Steven Kay KC has returned from Bhutan where he was a guest of the Kingdom for the exciting Bhutan Innovation Forum in which the construction of the new mindfulness city in Gelephu was the focus of the discussions over 3 days. Bhutan is one of the only 8 carbon neutral states in the world and Gelephu is planned to be a city dedicated to the happiness and wellbeing of its inhabitants and to be constructed as a sustainable modern city.
This ambitious project has been described by Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck as being possible only because the country is “not trapped by legacy and can innovate swiftly to implement plans that other countries might hesitate to pursue,” Steven was invited to present his proposal to the Prime Minister and Core Committee for the Gelephu Mindfulness City for the establishment of an International Arbitration Centre for Ecological Disputes and World Mediation Centre that would sit alongside an Arbitration Centre.
Steven was part of a team organised by designer Jeremy Morrelli that included Ruby Sandhu of the Society of Mediators and Marian Boswall landscape architect. The Forum was attended by 1500 guests including Nobel Prize Laureates, global business leaders and innovators of products and technology that would make Gelephu and its surrounding area a city fit for the 21st century.
