2048:Humanities Agreement to Live Together
Here is a book and a movement about building a future that guarantees human rights and a happy future for all. Read Excepts from AlterNet
Anialski, Mark. (2007). The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers. genuinewealth.net
Bok, Derek. (2010). The Politics of Happiness: What government can learn from the new research on Well-Being Princeton University Press
Brooks, Arthur. (2008). Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America and How we can Get More of It. New York, NY: Basic Books. arthurbrooks.net
Frey, B.S. (2008). Happiness: A Revolution in Economics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Happiness: A Revolution in Economics
Graham, Carol (2010) Happiness Research Around the World Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires: Happiness Research, Economics and Public Policy (Oxford University Press)
Henderson, Hazel & Sethi, Simran. (2006). Ethical Markets: Growing The Green Economy hazelhenderson.com
Henderson, Hazel. (2000) Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy. hazelhenderson.com
Kahneman, D., Diener, E., Schwartz, N. eds. (2003). Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.
Lane, R. E. (2000). The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. yalepress.yale.edu
Layard, R. (2005). Happiness: Lessons From a New Science. New York, NY: The Penguin Press. Happiness: Lessons From a New Science)
McKibben, Bill. (2008). Deep Economy. Holt Paperbacks. billmckibben.com
Speth, Gus (2009) The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. Yale University Press. thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com
Weiner, Eric. (2008). The Geography of Bliss. New York, NY: Twelve. ericweinerbooks.com
Worldwatch Institute. (2008) State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. Washington DC. worldwatch.org
Worldwatch Institute. (2004) State of the World 2004: Special Focus – The Consumer Society. Washington DC. worldwatch.org
Jamie Tanquay from New Hampshire, who did graduate work in Happiness Economics at Johns Hopkins and an internship in Bhutan helping them develop GNH based tools for policy analysis, has followed his happiness to Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific. Read or download the PDF.
Costanza, M. Hart, S. Posner, J. Talberth. (2009) Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress. The Pardee Papers No. 4, Boston University, Boston, MA.
R. Costanza. (2008). Stewardship for a “Full” World. Current History, 30 – 35.
Costanza, B. Fisher, S. Ali, et al. (2008). An integrative approach to quality of life measurement, research, and policy. Surv. Perspect. Integr. Envir. Soc., 1, 11 – 15.
R. Costanza, B. Fisher, S. Ali, et al. (2007). Quality of Life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being. Ecological Economics, 61, 267-276.
E. Diener. (2000) Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and a Proposal for a National Index. American Psychologist, 55(1) 34-43.
E. Diener (2010) Reprint list
Graham, Carol Numerous articles and reports on Happiness Research and Happiness Economics see her Bio at Brookings Institution for a listing of articles with links
Hogan, Con (2002) Outcomes: Reframing Responsibility for Well-Being
Ura, Karma. (2008) Explanation of GNH Index. Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Talberth, C. Cobb & N. Slattery. (2006). The Genuine Progress Indicator 2006: A Tool for Sustainable Development. Redefining Progress, Oakland, CA.
Marks, N., Abdallah, S., Simms, A, Thompson, S. (2009). The UnHappy Planet Index 2.0. London: New Economics Foundation. happyplanetindex.org
Commission of the European Communities. (2009). GDP and beyond: Measuring progress in a changing world. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Brussels.
Universal Compassion and Wisdom for Peace. (2006). An Introduction to the 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life. Produced for the Happiness and its Causes Conference, Sydney, Australia. 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life
Vermont Council on Rural Development. (2009). Imagining Vermont: Values and Vision for the Future. Montpelier, Vermont. VCRD Future of Vermont Report
UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment General Synthesis Report: Ecosystems and Human Well-Being (2005) millenniumassessment.org
Anialski, Mark (2004) Genuine Wealth and the Good Life. Yes! A Journal for Positive Futures.
David Brancaccio for Marketplace, Public Media International — Economy 4.0 Alternative Indicators
Briscoe, Simon. (2009) A more humane way to measure progress. London’s Financial Times, January 31, 2009.
Costanza, Robert The Real Economy in Review
Fredrickson, Barbara. (2009) The Science of Happiness. The Sun. thesunmagazine.org/issues/401/the_science_of_happiness May 2009.
Fredrickson, Barbara (2009) Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_9Df6dK7c
Gearan, Mark D. (2009) Commencement speech at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York.
Henderson, Hazel. (1996) Measuring Progress: Not by GNP Alone. The Light Party.
