BAHÁ'Í CURRICULUM VITAE - Arthur Lyon DAHL

Communities ¦ Institutions ¦ Pioneer/travel teacher ¦ Service activities ¦ Events ¦ Bibliography


Born into a Bahá'í family in 1942 in California, USA
Declaration in 1957 (after 15 years as a Bahá'í child)

Bahá'í communities and groups

Palo Alto, California (1942-1954); Monterey-Carmel J.D., California (1954-1960); Stanford, California (1960-1964); Goleta, California (1964-1969); Washington, D.C. (1969-1970); Alexandria, Virginia (1970-1974); Nouméa, New Caledonia (1974-1976); Mont-Dore, New Caledonia (1976-1981); Nouméa, New Caledonia (1981-1985); Pentrez, Finistère, France (1985-1986); St. Pierre d'Albigny, Savoie, France (1986-1987); St. Jean de la Porte, Savoie, France (1987-1989); Nairobi, Kenya (1989-1991); Geneva, Switzerland (1991-1993); Vernier, Switzerland (1993 to date)

Participation in Bahá'í institutions

Bahá'í Club of Stanford University (1960-1964); Bahá'í College Bureau (of NSA of USA) (1961-1964); UCSB Bahá'í Club (1964-1969); LSA of Goleta, California (1965-1969); California Victory Committee (1967-1968); Central California State Goals Committee (1968-1969); Southern California Summer School Committee (1968-1969); LSA of Washington, D.C. (1969-1970); Maryland & DC State Goals Committee (1969-1970); LSA of Alexandria, Virginia (1970-1974); LSA of Nouméa, New Caledonia (1974-1976); NSA of South-West Pacific (Treasurer) (1975-1976); Auxiliary Board Member for Protection (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, Cook Islands) (1976-1985); National Public Relations Committee (France) (1987-1989); National Public Relations Committee (Kenya) (1987-1988); LSA of Nairobi, Kenya (1989-1991); LSA of Vernier, Switzerland (1993-2011); International Goals Committee, Switzerland (2003-2006); National Schools Committee, Switzerland (2012 to date); delegate to various National Conventions in USA, New Caledonia and Switzerland.

Activities as a pioneer or international travel teacher (partial list)

Pioneer: France (1961-1962); New Caledonia (1974-1985); France (1985-1989); Kenya (1989-1991); Switzerland (1991 to date)
Travel teaching: Hawaii, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (1966); Sweden, Norway, Finland (1972); Panama, British Honduras (1972, 1973, 1974); South Pacific (almost all the countries), Australia, New Zealand (frequent visits 1974-1985); Philippines (1981); Belgium (1987); Greece (1993); Czech Republic (1994); Hungary, Romania, Turkey (1996); Kazakhstan, Ghana (1997); France, Belgium (1999); Hungary (1999, 2000); Madagascar (2001); Luxemburg, Bulgaria (2002, 2006, 2007); Madagascar, Turkey, Belgium, United Kingdom (2003); Fiji, Greece (2004); Mauritius (2005); Macedonia (2006); Finland (2006); New Caledonia, Canada, Bulgaria (2007); Spain, Macedonia, Austria, Finland, Canada (2008); Denmark, France, England (2009); Canada, Croatia, England (2010); Montenegro, Hungary, Australia (2011); England, Brazil, France, Serbia (2012).

