Greetings, Actually, the Gross National Happiness index notion is spread far beyond Bhutan. For example, several communities in the US are exploring the uses and composition of such an index. France is too, and Tunisians are exploring the idea.
For those who may want to explore the idea with others, check out the Compassion Conference being organized for this summer by the Telluride Institute, in Telluride, Colorado. OUR Bhutan, of course, is in Bhutan. Cheers, Lawry On Apr 20, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Tom Walker wrote: > By the way, what do people think of "Gross National Schadenfreude" as a > counterweight to the nauseatingly coy Gross National Happiness panacea with > their fairytale Bhutanese king? Where could OUR Bhutan be? Iceland? > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be absolutely unambiguous, I'm as cynical as anyone about the > sincerity of the greenwashing industry -- "if you can fake sincerity, you've > got it made". My stuck-in-the-head quote these days is Orwell's "All > left-wing parties in the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a > sham, because they make it their business to fight against something which > they do not really wish to destroy." But it doesn't follow that all > right-wing parties are therefore NOT a sham. > > I think one of the functions of schadenfreude is to reward and reinforce > cognitive dissonance. The ironic chuckle of "Being green then and now" is at > bottom a schadenfreude experience, which, in true cognitive dissonance style, > "absolves" the chuckler of his or her peccadilloes. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you have in mind something along the lines of the aptly-named "Titanic > Eco-Spa"? Green buildings, spring water and towels and a "spa traveler > award". I kid you not. > > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]> wrote: > Would also add to the cute message that oh so many greenies are recycling > this and that and then without a thought jump on a jet to go off to this or > that conference or vacation spot without a thought as to what these and a > host of other personal activities are doing that run counter to the religion > of being green. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Re: Being Green Then and Now > > > Tom Walker wrote: > > > Cute but false and misleading. > > [snip] > > "Cute" bullshit is still bullshit. > > Well, yeah. But not any greater or more tedious bullshit than many of the > putatively "green" odds & sods that we're expected (or forced) to embrace > today, many of which (IMHO) are ways of externalizing some large entity's > cost onto the consumer or create a profit ex novo. > > Yes, the vast volumes of toxics and particulates fired up smokestacks, down > drains and off tailings dumps before regulation outweigh, in global effect, > plastic bags or gas lawn mowers. The point of the "cute" piece was to > ridicule self-righteous Greenness among those who adopt and evangelize the > Green Consumer Catechism without critical thought or meaningful knowledge. > > Or so I understood it. > > > - Mike > > -- > Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. > /V\ > [email protected] /( )\ > http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Tom Walker (Sandwichman) > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Tom Walker (Sandwichman) > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Tom Walker (Sandwichman) > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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