You did not hear from us for a long time. We are happy to be back with some good news.
The Center for Bhutan Studies (CBS) announced the dates of the 4th International Conference on Gross National Happiness! The conference will be held 24-26 November 2008 in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Information and Call for Papers are available at www.bhutanstudies.org.bt and the contactperson is Dorji Penjore dorpen71@gmail.com telephone 975-2-335872.
Shortly after 'GNH4', a unique gathering will take place in Thailand: the second conference of the Buddhist Economics Research Platform will be organized 5-7 December 2008 in Ubon Ratchathani. At the university (5 Dec.) and a Buddhist meditation centre in the nearby forest, founded by the famous Ajarn Chah. Gross National Happiness will be one of the workshop topics during this pioneering event. Information: www.buddhist-economics.info and Linda Nowakowski at lindern@gmail.com
Later the same month the ASEAN People's Forum will be held in Bangkok 13-15 December including a workshop on GNH and the parallel Green Fair Thailand '08. For the ASEAN People's Forum contact Somkid M. Mahitaya at somkid_tvs@yahoo.com and for the Green Fair: Wallapa van Willenswaard wallapa@suan-spirit.com
We have started updating our website www.gnh-movement.org again with among others reports on the heartwarming Planet Diversity conference in Bonn, Germany; the Paradiso workshop (on ICT and changing social paradigms) organized in Brussels by the EU, Club of Rome and Oriones ; as well as announcements on our new GNH movement project.
Planet Diversity initiator and environmentalist Vandana Shiva will speak at the ASEAN People's Forum. She will address the food crisis with the question 'Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?'.
For information on the GNH movement project of Suan Nguen Mee Ma (the organizer of GNH3) please visit our GNH movement website. The aim of this 'research development' project supported by Thailand Research Fund (to be confirmed) is to explore an effective multi-stakeholder approach to social transformation inspired by Gross National Happiness and a synthesis of similar movements towards change 'beyond GDP'. In the first year 2008-2009 six bi-monthly brainstorming workshops will be organized in order to shape a longer term action-research programme, probably including international comparative research.
Your participation in the process will be very much appreciated. If you are not living in Thailand our website and the internet will be the way. We are preparing a special interactive communication portal for this purpose to be launched in 2009.
The first workshop of the GNH movement project will take place Tuesday-morning 26 August 2008, SASIN business school Room 502, Bangkok. Resource persons will include Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa from the perspective of engaged spirituality, Magsaysay Awardee and media-activist Jon Unghpakorn, business leader Prida Tiasuwan and senator Rosanna Tositrakul. The theme will be 'Today's Crisis: Hidden Opportunities for Change in the Next Decade'.
Information:
Hans van Willenswaard hans@gnh-movement.org ,
Wallapa wallapa@gnh-movement.org
Sajee 086-8373846 sajee@gnh-movemnet.org
Parkpume 086-5640564 pakphum@gnh-movement.org
GNH3 website: http://www.gnh-movement.org
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