Other Bahá'í service activities

Representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972), the Windsor Celebration of religious action plans on climate change (2009), and the UN Climate Change Conferences (COP15) in Copenhagen (2009) and COP21 in Paris (2015).
Consultant to the Bahá'í International Community Office of Environment
Speaker at major public meetings: Canberra Conference (1982), and dedication of the House of Worship in Samoa (1984)
Radio and television broadcasts: France, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Samoa, Spain, Switzerland, etc.
Teacher at Bahá'í summer schools and institutes: Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, New Caledonia, Sweden, Switzerland, etc.
Participant/speaker in interfaith activities: World Summit on Religions and Conservation (Windsor Castle, United Kingdom, 1995), Klingenthal Symposia, France (1995-2001); Symposium on Religion, Science and Environment II: Black Sea in Crisis (1997); Official Working Group "creation" of Pax Christi (France, 1998-2000); Commission on Peace, Ecology and Sustainable Development, Research Centre on Peace, Catholique Institute of Paris (1999-2000); World Parliament of Religions, Barcelona (2004); UNESCOcat Expert Workshop on Faith-based Organizations and Education for Sustainability, Barcelona (2007); Colloquium on Respect for the Creation, Ganagobie Monastery, France (2007); Windsor Celebration of religious action plans on climate change (2009).
President, International Environment Forum (Bahá'í-inspired organization) (1996 to date). https://iefworld.org/
Honorary Member, ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future (formerly European Bahá'í Business Forum), and member of Governing Board since 2001. http://ebbf.org
Global faculty, and steering committee, Department of Social and Economic Development, Landegg International University (1998-2004)
Faculty, The Wilmette Institute, courses on sustainable development, climate change, and agriculture (2005-present)
Editorial Board Bahá'í Studies Review (2003-2015); Editorial Board, La Pensée Bahá'íe (2007-2015).

Participation in significant Baha'i events

Dedication of Bahá'í House of Worship, Wilmette, and Conference launching Ten-year Crusade, Chicago, 1953
Pilgrimage to Bahá'í World Centre, Israel, 1960
Bahá'í World Congress, London, 1963
Oceanic Conference, Palermo, and Commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's arrival in the Holy Land, Haifa, 1967
International Bahá'í Youth Conference, Apia, Samoa, 1969
Intercontinental Conference, Sapporo, Japan, 1972
Dedication of Bahá'í House of Worship, Panama, 1972
Intercontinental Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1977
Intercontinental Conference, Merida, Mexico, 1977
Intercontinental Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1982
Dedication of Bahá'í House of Worship, Samoa, 1984
Bahá'í World Congress, New York, 1992
Centenary of the Bahá'í Faith in France, Paris, 1998
Centenary of the Bahá'í Faith in Switzerland, Interlaken, 2003
Regional Bahá'í Conference, London, 2009
Pilgrimage to Bahá'í World Centre, Israel, 2010
Centenary of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Switzerland, Geneva 2011
Dedication of Bahá'í House of Worship, Santiago, Chile, 2016


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Bibliography on Bahá'í topics

