Here at Happy City we’ve been busy reviewing our website. How do we best engage people in the exciting revolution we are a part of, namely re-aligning our economy and our society towards growing our capacity to flourish not just to consume? Our small but growing team of communicators... read more →
May
02
Apr
30
We wondered about this one, in fact this is the first time on the Happy City blog that we've linked to a sermon from the pope! But you don’t have to be catholic to take on board this wise advice from Pope Francis: in the below TED talk he speaks... read more →
Apr
28
It is great to see the brilliant the self-styled 'renegade economist' Kate Raworth's work being showcased at the World Economic Forum. There is so much in common between her Doughnut model of economics and Happy City's approach to putting sustainable and equitable wellbeing at the heart of decision making. We... read more →
Apr
05
A recent survey of prominent economists across Europe (conducted by the Centre for Macroeconomics in partnership with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) asked if Wellbeing analysis should play an important role in guiding policy makers. It will come as no surprise to students of economics that the 57 members... read more →
Mar
22
On 20th March, Happy City's Chief Executive Liz Zeidler participated in The BBC's Big Questions show to debate the topic 'Does a Nation's Happiness Matter?' You can view here. Assuming the producers prioritise strong disagreement for the sake of spicy and thought provoking debate, it was interesting to see so much... read more →
Mar
21
We want to know which books have inspired or provoked your thinking about happiness the most. Based on the ideas you send our way, we'll come up with the top 10 books of all time* at an event in May. We're not just interested in self-help and psychology - we want to... read more →
Mar
18
At Happy City we dream big. We want to help shift the way society thinks. This is no small task and it's certainly not a vision that is easy to neatly sum up. If only we had the eloquence of Robert Kennedy! Happy City exists to start conversations on what really matters and... read more →
Mar
17
Burnout is a hot topic in online forums at the moment, so we're gathering insights about how best to deal with the issue from online forums to prompt our own debate about best practice. We'll be meeting in the Horfield Friends Meeting House on 4th April from 6:30pm to... read more →
Mar
16
We are partnering with our fantastic friends at Action For Happiness to celebrate this year's UN International Day of Happiness on Monday (March 20) and we want you to join us! Action for Happiness have set up a collaborative campaign at www.dayofhappiness.net which involves lots of great causes and organisations coming... read more →
Mar
15
It's Happiness, but not as we know it. Come to the Eastfield Inn at 6:30pm on Tuesday 21st March, and you'll find Mike Zeidler gearing up to share a bit of his own inter-galactic happiness wisdom. Mike puts his ideas down to superpowers created by over-exposure to Quantum radiation when... read more →