Name: Protagonists for Sustainability
Start: 2026-08-08T10:30:00-0400
End: 2026-08-08T11:45:00-0400

Saturday August 8, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will focus on how we all can be protagonists for environmental sustainability, by learning, taking action and fostering meaningful conversations that relate Bahá’í principles to societal discourses around custodianship of the Earth and equitable development. Tackling the immense challenges of climate change requires understanding of the science, the need for tradeoffs in solutions, adaptability to changing scenarios, and respect for different perspectives as we seek a unity-building approach. We draw on the past five years of ABS reading groups and workshops, and welcome young and old, and diverse views, to help us explore how we can constructively engage with individuals, communities and institutions.

Speakers

Darren Hedley

Darren Hedley (PhD) is Adjunct Professor of Global Development Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada, and a consultant to international development agencies in program and policy management, particularly in the areas of food and water security, resilience and climate adaptation... Read More →

Leslie Cole

Leslie Cole became a Bahá’í in the Yukon in 1981 and lived and worked in the North for eight years. Her M.A. was on cultural change on Baffin Island from the 1950s-1980s. Leslie’s book Under One Tent: A History of Bahá’ís in Northern Canada will be published in Spring 2026... Read More →

Nancy Dinnigan-Prashad

Writer/researcher/editor focused on environmental health and justice: heat, air quality, disaster prevention, contaminated communities. Many years of medical and legal advocacy/intervention for people with FASD. Serves on national justice committee (fasdjustice.ca). Currently works... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
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Development / Sustainability, Breakout

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50th ABS Annual Conference

Darren Hedley

Leslie Cole

Nancy Dinnigan-Prashad

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50th ABS Annual Conference

Darren Hedley

Leslie Cole

Nancy Dinnigan-Prashad

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