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Baha’is champion rationality and science as essential for human progress. The harmony of science and religion is one of the fundamental principles of the Baha’i Faith, which teaches that truth is one and that religion, without science, soon degenerates into superstition and fanaticism, while science without religion becomes merely the instrument of crude materialism.

Empathy and Hope: Baha’i Principles and Psychological Insights in Conversations about Climate Change

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In this short talk, produced and shared by the UK Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Sandra Ballester, a psychotherapist and counsellor, brings together her professional expertise and concepts from the Baha’i Faith in order to provide suggestions for sensitively navigating difficult conversations around climate change with empathy and hope.

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In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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