August 1996, Our Planet article by Fazlun Khalid about the Islamic approach to environmentalism. Khalid directs the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

Winfried Corduan has written about the Bahá’í Faith in several world religions texts he has authored. He taught religion and philosophy for many years in the department of biblical studies, Christian education and philosophy at Taylor University in Upland, Ind.

The Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology is a Christian teaching and research institute associated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Dennis Patrick O’Hara is director.

April 8, 2013, National Catholic Reporter article about Pope Francis’ environmental beliefs.

June 5, 2013, Huffington Post article about Pope Francis’ speech on World Environment Day in which he cited scripture in calling for people to care for the environment and decried the influence of money in the world.

Nader Saiedi is professor of sociology and anthropology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. Born in Iran, he is the author of numerous Bahá’í books, including Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb.

April 19, 2013, segment from PBS’ Religion & Ethics Newsweekly which discusses the relationship between faith and the environment.

Bahaikipedia is an online encyclopedia about the Bahá’í Faith. As with any open-source collection, journalists should check all references and statements in the entries.

See the website of the Bahá’í International Community, which has its headquarters in Haifa, Israel, where the faith’s holiest sites are.