This video, shared from the Bahá'í National Center's youtube channel, highlights the participation of one Bahá'í individual in an interfaith effort to raise awareness of environmental issues and specifically climate change. Although Christine is working in Rhode Island, the spiritual aspect of our care for the environment must transcend regional and national concerns; it is just as applicable here in the Gorge as it is anywhere else in the world.
Over the course of the past summer, Baha'i communities around the world organized a total of 114 youth conferences attended by tens of thousands of young people, including 7 from right here in the Gorge. The purpose of the conferences was to foster consultation on themes such as "the characteristics inherent to the period of youth, the historical contribution of young people to the transformation of society, the responsibilities of the present generation of youth, the society-building power of the Bahá’í Teachings, and the importance of faith and tenacity to a life of service."
About a year ago, Rainn Wilson recorded this video promoting the documentary Education Under Fire, which will be shown at the White Salmon Valley Community Library on September 21, 2012.
For more, see http://gorge.local.bahai.us/event/education-under-fire-1030.
