Excerpts from a statement from the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley, in preparation to the 2nd of April debate on GNH at the United Nations, to which I shall participate
Drs. Kubiszewski and Costanza have worked hard
Archive du blog pour Matthieu Ricard
About Gross National Happiness and Gross National Product — 3 (continued)
Excerpts from a statement from the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley, in preparation to the 2nd of April debate on GNH at the United Nations.
That total misguided reliance on GDP was never clearer than in the
About Gross National Happiness and Gross National Product — 2 (continued)
Excerpts from a statement from the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley, in preparation to the 2nd of April debate on GNH at the United Nations.
In fact, many things that make GDP grow, and that are therefore
About Gross National Happiness and Gross National Product – 1
In July 2011, the UN General Assembly resolution about ‟Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development,” introduced by the Kingdom of Bhutan was adopted unanimously and warmly applauded by the 193-member states. On the forthcoming 2nd of April a debate,
The Invasion of Waste — 6
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s ‟Recycle”
The future does not hurt
for the moment.
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama has repeatedly stressed, interdependence is a key concept in Buddhism that leads to a profound under¬standing of
The Invasion of Waste – 5
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s ‟Recycle”
Blind Selfishness
Imagine a damaged ship in which it would be necessary to use all the power of the engines to pump the water out from its holds. Where first class
The Invasion of Waste -4
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s ‟Recycle”
The high price of materialistic values
An American psychologist Tim Kasser and his colleagues at the University of Rochester have shown, through studies spanning two decades and within a representative sample
The Invasion of Waste -3
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s ‟Recycle”
As Didier Ruef wrote, ‟While the re-use and recovery of waste is part of everyday life in developing countries, our consumer society has turned waste into garbage, by taking away its
The invasion of garbage – 2
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s ‟Recycle”
Recently, I had the opportunity to swim in the middle of around thirty whale-sharks off the Mexican coast. But amidst the sun’s rays that lit up the shimmering ocean and the
The Invasion of Waste -1
Excerpts from Matthieu Ricard’s preface to Didier Ruef’s « Recycle » de Didier Ruef)
From prehistoric tools to the flooding of waste
Some animals have learned to use and even shape rudimentary tools. Homo habilis generalized tool making and Homo