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
	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
5:00 to 6:00 pm	Dinner 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: Conference Opening Address The Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and His Honour Lawrence A. Freeman The Honourable Angus MacIsaac, Nova Scotia Minister of Health, MLA for Antigonish His Excellency Daw Penjo, Permanent Representative of the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations and Bhutan's Ambassador to Canada
Ela Bhatt
	The View: Setting the Tone Rethinking Development Heather Eaton, PhD, Professor, Theology, St Paul University, Ottawa; founder, Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology. Presentation:  Fair Trade Father Francisco VanderHoff Boersma, "worker priest" in Mexico and the founder of Fair Trade. Our View of Development Ela Bhatt, founder, Self-Employed Women's Association, India, on Gandhian philosophy of development.
	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 His Excellency Daw Penjo, Permanent Representative of the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations and Bhutan's Ambassador to Canada Reception Statement
9:00 – 11:30 pm	Documentary Film Festival The Corporation, Canada 2003
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	Sealevel Photography courtesy Patch of Blue by Stella McNeil.