The ocean - our last resource. World Order 3(2): 15:21. Winter 1969.
Ecological consequences of immoderation (book review). World Order 6(4): 61-62. 1972.
The fragrance of spirituality: an appreciation of the art of Mark Tobey. InThe Baha'i World 16: 638-645. 1973-1976. Reprinted with revisions, p. 32-40, in Arthur L. Dahl et al., Mark Tobey / Art and Belief. George Ronald, Oxford, 1984.
Les perspectives baha'ies sur la nature et l'environnement. La Pensée Baha'ie, 103:9-18, Eté 1988.
Unless and Until: a Baha'i focus on the environment. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London, 1990. 96 p. (also published in Azerbaijani, Italian, Russian and Spanish)
The world order of nature, p. 161-174. In Charles Lerche (ed.), Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London, 1991.
Les valeurs écologiques, p. 61-66. In La société a-t-elle besoin des valeurs éthiques, morales, spirituelles? Recueil des conférences, Association d'Etudes Baha'ies - Europe Francophone, Neuvième rencontre les 27 et 28 mars 1993 à l'Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales, Genève, Suisse, 1993.
Environnement: Patrimoine de l'Humanité [book review]. The Journal of Baha'i Studies 5(4):77-82. December 1993-March 1994.
Planting seeds: personal reflections on the importance of small beginnings. Herald of the South 37:42-43. October-December 1993.
Social crises and their connections to global environmental problems. Seminars at Ukranian Academy of Sciences for National Progress, Institute for Spiritual Foundations of World Civilization, Kiev, 16-19 May 1994. https://iefworld.org/ddahl94a.htm
Ecological models of social organization: a Baha'i perspective. In Irena Hanousková, Miloslav Lapka and Eva Cudlínová (eds.), Ecology and Democracy: The Challenge of the 21st Century. Proceedings of the First International Conference, 6-9 September 1994, Ceske Budejowice, Full Abstracts. Ceske Budejowice, Czech Republic, NEBE s.r.o., 1994. https://iefworld.org/ddahl94b.htm
The moral dimension of sustainable consumption, p. 59-61. In Proceedings of UNEP-ROE Roundtable Discussions on Sustainable Production and Consumption in Europe, Geneva, 22-23 November 1995. UNEP Regional Office for Europe, Geneva.
The Bahá'í approach: moderation in civilization. Paper presented at Colloquium on Ecology, Ethics, Spiritualities. Klingenthal, France, 27-29 October 1995. (published in French in 1997) https://iefworld.org/dahl95a.htm
The ECO Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London & New Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford, 1996. 174 p. (also published in Portugese and Spanish)
Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development. Paper presented at Workshop on Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, Bucharest, Romania, 22-23 March 1996. https://iefworld.org/ddahl96a.htm
L'Approche baha'i: Moderation dans la civilisation, p. 74-75. In Jean-Pierre Ribaut and Marie-José Del Rey (eds), L'Usufruit de la Terre: Courants spirituels et culturels face aux défis de la sauvegarde de la planète. Procès-verbaux du Colloque sur Ecologie, Ethique, Spiritualités (Klingenthal, 25-27 October 1995). Dossier 73, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le progrès de l'Homme, Paris, 1997. https://iefworld.org/ddahl95a.htm
The Bahá'í Perspective. Naturopa 83: 14 (1997). (English, French, German) https://iefworld.org/ddahl97c.htm
The Baha'i Faith: a future oriented religion. Future Generations Journal 22(1): 15-17 (1997). https://iefworld.org/ddahl97b.htm
Sustainable development and the environment of the world: an overview. Paper presented at International Bahá'í Environment Conference, de Poort, Netherlands, 24-26 October 1997. https://iefworld.org/ddahl97d.htm
Spiritual dimensions of sustainable development. Global Dialogue on Microfinance and Human Development, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-3 April 1998, European Baha'i Business Forum.
Civilization Under Threat. Herald of the South 49(3): 4-9. July-September 1998.
Sustainable consumption and true prosperity. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference of the Environment Forum, 6-8 November, 1998, De Poort, Netherlands. https://iefworld.org/ddahl98c.htm
When is enough, enough? Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity. Herald of the South 50(3): 22-23 (1999).
La vision baha'i de l'eau, p. 55-57. In Marie-France Caïs, Marie-José Del Rey and Jean-Pierre Ribaut (eds.), L'eau et la vie: enjeux, perspectives et visions interculturelles. Procès-verbaux du Deuxième Colloque de Klingenthal: l'Eau (Klingenthal, France, 26-30 November 1997). Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat no. 97, 1999. https://iefworld.org/ddahl97e.htm
Les nouvelles valeurs des approches socio-économiques, p. 89-91. In Marie-France Caïs, Marie-José Del Rey and Jean-Pierre Ribaut (eds.), L'eau et la vie: enjeux, perspectives et visions interculturelles. Procès-verbaux du Deuxième Colloque de Klingenthal: l'Eau (Klingenthal, France, 26-30 November 1997). Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat no. 97, 1999. https://iefworld.org/ddahl97f.htm
