In response to the global urgency to review how many of us live, many exciting initiatives are popping up all over the world to facilitate more sustainable ways of consuming. These initiatives can be seen as part of ‘the great
Set up by the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) in 2017, the Share Shed – A Library of Things has pioneered a new way of offering useful items for people to borrow at a low cost, via a travelling library of
What makes a ‘good life’? And can we live good lives that don’t have to cost the earth? The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) and Eden Project Communities ran an online series of events exploring how to gain a deeper sense
We all need housing, food, water and other essentials if we are to survive, let alone thrive. And in modern society, we are expected to acquire these essentials through the market. So, economics should concern us all. Yet more and
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Founder & Director of Local Futures explains why understanding the big picture of how big money and corporate interests have acted against human and environmental wellbeing through globalisation is a requirement for local economic action. Watch more and
Ecological Economist Tim Jackson explains how an economy built around wellbeing could work and how it would give government a renewed sense of purpose to act positively on our behalf. Watch more and share: Watch more wellbeing-related videos >> Subscribe
“It’s the economy, stupid”. The infamous words of Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist were instrumental in his ultimately successful campaign to win the 1992 US Presidential Election. Since then, his slogan has become a mantra for politicians who wish to hone in on
Guest post by Karen Jeffrey, the New Economics Foundation (nef) The 2016 Happy Planet Index (HPI) results are in. For the fourth time, the New Economics Foundation (nef) have ranked countries all over the world based on how efficiently their
By Roger Higman, NOW Director Photo on right shared via Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan A commitment to wellbeing is central to the development strategies of both Bhutan and Ecuador, despite their very different cultures and histories, suggested presentations at
Lorenzo Fioramonti is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation. He explains how using GDP as a so called measurement of national success prevents the economy
By Nima Tshering and Felipe Viveros, Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan “By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion or a
By Martin Whitlock, Stop-GDP.org People from Totnes and the surrounding community gathered in the Methodist Church, on Thursday (4th February 2016), to hear Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti, a global thought leader in the “Beyond GDP” movement and author of Gross Domestic Problem:
GDP (Gross Domestic Product): “Measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile,” John F. Kennedy pointed out back in 1968. So why does GDP still have such a hold on our society? Why are we unable to shift our focus
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