Military

Senator Patrick Leahy: VT Air Guard Opening New Advanced F-16 Mission Training Center 06/04/2010

The Vermont Air National Guard formally opens its new, state of the art Air National Guard F-16 Mission Training Center with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Senior military leadership of the Vermont Air Guard, National Guard Bureau and the United States Air Force will be joined by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy who sponsored the $15.9 Congressional funding allocation that included this project.

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Keynote Address by Bill McKibben: Building a Movement 06/03/2010

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Panel Discussion: How Can Vermont Measure Success and Progress? 06/03/2010

Panel - How Can Vermont Measure Success and Progress?
Stuart Comstock-Gay, Executive Director, Vermont Community Foundation
Nancy Lynch, Executive Director, Peace & Justice Center
Martha Maksym, Director of Community Investments, United Way of Chittenden County
Lisa Ventriss, Director, Vermont Business Roundtable
Moderator: Vince Bolduc, Professor of Sociology, St. Michael’s College

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Plenary Speaker Vicki Robin 06/03/2010

Gross National Happiness USA envisions a sustainable future, based on the use of a comprehensive set of social progress indicators that reflects our American values and truly supports life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Speaker: Vicki Robin, co-author of “Your Money or Your Life,” co-founder of Voluntary Simplicity

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Going Beyond GDP 06/02/2010

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: What Do Indicators Tell Us and How Do We Use Them? 06/02/2010

Gross National Happiness USA envisions a sustainable future, based on the use of a comprehensive set of social progress indicators that reflects our American values and truly supports life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Afternoon Panel from the Gross National Happiness Conference, featuring: Ron Colman, Executive Director, GPI Atlantic; Con Hogan, former Secretary of the Agency of Human Services for Vermont; Steve Posner, Natural Resource Economist, World Resources Institute, graduate of Gund Institute for Ecological Economics; Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission; Moderator: Eric Zencey, Empire State College

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Perspectives on Happiness 06/02/2010

Gross National Happiness USA envisions a sustainable future, based on the use of a comprehensive set of social progress indicators that reflects our American values and truly supports life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Gross National Happiness Conference panel featuring: Susan Andrews, Founder, Future Vision Institute, Brazil. Gwen Hallsmith, Planning Division, City of Montpelier, Vermont. Venerable Amy Miller, Executive Director, Milarepa Center, Barnet, Vermont. Moderator: Joni Zweig, President, AMURTEL North & Central Americas.

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: International Panel 06/01/2010

What are progress indicators and how are they being used around the world to enhance well-being. Panelists Susan Andrews, Future Vision Institute, Ron Coleman, GPI Atlantic, Robert Costanza, Gund Institute for Ecological Economies and Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan's Gross national Happiness Commission. Moderated by Dot Maver, National Peace Academy.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Federal Funding for Army National Guard Outreach and Childcare 06/01/2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the Vermont National Guard adjutant general, announce federal funding that the senator secured to continue Vermont’s model veterans’ outreach program. They also announce a new childcare program for Vermont National Guard families.

Gross National Happiness USA Conference: Keynote Speaker Karma Tshiteem 06/01/2010

Keynote address by Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Commission.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!