Living within environmental limits: implications of Baha'i principles for sustainable development. Paper presented at 3rd Conference of the International Environment Forum cosponsored by Bahá'í Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom (BASED-UK), 15-18 August 1999, Sidcot, United Kingdom. https://iefworld.org/ddahl99a.htm
Community-based environmental management: empowering people with environmental understanding. Paper presented at 3rd Conference of the International Environment Forum cosponsored by Bahá'í Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom (BASED-UK), 15-18 August 1999, Sidcot, United Kingdom. https://iefworld.org/dahl99b.htm
The Baha'i approach to trees and forest. Paper presented at Klingenthal IV: L'Arbre et la Forêt, Klingenthal, Alsace, France, 22-26 September 1999. https://iefworld.org/dahl99c.htm
"Baha'isme", p. 47-49. In Élisabeth Bourguinat and Jean-Pierre Ribaut, L'arbre et la forêt: du symbolisme culturel à... l'agonie programmée. Procès-verbaux du Quatrième Colloque de Klingenthal (Klingenthal, France, 22-26 September 1999). Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat no. 111, 2000.
Applying the Baha'i Teachings to the environmental challenges facing the world. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, organized jointly with the Social and Economic Development Seminar for the Americas, 12-14 December 2000, Orlando, Florida, USA. https://iefworld.org/ddahl00a.htm
"Globalization and the Environment". In Proceedings of the International Seminar of the International Jacques Maritain Institute, "Globalization: a Challenge for Peace - Solidarity or Exclusion?", Milan, 29-31 October 1998 Roberto Papini, ed., Naples, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2001. https://iefworld.org/ddahl98b.htm
Le sol dans le bahaïsme, p. 151-156. In Rabah Lahmar and Jean-Pierre Ribaut (eds.), Sols et sociétés: regards pluriculturels. Procès-verbaux du Colloque de Klingenthal III: Sol, Cultures et Spiritualités (Klingenthal, France, 6-10 May 1998). Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat no. 116, 2001. https://iefworld.org/ddahl98a.htm
The Baha'i attitude towards animals. Paper presented at Klingenthal V: l'animal et la faune, Klingenthal, France, 4-8 July 2001. https://iefworld.org/ddahl01a.htm
Values as the foundation for sustainable behaviour. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, 19-21 October 2001, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. https://iefworld.org/ddahl01b.htm
From Stockholm via Rio to Johannesburg: Thirty years of international action on environment and sustainable development. Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, 19-21 October 2001, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republique. https://iefworld.org/ddahl01c.htm
Preface, p. x-xii In Foad Katirai, Global Governance and the Lesser Peace. Oxford, George Ronald, 2001.
The Challenge of Sustainable Development and Prosperity. Paris, European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2002. 22 p. http://yabaha.net/dahl/papers/Dahl2002f.html (also in French http://yabaha.net/dahl/papers/Dahl2002f_fr.html)
Usefulness of indicators for sustainability. Paper presented at 6th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Seminar on Indicators for Sustainability in the Science Forum, a parallel event at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 August-3 September 2002. https://iefworld.org/ddahl02a.htm
Environmental and ecological dimensions of globalization. Paper presented at 6th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Seminar on Multiple Dimensions of Globalization, a parallel event at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 September 2002. https://iefworld.org/ddahl02c.htm
The Environment and the Lesser Peace, p. 79-106. In Babak Bahador and Nazila Ghanea, eds., Processes of the Lesser Peace. Oxford, George Ronald, 2003.
Spiritualité et écologie, unité dans la diversité. In Frederic Piguet (ed.), Identité et Sens de l'Écologie. Association Écologie Économie pour un Développement Durable, Geneva, Switzerland. Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat, 2003.
Science and values as complementary foundations for consumer citizenship. Paper presented at First International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, UNESCO, Paris, 1-2 March 2004. https://iefworld.org/ddahl04a.htm
Leading the Transition to Sustainability: Global Challenges and Individual Action. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-17 October 2004. Abstract and powerpoint: https://iefworld.org/ddahl04b.htm
Environmental dimensions of sustainable lifestyles. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-17 October 2004. Outline and powerpoint: https://iefworld.org/ddahl04c.htm
Good governance and competitiveness. Paper presented at the International Sustainability Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 12-14 October 2005. https://iefworld.org/ddahl05a.htm
Le défi du développement durable et de la prosperité. Paris, European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2005. 21 p. http://yabaha.net/dahl/papers/Dahl2002f_fr.html
