5 Ways to Take Happiness Seriously
Editor's Note: Welcome to our new Board of Directors member, Rob Moore, the author of this post. He brings a unique perspective to our work. A lot of people I know scoff when I start bringing up “happiness” in a…
Good News! The 2018 Happiness Report Card Is Online. Bad News: It Doesn’t Look Good. Good News: You Can Change That
Just out from our colleagues at the Happiness Alliance: an overview of 2017 data compiled from the Happiness Index, an online questionnaire available at happycounts.org. This year’s “Happiness Report Card” is a combination of disquieting data points along with encouraging…
Measuring Well-being: Vermont Leads the Way
The use of population indicators is increasing across our society, but is hardly a new idea. Utilization of population indicators has been with us here in the United States from early in our country’s history – since taking a census,…
The Happiness of Breaking Bread Together
Although the first day of Spring (International Day of Happiness) seems far behind us now, reports and photographs of the folks who participated in our third annual Happiness Dinners initiative are still trickling in. This year's dinners were held coast-to-coast,…
Across the Board … Positive Changes and Additions to GNHUSA Leadership Team
The past few months have seen a surge of activity for the Board of Directors of GNHUSA. We have expanded our board to include members from across the country, who offer a wide variety of skills and interests that we…
GNH Supports The People’s Climate March: A Look Inside How It Works When You Are Serious About Happiness
If you think measuring the right things could change the world, then it behooves you to measure the way you go about promoting that idea. So, if you had been a fly on the wall at the last few Gross…