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Community Potlucks in Totnes (Devon, UK)

By Mirella Ferraz on 13th November 2014

This video, produced by one of NOW’s volunteer, Alex Teo, shows a bit of our Community Potlucks. These are events that bring members of the community in Totnes together to share a meal and have fun. This is a free,

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Seeds of Change: Interview with Vandana Shiva

By NOW on 23rd September 2014

How do we redefine progress so that we respect the earth and our own wellbeing? Author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva shares her views. “The wealth is in us” We face many challenges in the world today. Gross Domestic Product

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Community Talk: Economy for the Common Good

By NOW on 18th June 2014

Diego Isabel La Moneda explains The Economy for the Common Good, an interesting new business and economic movement coming from Austria. The idea is simple – the economic system and the enterprises operating within it should be oriented toward benefiting

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Growth beyond GDP: Fritjof Capra Short interview

By NOW on 14th May 2014

In this interview physicist and author Fritjof Capra shares a bit of his latest book: The Systems View of Life – A Unifying Vision. Watch more and share: Watch more wellbeing-related videos >> Subscribe to our channel on YouTube >> Connect

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Gross National Happiness: Ha Vinh Tho Interview

By NOW on 20th March 2014

An inspiring interview with Dr Ha Vinh Tho, Program Director for the Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan. Interview conducted by Thea Platt, Network of Wellbeing (NOW) Project Manager. Watch more and share: Watch more wellbeing-related videos >> Subscribe to

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Living Fully: Interview with Rowan Williams

By NOW on 29th January 2014

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, urges people to see that “your own humanity is more interesting and more alive than you could ever imagine, and… in discovering that, you actually find new ways of connecting with the earth and

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Tamsin Omond interviewed at the Festival of Wellbeing

By NOW on 9th December 2013

This is an interview with Tamsin Omond, author, environmental activist, journalist and Head of Global Campaigns at Lush Cosmetics. Tamsin was being interviewed following her excellent presentation at the Resurgence Foundation’s Festival of Wellbeing in London in 2013. Watch more

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