NEW YORK — A new statement challenging the common assumption that human beings are slaves to self-interest and consumerism has been issued by the Baha'i International Community.

Acceptance of the ethical dimension of climate change has risen to a new level of importance in discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, say members of the Baha'i delegation.

When artist Michelle "Misha" Maynerick was asked to contribute to Chicago's "CoolGlobes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet," she knew immediately how she would go about it.

Globalization could be the catalyst for pulling the world together spiritually as well as economically if we go about it the right way, says Gregory C. Dahl, author of One World, One People: How Globalization Is Shaping Our Future.

Baha'i Gregory C. Dahl, an economist and former senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was recently interviewed by First Business Morning News television.