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SUMMARY:“Pursuing Happiness Instead of Chasing Growth” –- John d
 e Graaf & Laura Musikanski
DESCRIPTION:Our great religious traditions tell us that happiness is t
 o be found in service, generosity, justice, compassion and human conne
 ction, but our economy often tells us we must forego those ideals in
  the pursuit of money and economic growth.  What if our purpose were 
 the pursuit of happiness as Thomas Jefferson said it should be? Base
 d on a model from the Buddhist nation of Bhutan, The Happiness Initiat
 ive draws on our deepest faith traditions and modern science to engag
 e all Americans in a new dialogue about the meaning of progress and th
 e good life. \nJohn de Graaf is the Executive Director of Take Back Y
 our Time and co-director of  The Happiness Initiative.  He is a docu
 mentary filmmaker and the co-author of Affluenza: The All-Consuming E
 pidemic and the soon-to-be-released WHAT'S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY? 
  Laura Musikanski is the Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle and
  co-director of The Happiness Initiative.  She has a degree in law, a
 n MBA, and is a former corporate sustainability manager.   For a sum
 mary of The Happiness Initiative see http://www.sustainableseattle.org
 /sahi  Contact about the event, MELANIE RIECK  musicheals@comcast.ne
 t  (360) 319-3739 \n(to be followed by coffee hour to meet the prese
 nters)\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.co
 m/events/pursuing-happiness-instead-of
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20110626T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20110626T113000
CATEGORIES:sunday, service, at, bellingham, unitarian, fellowship
LOCATION:Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
WEBSITE:http://www.buf.org
URL:http://www.buf.org
CONTACT:(360) 319-3739
ORGANIZER:MELANIE RIECK
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="David Ma
 cLeod":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Rev. Mer
 edith Ann Murray":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/MeredithM
 urray
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