Thanpuying Phoonsuk Banom-yong, the wife of the man who led Siam into the era of constitutional monarchy, passed away yesterday of heart failure. She was 95.

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RE: Requesting for fairness in the prosecution of two lese majeste cases Enclosed: Three letters written to the prime minister and two reply letters from the Prime Minister’s Office read more
The Monarchy and the Constitution read more
THAI TAKES By PHILIP GOLINGAI read more
Letter about RE: Stopping the prosecution read more
The Criminal Court Judgment read more
How to Achieve Our Democracy read more
Letter about RE: Dropping the charge of lese majeste against Sulak Sivaraksa at the level of inquiry officials read more
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The INEB “Young Bodhisattva” Program
International Buddhist Leadership Training for Spiritual Resurgence and Social Innovation
13 June – 24 July 2007 Bangkok, Thailand
The program, as the young Buddhist capacity building program for INEB members, is therefore developed so as to promote leadership for spiritual resurgence as well as social innovation among your people of the Buddhist communities in Asia. read more

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3rd International Conference on Gross National Happiness
TOWARDS GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION WORLD VIEWS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thailand, 22-28 November 2007

The launching of the concept of Gross National Happiness in the global arena has induced a growing movement calling for transformation of conventional development policies and practices at all levels. By placing ‘happiness’ at the center of development the current obsession by economic growth, measured by Gross National (or Domestic) Product, has been fundamentally challenged. In a great diversity of world views happiness is the essence of life. Efforts are made to better understand and to monitor happiness. Well-being indexes serve public policy development, in order to counter wealth-dominated, unsustainable, globalization. Bhutan, considered to be a poor country from a conventional view point, but rich in culture and ‘natural capital’, is inspiring towards global transformation. Whether we can measure happiness or not, the diversity of our world views make a difference on the ground. read more

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The Spirit in Education Movement in partnership with Gaia Education and the Global Ecovillage Network presents:

Ecovillage Design Education : Training of Trainers
2 December 2007 to 16 January 2008

Around the world, in urban and rural settings, in the North and South, you can find ecovillages. They are usually based on shared values or spirituality (sometimes called worldview). People come together to build a sustainable community with a common social framework. Ecovillages are designed according to ecological principles to work with nature, not against it, and to promote a low-impact lifestyle. Ecovillage economics are based on self-reliance and reweaving local economic connections. read more

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