Happy City is thrilled to announce we've been awarded a significant grant from the Big Lottery Fund to support our work to put the wellbeing of people and planet at the heart of the economy. The grant will fund major developments to our wellbeing measurement tools to make them available... read more →
May
03
Apr
27
Stories, stories, stories. They are everywhere – in the papers, on our phones, woven through our histories and inside our heads. The stories we tell and those we absorb become the foundation for our life choices. Last week I sat listening to the award-winning journalist Gary Younge. Told in his... read more →
Apr
25
The world’s most universal economic system – capitalism – is great at creating wealth. However, this prosperity is nearly always delivered at a cost. For a start, wealth tends to gravitate to a minority – those that take the risk, the business owners. The reward is financial, and wider considerations... read more →
Apr
12
Margaret Thatcher said in 1987: ‘There’s no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first.' Reading this, it is not hard to see how concepts of civic duty... read more →
Mar
27
When you head up a charity whose mission is to shake up the current economic model and the systems that fuel consumerism, you’re not naturally a huge fan of banks and PR firms. And when your job entails publically challenging the ‘more stuff and more debt equals success and prosperity’... read more →
Mar
26
To mark the 50 year anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s speech, where he expressed the limitations of GDP in leading us to true prosperity, we asked you to get creative and share photos of what GDP fails to measure - or in other words, what makes you ‘happy beyond GDP’. This... read more →
Mar
22
As the government releases their Spring Statement on the state of the economy, we’ve put together our own set of priorities for an economy that allows everyone to truly thrive. Our 7 Priorities for a thriving economy A one planet budget. Let’s invest in developing green energy, using fewer natural... read more →
Mar
20
Three opportunities to join our all-star team as we expand We have room for a charming and experienced Business Development Manager (3 days/week) to help us grow our service for the greater good. The first ad is here, and the full job description here. We're also after a gifted Communications & Campaign... read more →
Mar
16
It has been 50 years since Robert Kennedy gave his memorable speech on the inadequacy of GDP as a measure of prosperity. Kennedy lambasted GDP for including ‘everything.. except that which makes life worthwhile’, and for counting air pollution and the destruction of ancient redwood forests, whilst excluding the health... read more →
Mar
06
We do. We think the economy needs reprogramming, so that it values what really matters. March 18th marks 50 years since Bobby Kennedy made a famous speech spelling out the inadequacy of GDP. Yet our economic reality is still lagging far behind these progressive ideas. Today, our economy is still... read more →