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What is GNHUSA? 10 Minutes with Santa Fe Unitarians
While Happiness Walkers and GNHUSA co-founders/board members Paula Francis and Ginny Sassaman were in Santa…
GNHUSA’s Take on Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”
Thanks to former GNHUSA board member and videographer Dan Jones, GNHUSA, the Happiness Alliance, Take…
Seven Minutes on the Happiness Walk: Video
What is it really like on The Happiness Walk? Every day is different, and the…
Listen to the Happiness Walkers on Santa Fe’s Radio Cafe
When the Happiness Walk was in Santa Fe for the last miles of Leg 9…
The Happiness Walk Hits Mile 3,500!
3,500 Miles and Counting After a summer hiatus, the Happiness Walk - Leg 10 resumed…
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness Taking a cue from a…
Bhutan Happiness Conference: True Well-Being for Animals, People
How much do animals contribute to happiness? By Beth Allgood Can you think of a…
The Power of a Positive No to Increase Happiness
In 2005, after I had applied for the Masters in Mediation program at Woodbury College,…
Well-Being For All, Sustainability
Sustainable "happiness contributes to individual, community and/or global well-being and does not exploit other people,…
How Happiness and Sustainability Connect
This essay is by Laura Musikanski, executive director and co-founder of the Happiness Alliance. Her reflection…
Supporting Animal Welfare with the Charter for Happiness
Beth Allgood, Campaigns Director in the United States for the International Fund for Animal Welfare,…
The People’s Climate March: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
As the threats of climate change increase, the relevance of this blog -- published first…
The Happiness Walk: Meaning and Joy in Florida
Note: this description of joining GNHUSA's Happiness Walk was originally published at HappinessParadigm.com in September 2015.…
THE FOOD! THE HAPPINESS WALK LANDS IN THE HAPPIEST CITY
BY GINNY SASSAMAN It was Mardi Gras season, and I was excited to rejoin The Happiness…
The Rise and Fall of GDP
A very interesting article on the push against GDP, used as a measure of progress…
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