'Abdu'l-Baha': The Master of Social Action and Public Discourse 

This is a presentation given by Paul Hanley to the Agriculture Working Group of the Association for Baha'i Studies on July 26, 2020.
Among His many areas of service to humanity, 'Abdu’l-Bahá initiated remarkable social and economic projects that even today would be at the forefront of agriculture and community development initiatives. Similarly, His public discourse, which occurred 100 years ago, remains transformational in its content on innumerable topics still at the forefront of contemporary discourse. In all things, He is our Exemplar. This presentation features a number of his accomplishments in these areas, focusing particularly on ‘Adasiyyah, the model agricultural village established by the Master in the early 20th century.
Paul Hanley has published five books and 1600 articles on the environment, sustainable development, agriculture, and other topics. He is editor and co-author of Earthcare: Ecological Agriculture in Saskatchewan (1980), The Spirit of Agriculture (2005), ELEVEN (2014), and Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist (2018), For more information: www.manofthetrees.com and www.elevenbillionpeople.com. For information on 'Adasiyyah see bahaiworld.bah....