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Gross National Happiness Seattle -- Greenfest 2010
This panel on Gross National Happiness (GNH) was convened at the annual Seattle Green Festival, June 6, 2010. Speakers include activist authors Vicki Robin, Cecile Andrews and John de Graaf, as well as Anjani Millet, founder of GNH World, and special guest, Karma Tshiteem, director of the Gross National Happiness Commission of Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan country which first promoted the idea of GNH. Anjani offers a moving slide presentation and opportunity for discussion. The event was part of a campaign to bring GNH measurements to Seattle, and challenge Seattle to be one of the happiest cities!
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Organized Labor's Stake in More Vacation Time (parts 1-4)
"Organized Labor's Stake in More Vacation Time" -- Jessica Bonebright and Steve Williamson speaking at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009.
Description: Unions have taken the lead in supporting advances like the minimum wage, that benefit all workers. Learn how paid vacation for all aligns with the goals and mission of today's organized labor movement.
About the speakers:
Jessica Bonebright is Research Director for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), representing 24,000 Boeing workers.
Steve Williamson is the Assistant to the President and Community Affairs Director for United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 21, the largest private sector local in Washington State.
This talk was presented at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University, a project of Take Back Your Time. Video filming and production by Todd Boyle.
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Spiritual Value of Vacation - Rebecca Gould - Parts 1,2,3
"Down Time and the Inner Life: The Spiritual Value of Vacation" -- Rebecca Gould speaking at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University.
Description: Over-work and other contributions to time-famine are increasingly undermining spiritual practice in America. Find out how federally supported vacation can be a first step toward supporting our varied spiritual lives.
About the speaker: Rebecca Kneale Gould is Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. She is the author of AT HOME IN NATURE: MODERN HOMESTEADING AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE IN AMERICAN CULTURE.
This talk was presented at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University, a project of Take Back Your Time. Video filming and production by Todd Boyle.
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Cathy O'Keefe -- Vacation Matters Summit 2009
"The Economic Crisis as an Opportunity to Re-think What Matters" -- Cathy O'Keefe speaking at the Vacation Matters Summit, 2009.
To "vacate" means to empty something so that something more sublime and beautiful can emerge. Vacations allow us to be present in wonder, awe, creativity, rest, freedom, growth and renewal.
Cathy O'Keefe teaches leisure and recreation at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She is a member of the Take Back Your Time board of directors.
This talk was presented at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University, a project of Take Back Your Time. Video filming and production by Todd Boyle.
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Sarah Speck, MD -- Vacation Matters Summit 2009
Part 3 of "Heart Break: The Impact of Vacation Time on Coronary Health and Workplace Stress" -- Sarah Speck, MD, speaking at the Vacation Matters Summit, 2009
Cardio-vascular disease remains the greatest threat to American Health. Vacations allow for respite from the workplace stress and time pressure that are increasing Americans' cardio-vascular problems.
Sarah Speck, MD is a physician, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington, and the Director of the Center for Cardio-Vascular Wellness at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington.
This talk was presented at the Vacation Matters Summit at Seattle University in August 2009, a project of Take Back Your Time. Video filming and production by Todd Boyle.
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