Resources
BOOKS
Anialski, Mark. (2007). The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers. genuinewealth.net
Brooks, Arthur. (2008). Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America and How we can Get More of It. New York, NY: Basic Books. arthurbrooks.net
Frey, B.S. (2008). Happiness: A Revolution in Economics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Happiness: A Revolution in EconomicsHenderson, Hazel & Sethi, Simran. (2006). Ethical Markets: Growing The Green Economy hazelhenderson.com
Henderson, Hazel. (2000) Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy. hazelhenderson.com
Kahneman, D., Diener, E., Schwartz, N. eds. (2003). Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.
Lane, R. E. (2000). The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. yalepress.yale.edu
Layard, R. (2005). Happiness: Lessons From a New Science. New York, NY: The Penguin Press. Happiness: Lessons From a New Science)McKibben, Bill. (2008). Deep Economy. Holt Paperbacks. billmckibben.com
Speth, Gus (2009) The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. Yale University Press. thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com
Weiner, Eric. (2008). The Geography of Bliss. New York, NY: Twelve. ericweinerbooks.com
Worldwatch Institute. (2008) State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. Washington DC. worldwatch.org
Worldwatch Institute. (2004) State of the World 2004: Special Focus – The Consumer Society. Washington DC. worldwatch.org
PAPERS & REPORTS
Costanza, M. Hart, S. Posner, J. Talberth. (2009) Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress. The Pardee Papers No. 4, Boston University, Boston, MA.
R. Costanza. (2008). Stewardship for a “Full” World. Current History, 30 – 35.
Costanza, B. Fisher, S. Ali, et al. (2008). An integrative approach to quality of life measurement, research, and policy. Surv. Perspect. Integr. Envir. Soc., 1, 11 – 15.
R. Costanza, B. Fisher, S. Ali, et al. (2007). Quality of Life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being. Ecological Economics, 61, 267-276.
E. Diener. (2000) Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and a Proposal for a National Index. American Psychologist, 55(1) 34-43.
Ura, Karma. (2008) Explanation of GNH Index. Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Talberth, C. Cobb & N. Slattery. (2006). The Genuine Progress Indicator 2006: A Tool for Sustainable Development. Redefining Progress, Oakland, CA.
Marks, N., Abdallah, S., Simms, A, Thompson, S. (2009). The UnHappy Planet Index 2.0. London: New Economics Foundation. happyplanetindex.org
Commission of the European Communities. (2009). GDP and beyond: Measuring progress in a changing world. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, Brussels.
Universal Compassion and Wisdom for Peace. (2006). An Introduction to the 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life. Produced for the Happiness and its Causes Conference, Sydney, Australia. 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life
Vermont Council on Rural Development. (2009). Imagining Vermont: Values and Vision for the Future. Montpelier, Vermont. VCRD Future of Vermont Report
UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment General Synthesis Report: Ecosystems and Human Well-Being (2005) millenniumassessment.org
ARTICLES and OPINIONS
Anialski, Mark (2004) Genuine Wealth and the Good Life. Yes! A Journal for Positive Futures.
Briscoe, Simon. (2009) A more humane way to measure progress. London’s Financial Times, January 31, 2009.
Costanza, Robert The Real Economy in Review
Fredrickson, Barbara. (2009) The Science of Happiness. The Sun. thesunmagazine.org/issues/401/the_science_of_happiness May 2009.
Fredrickson, Barbara (2009) Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_9Df6dK7c
Gearan, Mark D. (2009) Commencement speech at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York.
Henderson, Hazel. (1996) Measuring Progress: Not by GNP Alone. The Light Party.
McKibben, Bill. (2007) Reversal of Fortune. Mother Jones motherjones/reversal-of-fortune
Revkin, Andrew C. (2005) A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom. New York Times.
Thinley, H. E. Jigmi Y. (2008) Keynote address at the 4th International GNH Conference. Thimphu, Bhutan
van Willensgaard, Hans. (2009) A framework for a new global financial architecture. The Nation Opinion, August 18, 2009.
Zencey, Eric. G.D.P. R.I.P, The Nation Opinion, August 10, 2009 Zencey GDP RIP
Zencey, Eric. Should there be alternatives to the GDP? The Nation email interview, August, 2009
UNESCO (2009). Education for All Global Monitoring Report – Overcoming inequality: why governance matters. Downloaded from unesco.org on 03/09/09.
United Nations (2005). UN Human Development Report. US, New York: Oxford University Press.
Central Intelligence Agency (2009). The World Factbook. Downloaded from The-World-Factbook on 29/08/09.
Relevant Organizations, Data and other Resources
Green Facts: Facts on Health and the Environment greenfacts.org/en/ecosystems/index.htm
Beyond GDP: Measuring progress, true wealth, and the well-being of nations. beyond-gdp.eu In November 2007, the European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted the high-level conference “Beyond GDP” with the objectives of clarifying which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process and taken up by public debate. The conference brought together over 650 policy makers, experts and civil society representatives to address these critical issues. Spurred on by the success of the 2007 conference, the Beyond GDP partners continue to work on improving our measures of progress, wealth and well-being.
The Centre for Bhutan Studies – home of Gross National Happiness bhutanstudies.org.bt/main/index.php The Centre for Bhutan Studies is an autonomous research institute dedicated towards promoting research and scholarship on Bhutan. It is governed by the Council for the Centre of Bhutan Studies.
grossnationalhappiness.com The highly informative Bhutanese GNH website
OECD website on comprehensive indicators. Lots of information on previous projects and links to information and their main pages on current projects.
http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3343,en_40033426_40037349_41376188_1_1_1_1,00.html
nationalaccountsofwellbeing.org
blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/category/health
Global Footprint Network www.footprintnetwork.org
redefiningprogress.org Redefining Progress. Creator of the Genuine Progress Indicator, the Community Indicators Handbook, and the Ecological Footprint Quiz Redefining Progress is the nation’s leading public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. We find solutions that ensure a sustainable and equitable world for future generations.
GUND Institute Website: Genuine Progress Indicator studies on Northern Vermont 1950-2000 http://www.uvm.edu/giee/?Page=genuine/index.html
GPI Atlantic: Genuine Progress Indicators for Atlantic Canada (Ron and Gwen Coleman) http://www.gpiatlantic.org/