Our Wellbeing Data Trials analyst - who she is and what she does... Hello, I’m Helen and I joined the Happy City team in mid December. My job is to analyse the trials of some very clever techie tools designed to show how wellbeing is influenced by decision making. My... read more →
Feb
03
Feb
03
Here's the last issue of our newsletter - click on the link to see a nod to David Bowie, news about our office space, a podcast about stories, lovely stuff about people's reactions, and a brilliant source of fascinating news.
Jan
25
What can we learn from adversity? Joseph Campbell once said 'Opportunities to find deeper strength within comes when life is most challenging'. Our office was broken into last week. We think it was the work of an organised gang, who use children to help with their crime. It feels pretty... read more →
Dec
07
Sometimes Happy City spreads happiness just by being Earlier this year I was commissioned to edit a career guide for scientists interested in working in the Asia-Pacific region. The science journal Nature wanted a supplement comprising articles, Q&As with employers and snazzy infographics on what readers want to know about... read more →
Dec
03
The headlines this week are full of the debate about opposing terror with terror. That's understandable - we can all plainly see and empathise with the horror of horror. By contrast, the threat of climate change feels positively cosy. It's not. The climate is a critical life support system -... read more →
Nov
23
A thoughtful piece about Happy City's work has just been published by El Mundo in Spain. With a circulation of around 150,000 copies, El Mundo is the second largest newspaper in the country. Carlos Fresneda, the paper's foreign correspondent based in London visited Bristol several times during 2015, conducting extensive interviews... read more →
Nov
17
Fear, dread, chaos, anxiety, consternation, shock and intimidation. These are all words associated with the idea of terror, and 'fight or flight' are the most natural ways to respond. Unfortunately, the best fight or flight offers is a temporary reprieve. A fight pumps up aggression everywhere, and flight simply hides... read more →
Nov
17
What Opposes Terror? Fear, dread, chaos, anxiety, consternation, shock and intimidation. These are all words associated with the idea of terror, and 'fight or flight' are the most natural ways to respond. Unfortunately, the best fight or flight offers is a temporary reprieve. A fight pumps up aggression everywhere,... read more →
Nov
16
Sustainability, art and performance all rolled into one magnificent show It's not immediately obvious, but the fantastic show that's been running 24 hours a day inside the ruins of Temple Church, is an inspired part of Bristol's European Green Capital celebrations. Described in July as 'one of the most ambitious... read more →
Nov
13
In 2015 Centre for Thriving Places worked with Bristol Public Health to adapt our wellbeing materials to prison life. We worked extensively with the current and ex prisoners, and the result was a unique adaptation of our pre-existing wellbeing resources. Plan B: Five Ways to Prison Wellbeing is a booklet... read more →