The Second Annual Conference on Gross National Happiness The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness
RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT
Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 20 to June 24, 2005
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Conference Events All events at St Francis Xavier University.
Monday, June 20 Registration and Check In Keating Millennium Centre
  Conference Registration
  Transformation: Trash into Art Art Gallery, Bloomfield Centre.
3:00 to 5:30 pm Toward Zero Waste Seminar
Ric Anthony, Director of the California Resource Recovery Association;
Rainer Kistler, Consultant, Environment, Health and Safety, Switzerland;
Pierre Landry, Owner, The Paint Recycling Company;
Christina Seidel, Executive Director of the Recycling Council of Alberta;
Keating Millennium Centre, Conference Room A
PowerPoint (3.6MB) Zero Waste Communities
Ric Anthony, Director of the California Resource Recovery Association
PowerPoint (716K) Zeroing in on Waste:
The Role of Extended Producer Responsibility in a Zero Waste Strategy

Christina Seidel, Executive Director of the Recycling Council of Alberta
PowerPoint (1.3MB) Zeroing in on Waste: The Swiss Army Knife for Waste Management
Rainer Kistler, Consultant, Environment, Health and Safety, Switzerland
  Natural Building Installation Coady Building lawn
  Natural Building Demonstrations
5:00 to 6:00 pm Dinner Morrison Hall Dining Room
Morrison Hall Dining Room
6:30 to 8:30 pm Opening Ceremonies MacKay Room, Bloomfield Centre
Mary Coyle, Director, Coady International Institute (Conference co-chair)
Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala (Conference co-chair)
  • Mi'kmaq drummers
  • Welcome and introduction to conference
  • Ceremonial acknowledgement of origins of conference in Bhutan
  • Mi'kmaq ceremonial welcome and blessing, Kerry Prosper, Afton First Nation
  • Youth presentation
Welcoming statements and official conference opening:
Ela Bhatt Ela Bhatt
  The View: Setting the Tone
  Guided Meditation
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Inner and Outer Development and the View of Interdependence.
Reflection on inner motivation and inspiration and its connection to creating a better world.
Photo Essay: Monday ~ Opening Ceremonies by Stella McNeil
9:00 – 11:00 pm Reception and Networking
MacKay Room Lounge, Bloomfield Centre
 
9:00 – 11:30 pm Documentary Film Festival
The Corporation, Canada 2003

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Photography courtesy Patch of Blue by Stella McNeil.