Happiness

To Your

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What makes you happy?What makes you happy?In 30 seconds each: In 30 seconds each:

10 things10 things10 activities10 activities10 people10 people

Happiness is Happening

Measure

Purpose

Policy

Does MONEY make us happy?

GDP in the US has

more than tripled

since 1950s.

Adjusted per capita

GDP since 1960 has

doubled since 2010

Happiness has remained stagnant and even fallen

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the sum of all goods and services produced in a year

Easterlin Paradox40 year study of nations across the globe

Up to a salary of $75K for family of four, long and short term happiness increases a lot with more money

After a salary of $75K, long term happiness increases are marginal or non-existent, short term increases in happiness do occur.

What…is a happiness measurement?

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Sustainability

Healthy Ecosystems

Social Justice

Economic Fairness

Happiness

& Wellbeing

Sustainability

Healthy Ecosystems

Social Justice

Economic Fairness

Happiness

& Wellbeing

GDP

Economic Growth

Wealth Accumulatio

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Stuff & Status

GDP

Economic Growth

Wealth Accumulatio

n

Stuff & Status

Self-transcendence

Physical self

Extrinsic Intrinsic

Spirituality

Community

AffiliationSelf-acceptance

Physical healthSafetyHedonism

Financialsuccess

ImagePopularity

Conformity

From research by T. Kasser

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Sustainability Resilience

Well-Being

Online Happiness Metrics & Grassroots: What are the Leverage Points?

What you can doTake the GNH Index Use the GNH Indexhappycounts.org

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