Scientific foundations for commitment and consistency. Paper presented at the plenary IEF Symposium, Consumer Citizenship Network, Third CCN International Conference, Hedmark University College, Hamar, Norway, 15-16 May 2006. https://iefworld.org/ddahl06a.htm
Climate change: scientific and faith perspectives. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Oxford, U.K., 15-17 September 2006. https://iefworld.org/ddahl06b.htm
Climate change and its ethical challenges, p. 157-172. In The Bahá'í World 2005-2006: An International Record. Haifa, Bahá'í World Centre, 2007. https://iefworld.org/ddahl07a.htm
Ethical challenges of climate change. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Ottawa, Canada, October 2007. https://iefworld.org/ddahl07b.htm
The Spirit of Agriculture (book review), p. 93-96. The Journal of Baha'i Studies 15:1/4, March-December 2005 (published 2007).
Les problèmes de l'environnement et les solutions bahá'íes. La Pensée Bahá'íe. Pour un développement vraiment durable. Spring 2008, No. 149/150, p. 18-33. (in French) https://iefworld.org/ddahl08b.htm
Science and Religion in the Climate Change Debate: Case Study of the Baha'i Community. Paper presented at the conference on Ethics and Climate Change: Scenarios for Justice and Sustainability, Padova, Italy, 23-25 October 2008. https://iefworld.org/ddahl08c.htm
The response to climate change from the Baha'i community. Presented at International Science Conference, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, Copenhagen, 10-12 March 2009. International Alliance of Research Universities. University of Copenhagen. Abstract Book 57.22. http://www.climatecongress.ku.dk. Full paper: https://iefworld.org/ddahl09a.htm
Transforming Environments from the Inside Out. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum/Association of Baha'i Studies - North America 33rd Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 13-16 August 2009. https://iefworld.org/ddahl09c.htm
Climate Ethics and the Copenhagen Summit. International Environment Forum (2010), https://iefworld.org/ddahl10a.html
L'argent et la spiritualité : une perspective bahá'íe. La Pensée Bahá'íe, N° 153/154, Printemps 2010, p. 37-42. (in French)
Life: A Systems Approach - Reflections on Multiple Dimensions of Sustainability. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, University of Brighton, Thursday 16 December 2010, presented during the 14th IEF Conference. https://iefworld.org/ddahl10d
Dialogues between Faith Values and Education for Sustainable Development Values - The Bahá’í Faith, pp. 44-48 . In Richard Clugston and Steve Holt (eds), Exploring Synergies between Faith Values and Education for Sustainable Development. Earth Charter International and University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2012. http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/invent/details.php?id=901 and https://iefworld.org/ddahl12h
Changing Mentalities and Motivations: Values for the Sustainability Transition. Paper presented at the 16th IEF Conference event at the Peoples' Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 June 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12j
Critical decade for the transition to sustainability: crises and opportunities for redefining the enterprise. Closing keynote at the ebbf - European Bahá'í Business Forum event "Redefining the enterprise", Ericeira, Portugal, 7 October 2012. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl12k
Right of each human being to enjoy peace, security and welfare, p. 275-279. In Takehiro Togo, Negoslav P. Ostojic and Jonathan Bradley (eds). New Balkans in a Changing World with a Changing Europe: Reconciliation, Tolerance and Human Security in the Balkans. Proceedings of the Eighth ECPD International Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, 20 October 2012. European Center for Peace and Security, Belgrade, 2013 PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl12l
Human Development: A Vision of Well-being, 2012. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl12m
Putting the Individual at the Centre of Development: Indicators of Well-being for a New Social Contract. Paper presented at the Third Rencontres Internationales de Reims on Sustainability Studies, "Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a New Social Contract", Reims, France, 18-20 June 2013. Published in 2014 in François Mancebo and Ignacy Sachs (eds), Transitions to Sustainability. Dordrecht: Springer. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl13a
"A Multi-Level Framework and Values-Based Indicators to Enable Responsible Living", pp. 63-77. In Ulf Schrader, Vera Fricke, Declan Doyle and Victoria W. Thoresen (eds), Enabling Responsible Living, Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2013 (hardback/eBook). DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_6 http://www.springer.com/environment/sustainable+development/book/978-3-642-22047-0 DOWNLOAD PDF.
