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By Roger Higman on 19th August 2024

Must Good Lives Cost the Earth?

How seven billion people can live well, sustainably and peacefully on a finite planet is a key question, perhaps the key question, for our times. It’s also central to the Network of Wellbeing’s vision, mission and values. “Building Wellbeing Together

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By Roger Higman on 13th October 2022

Why Do We Talk About Thriving?

The Network of Wellbeing’s new vision is of ‘people and the planet thriving together’. Here, as part of a series of blog posts that explore the thinking behind our new vision, mission and values, we’d like to explain why the

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By Mirella Ferraz on 24th June 2021

Rethinking Consumption For Personal And Planetary Wellbeing

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

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By Mirella Ferraz on 4th March 2021

From Ownership to Access: The Power of Sharing

In this post NOW’s Mirella Ferraz shares the story of our mobile Share Shed – Library of Things project, including some step-by-step guidance on how to set up your own sharing project. Due to lockdown, the Share Shed has been

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By NOW on 28th May 2020

The Sharing Economy and Wellbeing

In these unprecedented times we need to find effective ways to support each other. Here at NOW, we’ve relaunched our webinar series, focusing on how we can build Wellbeing Together in these times of rapid change. This post summarises our recent

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By NOW on 19th May 2020

The Good News Is… We Can Build Back Better

Every two weeks, the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) offers a summary of good news to highlight beacons of hope and inspiration as we navigate these times together. In the UK and around the world people are debating and deliberating on

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By Mirella Ferraz on 29th January 2020

Why Buy When You Can Borrow?

It’s another day at the Share Shed, Totnes; a community project in south Devon, known as a ‘library of things’. Our principles are progressive and yet very old. And our project is rooted in a simple way of living; based

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By NOW on 24th May 2019

Share Shed To Become World’s First Mobile Library Of…

Totnes’ Share Shed – a library of things in Devon – has won £48,599 in this year’s People’s Projects. We won the award in a public vote organised by ITV and the National Lottery Community Fund. Thank you to everyone

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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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Summer Reading: Wellbeing Books We’ve Found Inspiring

A Happy Planet in 2024?

Thriving Places 2024

Must Good Lives Cost the Earth?

Why Do We Talk About Thriving?

Rethinking Consumption For Personal And Planetary Wellbeing

From Ownership to Access: The Power of Sharing

The Sharing Economy and Wellbeing

The Good News Is… We Can Build Back Better

Why Buy When You Can Borrow?

Share Shed To Become World’s First Mobile Library Of…

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

Putting wellbeing at the heart of government

Our world - Beyond Growth

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