High-energy Asheville rally kickstarts the 5 Day Weekend campaign.
First off, big thanks to all the Friends of the 5 Day Weekend (and receptive passers-by) who came out to our hometown kickoff rally Tuesday in downtown Asheville. A pretty huge crowd gathered for the debut of our not-so-subtle tour bus, the Work Less Express.
Campaign Director Roy McCrerey (who will soon be taking over blogging responsibilities here), rallied the troops with by reminding everybody how incredibly overworked Americans are and how the 5 Day Weekend movement can help.
But it wasn't all Five Day rhetoric. We'd just be preaching to the choir in Asheville, where everybody seems to agree that there's a lot more to life than just working yourself to death.
So we brought out some cloggers, one of Asheville's many great bluegrass bands, and local practitioners of the Brazilian dance-fighting art capoeira. We just wanted to show off a small sample of the new skills and activities you could pick up if you could just get a little (or a lot) more time off.
Well, here, check out the slideshow yourself:
Oh, and our full, content-packed 5 Day Weekend web site is live now, in case you haven't noticed. So head on over to fivedayweekend.org and check it out.
1 comments:
It's a nice thought, but I don't think this is realistic at all. They tried this in France, but with a reduced 35-hour work week. The French economy has taken a huge hit, forcing companies to hire less people and even lay some workers off; portions of the French unem,ployment is approaching 20%, according to the French Federal Government. There's no way you're going to convince most people that this will work. Common sense would tell you that no one is going to accomplish in two days what they previously did over five.
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