Welcome to the Global Energy Parliament 2017!

Join us for a creative discussion on Science, Freedom and Happiness! The Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust invites you to the 8th Annual International Session of the Global Energy Parliament on December 9-10, 2017 at the Kerala State Secretariat's Assembly Hall, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. GEP+ 2017 features a Students' Parliament.

What's the Idea?

The Global Energy Parliament is a unique venture for humanity to create a more sustainable, peaceful and happy future – all based on the science of energy. Experts in all fields participate as Members of Parliament or Ministers who are responsible for portfolios in their field of study/work. Together, we pass Resolutions which are submitted to Governments around the world and international organizations like the United Nations. We are interested in collaborative approaches and cooperative work. That is why we are non-political and there are no Opposition parties.

We provide: 

  • Training in our concept of energy
  • Training in parliamentary procedures
  • A global format to meet and discuss with like-minded people
  • Membership in the Global Energy Parliament, with opportunities to represent GEP in other forums like the United Nations
  • Awards for Best Parliamentarian (Student & Adult), Best Submission, and more! 


What we need from you: 

  • Creative thinking
  • Great communication skills
  • Positive energy
  • A strong desire to use it for the best of humanity!

Agenda: Science for Freedom and Happiness

This year the GEP invites you to take a closer look at science and its goals.

A new trend in research has emerged on ‘the science of happiness.’ Psychologists, neuroscientists, engineers, writers, economists and activists are studying the patterns of self-reported levels of happiness in efforts to better understand what makes people happy. Now, there is a World Happiness Index, a concept of ‘Gross National Happiness,’ and Ministries for Happiness have even been started in countries like the United Arab Emirates.

Everyone has a different definition of happiness. Some look only at behaviour and life circumstances like freedom to make life choices, income, life expectancy, etc. Other researchers ask people to report happiness based on their own ideas of it. We believe in a standard definition of happiness (and the resulting freedom), not only based on life situation or fleeting emotions, but an attainable and long-lasting experience.

The underlying motivation to all this research is that a growing number of people in the world, especially in the fast-paced developed countries, aren’t as happy as they think they should be. We at GEP feel that scientific achievements and technology have a lot to do with the situation. So we are exploring the fundamental question of whether different branches of science, and their recent achievements, are creating more happiness and more freedom—or less? And if less, how can we use science itself to overcome this problem?

Our unique theory of everything, called “I-Theory,” will enable us to approach these questions from a new angle.

All branches of study are relevant in this topic. ‘Science’ is meant both as any systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject (e.g., Literature, Culture, International Relations, etc.), and also as the study of the structure and behaviour of the world (i.e., Physics, Biology, Chemistry). 

Registration

Ensure your place at GEP+ 2017 by registering now. Registration is open to students, faculty and the public.

 

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Global Energy Parliament on "Science for Happiness and Freedom" promotes all the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular Goals No. 3, 4 and 16.   

SDG 3     SDG 4     SDG 16

Who We Are 

The Global Energy Parliament is the international science, sustainability, and peace platform of the Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust (IVPT). IVPT holds Consultative Status to the United Nations ECOSOC for its work in education and social service.

Highlights from Past Sessions of GEP

 
 

Supported By

Organizer

 

Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust

http://www.ivpt.org

With support from:

 

Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training, Kerala Legislature Secretariat

http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cpst.htm

 

G-C Avocats, France

https://avocat-gc.com/

 

Personal-Point GmbH, Germany

http://www.personal-point.de/en/

 

Nirbhaya Debating Society

https://nirbhayatvm.wordpress.com/