GNH2010: Changing What we Measure from Wealth to Well-Being

June 1 – 3, 2010

GNH Ambassador Training June 4th

Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont

                                                                          As of April 20, 2010

Tuesday, June 1

7:30      Registration

8:30      Welcome and Keynote Introduction

            Linda Wheatley, President, GNHUSA

            Keynote Address

            Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission

10:00    Break

10:20    International Panel: GNH Basics

            Moderator: TBA

                  Susan Andrews, Future Vision Ecological Parque, Porangaba, Brazil

                  Ron Colman, Executive Director, GPI Atlantic, Nova Scotia, Canada

                  Robert Costanza, Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont

                  Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission

12:15    Lunch

1:30      Workshop Set 1: Five options will allow further exploration

            Workshop 1     Sustainable Environment and Sustainable Development

                  Susan Andrews and Karma Tshiteem

            Workshop 2     Good Governance

                  Eric Zencey and TBA

            Workshop 3     Take Back Your Time

                  John deGraaf and Vicki Robin

            Workshop 4     Youth and Education

                  Dahlia Colman, Vermont Intercultural Semesters youth and local GNH educators

            Workshop 5     Community Vitality and Local Culture

                  TBA and Delia Clark

3:10      Break

3:30      Workshop Set 2: Repeat of above workshop

5:15      Lokum, traditional Hungarian string band, playing in the courtyard…on the way to the reception

5:30      Reception

            International Guests and conference participants

6:30      Dinner

7:30      Evening Program, Activities to be announced – youth projects, GNH Academic presentations re: Vermont happiness, music and dance, etc…

 

 

Wednesday, June 2

6:30      Yoga/Meditation –

7:30      Breakfast available

8:30      Opening Comments and Keynote Introduction

            Tom Barefoot, Vice President, GNHUSA

            Keynote Address: What is happiness, and what are the conditions that support its pursuit?

                  Susan Andrews, founder, Future Vision Ecological Park , Brazil

9:45      Break

10:00    Morning Panel – Individual and Social Happiness – Definitions and Conditions

                  Moderator: TBA

                        Susan Andrews, Future Vision Institute, Brazil

                        TBA

                        Gwen Hallsmith, Montpelier EnVision Process, Montpelier, Vermont

                        Venerable Amy Miller, Director, Milarepa Center, Barnet, Vermont

11:30    Lunch

            Open Space directions given and sign up available

12:45    What’s Wrong with GDP?

      Eric Zencey, Visiting Associate Professor of Historical and Political Studies in the Graduate and International Programs of Empire State College, State University of New York

1:30      Afternoon Panel – Indicators – What do they tell us and how do we use them?

            Moderator: TBA

                        Ron Colman, GPIAtlantic

                        Con Hogan, former Vermont Secretary of Human Services, Plainfield, Vermont

                        TBA

                        Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission

3:15      Break

3:30      Open Space Conversations

            Conference Participant Volunteer Facilitators

5:15      Sambatucada – music in the courtyard

5:30      Localvore Reception – food and drink from local artisan bakeries, cheese makers and more

6:30      Dinner

7:30      Evening Program

            Viewings of John de Graaf’s film – What is an economy for, anyway? – and the trailer for Karen Mintz’s  film in production about Bhutan’s transition to democracy. The pursuit of happiness readings, continued open space, short presentations, etc.

 

Thursday, June 3

6:30      Yoga/meditation -

7:30      Breakfast available

            Post outs from Open Space

8:30      Opening Comments and Keynote Introduction

            Ginny Sassaman, co-founder, GNHUSA

            Keynote Address

            Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, author and scholar in residence at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont

10:00    Break

10:20    Panel – How do Vermont leaders measure success and progress?

            Moderator: TBA

                        Stuart Comstock-Gay, President, Vermont Community Foundation

                        TBA

                         TBA

12:00    Lunch

             Lunch meeting for speakers and special guests

1:00      Presentation and Discussion: “Enough  –  Your Money or Your Life

            Vicki Robin

2:30      Break

3:00      World Cafe: GNH in Vermont – taking it to our communities, work-places and homes

Facilitator: Delia Clark

4:30      Report Outs and Closing Comments

5:15      Program concludes

Friday June 4th GNH AMBASSADOR TRAINING

8:30 Registration and Breakfast

9:00 Morning Program: What is GNH and why do you care? Going Beyond GDP – what you measure is what you get. Getting to what we want with comprehensive indicators. Dynamic, fast-paced focused program with multiple instructors from the conference.  Ron Coleman, Tom Barefoot, Karma Tshiteen, Vicki Robin, Paula Francis, others.

12:00 Lunch

1:00  Afternoon Program

          How to present GNH, facilitating GNH discussions. Practical training.

3:30 Program ends