Solutions Journal July/August 2013 by Robert Costanza, Jacqueline McGlade, Steve de Bonvoisin, Petra Fagerholm, Joshua Farley, Enrico Giovannini, Ida Kubiszewski, Frances Moore Lappé, Hunter Lovins, Kate Pickett, Greg Norris, Thomas Prugh, Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir, Debra Roberts, Richard Wilkinson Conscious that unsustainable patterns of production and consumption can impede sustainable development, and recognizing the need for […]
Category: Quality of Life
Sustainable Well-being
The Solutions Journal May 2013 When people think about how to move our societies towards sustainability, they usually think simply about reducing our collective environmental impact. But the related question, of how human well-being can be produced more efficiently, is often ignored. Modern economic systems are disastrously inefficient ways of producing well-being. The vast majority […]
Honoring Happiness: What Bhutan, a Cowboy Hat, & the Economy Have in Common
By Ann Teresa Rich Triple Pundit From the moment she took the stage, smiling in a black cowboy hat and turquoise scarf, I knew I was in for a great talk. In October 2012, I had the pleasure of attending a Hunter Lovins lecture at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She is a charismatic sustainability leader. […]
First Ever International Day of Happiness at the UN
The United Nations held its first ever International Day of Happiness on 20th March 2013. View the highlights video and factsheet distributed at this event. IDOH2013_FACT_SHEET_