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By Tracy Cheesman on 5th March 2019

Re-defining success: Can consuming less lead to more wellbeing?

How can we re-define success at an individual level? And how can we break free from enormous pressures to consume excessively? This video shares a discussion with Natasha Parker from Global Action Plan about how consuming less can lead to

Guest post by Carnegie UK Trust

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By Carnegie UK Trust on 24th September 2018

Putting wellbeing at the heart of government

An increasing number of countries across the world are making a commitment to putting wellbeing at the heart of government, including New Zealand and Northern Ireland. What can we learn from those leading the way? The Carnegie UK Trust is

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By Florence Scialom on 21st June 2018

International Forum for Wellbeing: Beyond GDP What Comes Next?

We need to move from a society that allows too much for too few, towards a society of wellbeing for all. The International Forum for Wellbeing in Grenoble, France, in June 2018, brought together hundreds of researchers, activists, policy makers and

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By Katherine Trebeck on 25th April 2018

Katherine Trebeck – Towards a Global Wellbeing Economies Alliance

The current economic system has become addicted to growth at all costs. It needs to be fundamentally transformed into a wellbeing economy which aims to achieve wellbeing and fairness, for people and the rest of nature. This video shares a

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By NOW on 26th March 2018

Happy Beyond GDP: Photo Competition Results

To mark the 50 year anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s speech, where he expressed the limitations of GDP in leading us to true prosperity, we asked you to get creative and share photos of what GDP fails to measure – or in

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By Florence Scialom on 6th March 2018

International Day of Happiness: Share what makes you happy…

On 20th March it will International Day of Happiness. This March also marks 50 years since Robert Kennedy made a famous speech spelling out the inadequacy of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of societal progress, saying that, “it measures everything, in short,

Guest post by Happy City UK

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By Happy City UK on 20th November 2017

What would you #InvestIn? Join the Happy City Campaign

We’ve been in the happiness game for just over seven years now; talking to people about what matters to them, delivering practical training, and developing measures that allow us to see beyond GDP growth towards a society that benefits from true prosperity. This

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By Josh Malkin on 21st August 2017

Kate Raworth Interview

Members of the NOW team recently attended a presentation by radical economist Kate Raworth at the Dartington Ways with Words and Ideas Festival. She was speaking about her new book ‘Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist.’ This

Guest post by Sarah C. White

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By Sarah C. White on 10th July 2017

Should Business Take the Lead in Promoting Wellbeing?

In this post, sociologist Sarah C. White reflects on the role business could take in promoting wellbeing, and argues that while there are some encouraging signs it is also important to acknowledge the wider structural changes needed. In a world

Guest post by Permaculture Association

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By Permaculture Association on 11th June 2017

Permaculture, Wellbeing and the Economy

Permaculture Association CEO, Andy Goldring, shares his views on the connection between wellbeing and the economy. Watch more and share: Watch more wellbeing videos Subscribe to our channel on YouTube If you enjoyed this video, please share it with others!

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Happier Beyond GDP: Video with Happy City

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Economics for the Many: Not the Few: How Can…

Re-defining success: Can consuming less lead to more wellbeing?

Putting wellbeing at the heart of government

International Forum for Wellbeing: Beyond GDP What Comes Next?

Katherine Trebeck – Towards a Global Wellbeing Economies Alliance

Happy Beyond GDP: Photo Competition Results

International Day of Happiness: Share what makes you happy…

What would you #InvestIn? Join the Happy City Campaign

Kate Raworth Interview

Should Business Take the Lead in Promoting Wellbeing?

Permaculture, Wellbeing and the Economy

Our world - Beyond Consumption

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