Towards Prosperity: The Role of Women and Men in Building A Flourishing World Civilization
• Beyond Mere Economics: A Moral Inquiry Into the Roots of Empowerment

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