"What is Sustainable Wealth?" Opening keynote at the 17th IEF International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 October 2013. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl13d
  Holistic Justice: Coherence and Service in our Economic Life. Opening keynote at the European Baha'i Conference on Justice, de Poort Conference Centre, The Netherlands, 21 February 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14a
The Ethics of Hope: Values as Positive Drivers for a Sustainable Future. Presented at the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 8-11 June 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14b
Healing Our Relationship with Nature. Versions presented as "Ideas on Harmony with Nature" at the Triglav Circle, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 14-15 June 2014 (see http://www.triglavcircleonline.org/2014/09/ideas-harmony-nature/) and the International Peace Seminar, Walenstadt, Switzerland, 2-6 July 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14c
Addressing Sustainability Challenges: A Framework for Material and Spiritual Transformation, Presented at the Association for Baha'i Studies - North America/18th IEF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 7-10 August 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14d
Introducing Bahá'í Principles to United Nations Dialogues and Conferences, Presented at the Association for Baha'i Studies - North America/18th IEF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 7-10 August 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14e
Natural Sciences and Society, Presented at the 38th Association for Baha'i Studies - North America/18th IEF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 7-10 August 2014. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14f
"Putting the Individual at the Centre of Development: Indicators of Well-being for a New Social Contract". Chapter 8, pp. 83-103, In François Mancebo and Ignacy Sachs (eds), Transitions to Sustainability. Dordrecht: Springer, 2014. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9532-6_8 DOWNLOAD PDF PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl13a
"Sustainability and Values Assessment in Higher Education", Chapter 9, pp. 185-195, in Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott (eds), Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Transformation of Learning and Society, Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 9781137459138 HB ebook ISBNs: 9781137459145 PDF 9781137459152 EPUB. DOI: 10.1057/9781137459145. DOWNLOAD PDF. Book can be ordered at http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/sustainable-development-and-quality-assurance-in-higher-education-zinaida-fadeeva/?K=9781137459138
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, Marie K. Harder, Marilyn Mehlmann, Kirsi Niinimaki, Victoria Thoresen, Onno Vinkhuyzen, Dana Vokounova, Gemma Burford, and Ismael Velasco. 2014. Measuring What Matters: Values-Based Indicators. A Methods Sourcebook. PERL Values-Based Learning Toolkit 1. Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL) Available online: https://iefworld.org/fl/PERL_toolkit1.pdf
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, Marie K. Harder, Marilyn Mehlmann, Kirsi Niinimaki, Victoria Thoresen, Onno Vinkhuyzen, Dana Vokounova, Gemma Burford, and Ismael Velasco. 2014. Discovering What Matters: A Journey of Thinking and Feeling. Activities Developed with Students, for Students. PERL Values-Based Learning Toolkit 2. Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL). Available online: https://iefworld.org/fl/PERL_toolkit2.pdf
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, Marie K. Harder, Marilyn Mehlmann, Kirsi Niinimaki, Victoria Thoresen, Onno Vinkhuyzen, Dana Vokounova, Gemma Burford, and Ismael Velasco. 2014. Growing a Shared Vision: A Toolkit for Schools. Activities for Organisational and Staff Development. PERL Values-Based Learning Toolkit 3. Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL). Available online: https://iefworld.org/fl/PERL_toolkit3.pdf "Ethics in Sustainability Education", pp. 27-40. In Thoresen, Victoria W., Robert J. Didham, Jorgen Klein and Declan Doyle (eds), Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives. Heidelberg and Switzerland: Springer, 2015. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15305-6_3 DOWNLOAD PDF PAPER IN HTML
Burford, Gemma, Elona Hoover, Arthur L. Dahl, and Marie K. Harder. 2015. "Making the Invisible Visible: Designing Values-Based Indicators and Tools for Identifying and Closing ‘Value-Action Gaps'", pp. 113-133. In Thoresen, Victoria W., Robert J. Didham, Jorgen Klein and Declan Doyle (eds), Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives. Heidelberg and Switzerland: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15305-6_9 DOWNLOAD PDF
A Multi-level Approach to Ethics, Service and Responsible Living. Presented at the International Environment Forum Symposium, PERL 10th International Conference, UNESCO, Paris, 10-11 March 2015. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15c
