As current president of GNHUSA, I am pleased and grateful to announce that both Laura Musikanski, executive director of the Happiness Alliance (happycounts.org) and Sharon Parker, who recently retired as the Assistant Chancellor for Equity and Diversity at the University of Washington…
Starting in August 2012, the Happiness Walk has headed South, West, and North, arriving in Seattle in May 2018. Today, July 25, Paula Francis is back in Seattle where she is turning East! Paula's plan for summer is to take…
By Charles Eisenstein In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the protagonist, Winston, seems to notice that the ration has…
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…
When the residents of Portland, Oregon or Olympia, Washington or any of the other cities on Leg 13 of the Happiness Walk see Paula Francis and other walkers in their neon "Serious About Happiness" vests, they will likely not realize…
Today's guest writer is Grisha Rodchenko, a writer based in Wisconsin. A friend of mine once said, “giving is a selfish act.” She is 100% correct. Last July, when I bought several bottles of water for my fellow passengers waiting…
We were so excited to read about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's February 1st speech, in which she announced ground-breaking plans for her country to measure its success holistically, using a tool and framework her Finance Minister Grant Robertson…
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,…
Results from the 2017 Vermont Happiness study are in, and 78% of Vermonters say they’re happy. This study, a unique collaboration between Gross National Happiness USA, the Happiness Alliance, the Vermont State Data Center and the Center for Rural Studies, explores Vermonters’ dispositions across 11 life domains including social connectedness,…
In mid-August, GNHUSA advisory board member Beth Allgood, who is also U.S. Country Director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), shared her ground-breaking research with a group of animal and GNH enthusiasts at a gathering in Montpelier,…