Useful Materials

USEFUL MATERIALS

The following references and links to materials may be helpful for community-based activities in education, training, environmental improvement, and social and economic development projects. Suggestions for additional materials are welcomed, especially for links to those available over the Internet.

Environmentally Sustainable Bahá'í Properties
Spiritual Reflections, Scientific Information and Practical Ideas
by Christine Muller

Practical advice on how to manage Bahá'í properties responsibly including
landscaping and the outdoors, buildings, and daily living practice.
Download pdf.

Environmentally sustainable practices for Bahá’í properties
Guidance from the Bahá'í World Centre, 14 March 2024

Three-panel poster exhibit about the International Environment Forum prepared for the 2010 Annual Conference. Downloaded in a doc format (26 MB), the posters can be printed on an A3 format colour printer.

Brochure about the IEF (pdf 1.7 MB in 3-fold A4 format)

Timeline Chart on the Bahá'í Faith and the Environment
- Download Timeline Chart on the Bahá'í Faith and the Environment (docx)

The Eco Principle:
Radio interview in Budapest with IEF President Arthur Dahl
November 2005 (mp3 - 82 MB - 50 min.)
http://www.pararadio.hu/archivum/musorok/ARTHUR_Report.mp3
https://iefworld.org/fl/Dahl_Budapest_Eco.mp3

Religion and Environment

Extract from UNEP discussion paper for the Global Ministerial Environmental Forum 2001

Contributions of the United Nations Environment Programme to the Preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Extract from UNEP discussion paper for the Global Ministerial Environmental Forum 2002

"We the Peoples": The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century

Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
2000

Training course in small island environmental management

A revised version for all rural communities in developing countries is available on the IEF web site

Traditional environmental knowledge in New Caledonia

An example of the rich tradition of environmental management in many indigenous cultures. It could inspire efforts to preserve and adapt such knowledge in local environmental management.