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November/December 2011
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Wellbeing: Happy People, Happy Planet
In an uplifting issue exploring the theme of happiness and wellbeing, we ask “What does it mean to be happy and how can we achieve and maintain this elusive state?”
This issue brings together activists and academics working within the field of happiness, including Herman Daly, Richard Layard and Anthony Seldon. Plus, Rob Hopkins looks at why engaged activism increases wellbeing, and the Happy Planet Index reveals the ‘happiest nation’.
True wellbeing embraces all aspects of life, leading happy people to make better choices for themselves and for the future of the planet.
Read the November/December issue in full: download from the website
The Gift of Happiness
Do you really know what makes you happy? Robert Holden, director of The Happiness Project, explores the correlation between money and greater happiness.
He takes a look at how our definition of happiness impacts on the decisions we make in life, and why happiness should be high on everyone’s agenda.
The Great Reskilling
People are responding to the failure in markets by rediscovery the joy of making, and finding that creativity supersedes the short-lived and disappointing 'sugar highs' of passive consumerism.
Andrew Simms and Ruth Potts report on why going back to making (and making do) heralds a return to happier times.
Transition and Wellbeing
Rob Hopkins reports on five years of transition – a movement spreading rapidly across the UK and beyond. Originally grounded in environmental activism, Transition now embraces a whole new cultural movement.
This article explores why people love the Transition movement, what works and what it means for the future.
Chocolate Crackpots
I made myself very happy, by cooking with lovely ingredients, making something delicious for my willing tasters, and, not least, having great scary fun with my little cook's blowtorch.
Jane Hughes, our vegetarian foodie, invents a new dish combining dark chocolate, ginger and cream in celebration of food and happiness.
| Also free to read online from the Nov/Dec Issue |
Stillness in Schools...read here
The Alchemy of Compost...read here
A Journey of Beginnings...read here
Trust Me...read here
| This month's web exclusives |
Pictorial harmony • Anita Klein
The Lessons of Pilgrimage • Adam Weymouth
The Secret Lives of Bees • Helen Jukes
Fukushima and our Hubris • Claus Biegert
Reversion to the Local • Julian Rose
Transcending the Matrix • Nicola Jones
Reading the Signs • Jerry Glover
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| Don't miss the following articles only in print |
Steps Towards Happiness • Peter Owen Jones
Which Way Now? • Tony Juniper
The Happy Planet Index • Benjamin D. Hennig
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Animate Earth
18 Nov 2011
Animate Earth film screening, Oxford
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Earth Pilgrims Retreat
13-19 Apr 2012
Earth Pilgrims Retreat II, Asturias, North Spain
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