Environment - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/environment/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:37:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Earth Day and Faith Climate Action Week: Can Religion Address Climate Change? https://bahaiteachings.org/can-religion-address-climate-change/ https://bahaiteachings.org/can-religion-address-climate-change/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80325 In the Northern Hemisphere spring has sprung, flowers have bloomed, and just as Abdu’l-Baha affirmed in a speech he gave in Washington, DC in 1912, we all feel quickened with...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-religion-address-climate-change/feed/ 0 The Spiritual Meaning and Significance of Spring https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-of-spring/ https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-of-spring/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69607 The Spiritual Meaning and Significance of SpringEvery year, around the vernal equinox, the world seems to come alive. Depending on where you live in the Northern Hemisphere, trees and bushes that were once icy and barren...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-meaning-significance-of-spring/feed/ 2 A World-Embracing Vision for a Sustainable Future https://bahaiteachings.org/a-world-embracing-vision-for-a-sustainable-future/ https://bahaiteachings.org/a-world-embracing-vision-for-a-sustainable-future/#respond Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85227 The world map made of trees and lakesIf you could pick the future you’d like to see for humanity, what would it look like — and what will it take for all humanity to make our hope...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/a-world-embracing-vision-for-a-sustainable-future/feed/ 0 The 9 Different Types of Safety: From Physical to Emotional https://bahaiteachings.org/different-types-safety-physical-emotional/ https://bahaiteachings.org/different-types-safety-physical-emotional/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85289 two people hugging and displaying emotional safetyShoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, stated that the Baha’i community “should feel it to be its first and inescapable obligation to nurture, encourage, and safeguard every minority...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-significance-roses/feed/ 10 Dr. George Washington Carver: Inventor and Baha’i Advocate https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/ https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83429 Dr. George Washington Carver was one of the most famous African Americans of his time.  Although he was born into slavery, he later made history as an extraordinary inventor, agricultural...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-washington-carver-inventor-bahai-advocate/feed/ 2 Redefining Progress and Rethinking Economic Arrangements https://bahaiteachings.org/redefining-progress-and-rethinking-economic-arrangements/ https://bahaiteachings.org/redefining-progress-and-rethinking-economic-arrangements/#respond Sun, 31 Jul 2022 13:00:46 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77521 If humanity’s relationship with the natural world is to be refashioned, notions of progress, civilization, and development will need to be redefined.  Efforts in this direction, such as budgets centered...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/one-planet-one-habitation/feed/ 0 5 Ways to Relax Your Mind and Body https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-to-relax-your-mind-body/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-to-relax-your-mind-body/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75413 Everyone can relate to a tense body, an uneasy mind, or an agitated spirit.  When we’re feeling anxious and overwhelmed, we’re unable to function properly — our mental faculties and...

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