International Environment Forum

The Climate Ethics Campaign is aiming for 1,000 endorsements of its new climate change statement by November 30th, the day the campaign plans to officially release and circulate the statement on Capitol Hill.

A representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha‘is of the United States recently endorsed the statement, titled “Statement of Our Nation’s Moral Obligation to Address Climate Change”

To the hosts: These materials are offered as a resource for reflection and meditation on themes of climate change and environmental stewardship. The selections have been drawn from the Sacred Texts of the Bahá’í Faith, which are sources of guidance relevant to the needs of the age we live in. While the writings may not give explicit instructions on how to respond to the threats of climate change, meditating on the themes therein will inspire and assist those who arise to take action, whether as individual initiative or collective response. In preparing for your devotional program, you may wish to choose holy writings from this compilation, add prayers and scripture from the world’s other great religious traditions, and intersperse the readings with befitting musical selections.

Introduction: The first few passages are extracts from documents published by the Bahá’í International Community that introduce the Bahá’í perspective on ushering in an era of planetary justice, prosperity and unity. They can be shared either beforehand to put the selection of prayers and writings into context or after the devotional program to stimulate discussion.