➡️ 2022 FORUM TALKS AS VOD
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As part of the 'Wisdom Working for the Earth-Buddhism & Environmental Action Forum' in Lerab Ling, Jigmi Y. Thinley, former Prime Minister of Bhutan gave an online talk on the topic of "Ecological resilience in Gross National Happiness: Evidence from the Environmental Management of a Buddhist state".
This forum took place in Lerab Ling, from 4-6 June 2022.
Most of the talks, round tables and workshops were in French however, 5 speakers gave their talks in English:
-Ringu Tulku Rinpoche (only ONSITE), Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje (recorded message shared only onsite)
-Helena Norberg-Hodge, Jigmi Y. Thinley and Dekila Chungyalpa (ONLINE). **These 3 talks were live streamed in English only, here on Lerab Ling’s KZread channel.**
This forum aims to bring together environmental action and Buddhist wisdom, to open a dialogue that will serve a great number of people.
Conferences, round tables, workshops and meetings with local associations will make up the programme around the theme of interdependence. It will also be an opportunity to meet the many local players who have responded to our invitation, in order to forge links and learn from each other's practices. We wish to join forces to draw together a sustainable future in common projects.
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✨ BIOGRAPHY OF JIGMI Y. THINLEY-Former Prime Minister of Bhutan and proponent of Gross National Happiness ✨
Jigmi Thinley has served on three occasions as the Prime Minister of Bhutan (from 2008 to 2013, as well as 1998 to 1999 and 2003 to 2004), and has been Bhutan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the European Union. He is a leading proponent of the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH), which tracks indicators such as environmental conservation, cultural preservation and good governance in addition to economic measures such as GDP, to demonstrate a holistic indication of a country’s development. During his term as Prime Minister and Chairman of Bhutan’s National Environment Commission, his country pledged to remain forever carbon neutral at COP 15 in Copenhagen and hosted the “Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas” in 2011. His work and services have been recognized with numerous national and international awards, such as the ‘Outstanding Individual Award’ at the World Forum for Ethics in Business in 2015. He is also a member of several international environmental organizations and a senior advisor to the World Happiness Report 2022.