Love for Mother Earth and humanity

INTERNATIONAL Mother Earth Day, on 22 April, is a global call for action to protect the earth’s resources — bearing in mind that the future prosperity and the peaceful co-existence of people will greatly depend on access to, and conservation of, natural resources.

- FLORA TECKIE

The Baha'i International Community, in its statement entitled ‘One Planet, One Habitation’ states that, “As the grave effects of surpassing planetary limits become increasingly apparent, from climate change to biodiversity loss to environmental degradation and pollution, humanity is being compelled to develop more mature, collaborative, and constructive relationships between its peoples and with the natural environment”.

The statement underlines that one of the main challenges is the gap between intention and action. This gap, says the Baha'i International Community, can be bridged by efforts of individuals, communities, and nations who are contributing their share toward this goal. However, the pace of transformation has not yet risen to the demands of the moment.

“For action to rise to the scales required, far stronger consensus and collective will among the nations is needed around the values demanded by the current stage of humanity’s development”, reads the statement.