Summary and Commentary on Laudato Si: the Pope's encyclical on the environment and poverty. International Environment Forum, 2015. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15d
Personal and professional accountability: an ethical challenge. Presented in the IEF side event on "Principles of Accountability for Climate Change Agreements" at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), Paris, France, 10 December 2015. Paper: PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15h, presentation: https://iefworld.org/fl/cop21_9Dahl_accountability1.pdf, video: https://vimeo.com/152637286
Values-based education for environment and sustainable development. Based on a paper prepared for the United Nations Environment Programme, January 2016. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16a
Using the new UN 2030 Agenda to work for justice at the local level. Paper presented at the 21st Justice Conference, de Poort, the Netherlands, 25-27 March 2016, on the theme "Justice In Action: From Local to Global". PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16b
The Future of Business in a World with a Changing Climate. Paper presented at the Vision Gulf Business Conference, Kuwait, 31 May 2016. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16c
The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Business. Paper presented at the Vision Gulf Business Conference, Kuwait, 31 May 2016. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16d
La relation à la nature dans la foi Baha'ie, pp. 76-77. Présence N° 3 – Choisis la vie! Approche spirituelle de l’écologie, Les cahiers du Forum104, May 2016. [in French] DOWNLOAD PDF
Input to the United Nations 2016 Virtual Dialogue on Harmony with Nature – Earth Jurisprudence – Theology/Spirituality. http://www.harmonywithnatureun.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/DialogueInputs/ArthurDahl.Theol.Spirit.pdf and https://iefworld.org/ddahl16f and PAPER IN HTML
Adriance, Peter, and Arthur Dahl. 2016. Baha'i, Chapter 10, pp. 88-96 in Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grimm and Willis Jackson (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology. Oxford: Routledge Earthscan, 2016. DOWNLOAD PDF
The 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals: Placing Environmental Health in a Larger Ethical Framework. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Ethics of Environmental Health, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 28-31 August 2016. https://iefworld.org/ddahl16h and PAPER IN HTML
Environment and Sustainability in the Middle East. Published on line by the Burhán Institute, 2016. (English and Arabic) https://burhaninstitute.org/content/?q=node/150
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Looking at the Sustainable Development Goals from the Bottom Up. Paper presented at the International Environment Forum 20th International Conference, Nur University, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 7 October 2016. Published on line at https://iefworld.org/ddahl16j and PAPER IN HTML
Corruption, Morality and Religion Blog on International Environment Forum, November 2016. https://iefworld.org/ddahl16l and PAPER IN HTML. Revised and issued in three parts on http://bahaiteachings.org: Part 1: The Moral Force Which Sustains Society: Gravely Depleted, 22 December 2016. Part 2: The Role of Religion in an Ethical Society, 24 December 2016. Part 3: Exorcising Religious Bigotry and Superstition, 26 December 2016.
Why should the UN and in particular UN Environment Engage More with Faith-based Organizations. UN Environment Perspectives, No. 23. February 2017. http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/14497/PERSPECTIVE%2023%20002.pdf
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Science and Religion in the Climate Change Debate. 1) Ethics and Climate Change: Scenarios for Justice and Sustainability. 2) The Baha'i Call for Religion and Science to Unite. 3) The Revolutionary Bahá'í Approach to Climate Change. 4) One Global NGO that Unites Science and Spirituality. Published on line in 2017 as a four-part series at bahaiteachings.org: http://bahaiteachings.org/series/science-and-religion-in-the-climate-change-debate. 22-29 April 2017. 1) http://bahaiteachings.org/ethics-climate-change-scenarios-justice-sustainability 2) http://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-call-religion-science-unite 3) http://bahaiteachings.org/revolutionary-bahai-approach-climate-change 4) http://bahaiteachings.org/one-global-ngo-unites-science-spirituality
The Systems Science of Disintegration and Integration Paper presented at The Justice Conference 2017, From Disintegration to Integration: Navigating the Forces of Our Time, de Poort, The Netherlands, 14-17 April 2017, also the International Environment Forum 21st International Conference. https://iefworld.org/ddahl17d and PAPER IN HTML
Systems Science Beyond Diversity, Opening keynote for the ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future May event Beyond Diversity, 4-7 May 2017. https://iefworld.org/ddahl17e and PAPER IN HTML. (video recording)


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