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Here at the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) we are very excited that some of our team will be joining the New Economy and Social Innovation Forum (NESI) in Malaga from 19th-22nd April. There is a clear link between the economy and wellbeing, and
Plant cover in UK front gardens has decreased by as much as 15% in the past 10 years. Yet for many, the front garden is the most accessible and the most accessed form of nature available to them, and we
We’re happy to announce that the Share Shed Totnes (in Devon, UK), will be opening its doors on Saturday 8th April! Come to join local MP Sarah Wollaston, Totnes Deputy Mayor Rosie Adam, wonderful poet Matt Harvey, and the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) team at
On 20th March each year, the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) joins many organisations and individuals around the world celebrating International Day of Happiness (IDoH). As part of this year’s IDoH celebrations, NOW’s Larch Maxey reflects on the relationships between loneliness, happiness
The German Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing offers a creative view on the wide field of happiness and wellbeing. As Minister of Happiness, I involve the community by playfully visualising insights and facts from happiness research and positive psychology, through
Is the neighbourhood still important in today’s individualistic and globalized society? Or has the residential neighbourhood lost its significance as source of social capital? In this guest post, Marloes Hoogerbrugge, from the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation (EHERO), shares some
To mark International Women’s Day, we’re sharing a selection of video interviews we’ve done with very inspiring women, sharing their work and views on wellbeing. Interviews shared below include: Local Future’s Dounder and Director Helena Norberg Hoge, the Green Party’s
The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 20th March as International Day of Happiness (IDH) in order to recognize, “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world”. To celebrate
It is important to explore how we can be most useful and kind in a world facing many challenges. We live in an unfair world. Opportunity is not equal. 1% own as much as the other 99%. War is common.