Happy City's founding Director Liz Zeidler makes the case for wellbeing as the primary driver of prosperity in advance of the Economics of Happiness conference staged jointly with Local Futures in Bristol last weekend. Her interview on the BBC World News 'Talking Business' show with Aaraon Heslehurst had an estimated... read more →
Oct
25
Oct
18
Continuing our series of guest blogs highlighting themes of the Economic of Happiness conference this weekend, Nicola Round from Adblock Bristol looks at why people in the city are rising up against corporate outdoor advertising and how together we can create positive challenges and alternatives – for an economy which values... read more →
Oct
16
Stewart Wallis, chair of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) is a keynote speaker at the Economics of Happiness conference in Bristol, UK (19-21 October). Ahead of his presentation at the conference, Stewart outlines some key priorities to enable the change we so badly need to put to put human flourishing and happiness... read more →
Oct
05
Today the Green Party has announced it’s first manifesto commitment: to overthrow the idea that GDP growth is the true measure progress. Happy City have been shouting this message from the rooftops for a decade, so it is heartening to see a national party putting it front and centre of... read more →
Oct
05
The Economics of Happiness Conference is all about solutions to the biggest challenges of our times. In October 2018 we hosted the three day conference, and gathered together people with ideas and initiatives to build a healthier, happier, more peaceful and prosperous future. If you want to live in an... read more →
Sep
27
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published their latest estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK. In addition to providing a picture of personal wellbeing at national level, there is also a focus on individual local authorities. For the first time they examined possible explanations for the observed differences... read more →
Sep
26
What opportunities lie behind this week’s ONS wellbeing data releases, and why might it profoundly matter to our collective future? Last week 238 leading international academics publically called on the European Union and its member states to plan for a future in which human and ecological wellbeing is prioritised over GDP and... read more →
Aug
15
Ahead of a global Economic of Happiness conference in the UK in October, Liz Zeidler, chief executive of Happy City, looks back to the financial crash of 2008 and its aftermath, asking if we can finally believe that the days of GDP as a measure of economic progress are numbered.... read more →
Jul
31
World Cup thrills, Wimbledon shocks, Tour de France Welsh wizardry, a crazy heatwave – the summer of 2018 will be one to remember for all sorts of reasons. At Happy City we've had our own reasons to be cheerful as our summer interns came on board, bringing their own unique brand of... read more →
Jul
16
Saamah Abdallah, Happy City’s wellbeing advisor, recently attended an OECD advisory meeting discussing the use of wellbeing metrics in policy. In his blog, he reflects on evolving attitudes to wellbeing in different governments – particularly among those who hold the purse strings. Four years ago, I worked on an international... read more →