McKibben, Bill. (2007) Reversal of Fortune. Mother Jones-reversal-of-fortune
McKibben, Bill. The Moral Math of Climate Change — with Bill McKibben
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Lambert, Craig The Science of Happiness–Psychology explores humans at their best. Harvard Magazine Jan-Feb 2007
Ongmo, Sonam – Dragon Tales Blog http://www.sonamongmo.com/2010/06/gross-national-happiness-not-so-fuzzy.html
Revkin, Andrew C. (2005) A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom. New York Times.
Santone, Susan (2010) Journal of Sustainability Education May 10, 2010 Sustainability and Economics 101: A Primer for Elementary Educators
Thinley, H. E. Jigmi Y. (2008) Keynote address at the 4th International GNH Conference. Thimphu, Bhutan
van Willensgaard, Hans. (2009) A framework for a new global financial architecture. The Nation Opinion, August 18, 2009.
Zencey, Eric. G.D.P. R.I.P, The Nation Opinion, August 10, 2009 Zencey GDP RIP
Zencey, Eric. Should there be alternatives to the GDP? The Nation email interview, August, 2009
UNESCO (2009). Education for All Global Monitoring Report – Overcoming inequality: why governance matters. Downloaded from unesco.org on 03/09/09.
UN Human Development Report. US, New York: Oxford University Press.
Central Intelligence Agency (2009). The World Factbook. Downloaded from The-World-Factbook on 29/08/09.
This rarely heard recording of FDR’s Fireside Chat on January 11, 1944 lays out a vision of economic rights for every citizen. Rights that support Democracy instead of Dictatorship. Watch Video
South Korea adopting GNH ideas to replace GDP. Read Article
In a NY Times OP-ED, Economist Paul Krugman warns that rising commodity prices reflect the underlying reality that these resources are limited and as demand increases from the developing world (not the U.S.) prices are rising. Read OP-ED.
This Christmas video shows just how wild people can get when stimulated with over-the-top commercialism. Imagine the hormones cranking. Check out my Christmas message to America – you’ll laugh, you’ll cry…Bill Maher View Bill Maher’s Christmas Video
Video of a Flashmob performance in a mall in Connecticut. Watch the smiling faces of the crowd and listen to the comments from the crowd at the end. Watch the Flashmob video
Downsize Nation: It’s been two years since 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour was tramped to death by a frenzied crowd of Black Friday shoppers at a Long Island Walmart. Read full article.
As part of a Key National Indicators System for the United States being developed by The State of the USA in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences, CPS has proposed a new set of Social Wealth indicators–ensuring that the value of care work and the status of women and children are included as key measures of quality of life and economic success for all. Read Article
What’s Wrong with being No. 2? Japan may be the first nation to opt for a no growth, steady state economy. Read Full Article.
The Seattle GNH group has been busy, launching this week their Seattle Area Happiness Index (SAHI –”Say Hi”) in cooperation with Sustainable Seattle, which has a 20 year history of generating statistics on the conditions and well-being in Seattle and in communities around the country. Watch the 4 minute News Video on the launch of the SAHI
Green Facts: Facts on Health and the Environment greenfacts.org/en/ecosystems/index.htm
Beyond GDP: Measuring progress, true wealth, and the well-being of nations. beyond-gdp.eu In November 2007, the European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted the high-level conference “Beyond GDP” with the objectives of clarifying which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process and taken up by public debate. The conference brought together over 650 policy makers, experts and civil society representatives to address these critical issues. Spurred on by the success of the 2007 conference, the Beyond GDP partners continue to work on improving our measures of progress, wealth and well-being.
The Centre for Bhutan Studies – home of Gross National Happiness www.grossnationalhappiness.com The Centre for Bhutan Studies is an autonomous research institute dedicated towards promoting research and scholarship on Bhutan. It is governed by the Council for the Centre of Bhutan Studies.
OECD website on comprehensive indicators. Lots of information on previous projects and links to information and their main pages on current projects.
http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3343,en_40033426_40037349_41376188_1_1_1_1,00.html
nationalaccountsofwellbeing.org
blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/health
Global Footprint Network www.footprintnetwork.org
redefiningprogress.org Redefining Progress. Creator of the Genuine Progress Indicator, the Community Indicators Handbook, and the Ecological Footprint Quiz Redefining Progress is the nation’s leading public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. We find solutions that ensure a sustainable and equitable world for future generations.
Gund Institute Website: Genuine Progress Indicator studies on Northern Vermont 1950-2000 http://www.uvm.edu/giee/?Page=genuine/index.html
GPI Atlantic: Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (Ron and Gwen Coleman). Many good articles, videos and links here. http://www.gpiatlantic.org/
Solutions Journal from the Gund Institute http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/ Solving the mounting environmental, social and economic problems of our time.
Sandokai Productions: Making a feature length documentary on GNH in Bhutan. www.sandokaiproductions.com
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It gives me a new insight in better living.