Theme Guide :: Sustainable Happiness
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posted Oct 31, 2008
| Sustainable Happiness What makes us happy? It’s a question we could leave to philosophers and poets, except for this: the pursuit of happiness, as now defined, is running our world into the ground. So the question that may turn out to be key to our future is: How can we have happy people and a happy planet? |
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![]() Editor's Introduction A new American Dream. |
![]() ECONOMY If big spending, debt, and a soaring Dow didn’t make us happy, what will? |
![]() 10 THINGS Scientists can tell us how to be happy. Really. Here are 10 ways, with the research to prove it. |
![]() NO PRESENTS? This family had a merry Christmas without adding to anybody’s pile of stuff. |
![]() SAY THANK YOU Gratitude and happiness are related. Think you’re thankful? Take the test. |
![]() SCIENCE OF BLISS A scientist-turned-monk shares the Tibetan Buddhists’ secrets of happiness. |
![]() POWER Frances Moore Lappé says power isn’t something to be afraid of. It’s an important part of the good life. |
![]() HEALING In the city, he drank and sold drugs. Then Jarid Manos moved to the prairie. |
![]() SUSTAINABILITY What Dee Williams learned about freedom when she “downsized” to a tiny house on wheels. |
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HAPPINESS-IN-ACTION HEROES |
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![]() :: KEVIN PICKS A PILLOW FIGHT :: JOE’S 82 AND STILL BREAKING RECORDS :: TAL TEACHES HAPPINESS AT HARVARD |
![]() :: BHUTAN’S KING GAUGES HAPPINESS :: KURT PADDLES CLOSE TO HOME :: TINA QUITS HER DAY JOB |
![]() :: MARK KEEPS THE SECULAR SABBATH :: CECILE SAVORS THE SLOW LIFE :: TITUS OFFERS A WET-NOSE TOUCH |
![]() :: MATTHIEU’S BRAIN LIGHTS UP :: MADAN LAUGHS OUT LOUD :: DHAMMA BROTHERS GET QUIET |
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![]() GRIEF She dropped everything to be with her mother at the end of her life. Here’s what she learned about living, grieving, and joy. |
![]() WHAT'S YOUR GIFT? A young man, written off as a looser, discovers his own unique gift. |
![]() THE GOOD LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO COST THE PLANET Here is what a day looks like in a perfect (aka post-consumerist) world. |
![]() Winter 09 Online Videos, photo essays, music, and more around the happiness issue. |
![]() Discussion Guide Conversation starters and article summaries for Sustainable Happiness. |
![]() Resource Guide Organizations, initiatives, and a library for happy people and a happy planet. |
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