Citizen's in Action: Free public conference on voluntary simplicity

Community initiative discovered by "La Maison Verte"

Citizens in Action, a non-profit, non-partisan, progressive group of concerned citizens, dedicated to economic & social justice, would like to invite you to attend a free public conference:

Voluntary Simplicity: Beyond the Illusion of Happiness

With speaker Dr. Louis Chauvin, professor at McGill University's Faculty of Management & president of Le Réseau Québécois pour La simplicité Volontaire

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009.
Place: Concordia University, Hall Bldg, 1455 De Maisonneuve W. (Corner Bishop)
Room: 1220, 12th floor (please take the elevator)
Time: 7:00 p.m. sharp (to be followed by a discussion period)

The quest for happiness is a fundamental part of being human. However, our current understanding of happiness, as promoted by advertising and marketing campaigns, and as adopted by a large majority of our political & business leaders, seems to lead to a dead end of chronic dissatisfaction and ecological ruin. Professor L. Chauvin will be sharing with us his research/reflection on the confusion between pleasure and happiness. The over-consumption theory has brought us to the brink of economic disaster and on the verge of ecological catastrophe. He believes that voluntary simplicity is an essential element of any attempt to redress this imbalance. Please join us to learn more about this world-wide movement.

N. B. We meet the second Tuesday of every month, to tackle a different political issue; same time, same place. For further information please call the founder & coordinator of the group, Nadia Alexan, at tel. (514) 846-0644, or e-mail nadia.alexan@sympatico.ca.