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C O N T E N T S No. 269 November/December 2011

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HAPPINESS & WELLBEING UNDERCURRENTS 8 THE GIFT OF HAPPINESS Robert Holden A pioneer of happiness research explains why it still matters 12 HAPPINESS AS A HIGHER GOOD Richard Ryder

On why we have a moral duty to to make others, including animals, happy 14 A BETTER WAY OF LIFE Richard Layard Introducing the new Action for

Happiness movement 18 STILLNESS IN SCHOOLS Anthony Seldon Why teachers should star t every lesson in silence 20 THE HAPPY PLANET INDEX Benjamin D. Hennig Which is the happiest nation?

22 CREATING AWELLBEING SOCIETY Nic Marks Exper ts have identified five things you can do to flourish 26 GENUINE WEALTH Mark Anielski Exploring the original meaning of ‘wealth’ 28 TRUE MEASURES OF WELLBEING &WELFARE Herman Daly Why making everyone richer won’t make everyone happier 30 SUSTAINABLE WELLBEING Jayati Ghosh Greater wellbeing calls for a more sustainable economy 32 THE GREAT RESKILLING Andrew Simms & Ruth Potts How making (and making do) heralds a return to happier times 34 TRANSITION AND WELLBEING Rob Hopkins Why does engaged activism increase wellbeing? Learning from Transition 37 WHICH WAY NOW? Tony Juniper Why environmentalists will need a deeper level of engagement

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KEYNOTES 40 STEPS TOWARDS HAPPINESS Peter Owen Jones The three key obstacles that stand in the way of greater happiness

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REGULARS 1 WELCOME

Satish Kumar 44 VOICE FROM THE SOUTH

Vandana Shiva 46 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 48 OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS John Moat 50 ACTION Jonathan Dawson 51 LETTERS

ARTS & CRAFTS 52 A SENSE OF PURPOSE

Peter Murray How the new Hepworth Gallery has regenerated a city 55 EXHIBITION

Rebecca Jewell at the Rebecca Hossack Galler y 56 A JOURNEY OF BEGINNINGS

Ar tists’ autobiography by Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg

REVIEWS 58 A COMMONWEALTH OF VIRTUE Peter Reason reviews Tim

Flanner y’s Here On Earth: A New Beginning

60 TRUST ME Leo Hickman reviews What’s Mine

Is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live 61 A BETTER WORLD

Bruce Nixon has written a new handbook for change 62 HAPPY BEINGS

Sophie Poklewski-Koziell reviews John Schumaker’s In Search of Happiness and Marion Milner’s A Life of One’s Own 64 THE HAPPY BUDDHA Susan Clark reviews Happiness and How It Happens by The Happy Buddha 65 SACRED LIGHT Philip Vann reviews The Christ

Journey: Sister Wendy Beckett Reflects on the Art of Greg Tricker 66 FAMILY PASSIONS

Previewing the ar t of Andrew & Briony Lawson

WEB EXCLUSIVES Anita Klein, cover ar tist for this issue, on her quest for pictorial harmony AdamWeymouth:a 21st-century pilgrim on his travels from England to Istanbul Helen Jukes discovers the link between beekeeping and wellbeing Claus Biegert comments on the nuclear inferno in Fukushima, Japan, and asks: “Who’s guilty?” Julian Rose explores the impact of the financial collapse and a return to local Nicola Jones puts money back into its ‘proper place’ In My Own Words: Flying Beauties by Nadia Kingsley

ONLINE SHOP New season, new products: Earth Pathways Diary 2012, featuring Satish Kumar Resurgence Christmas Cards

BLOGS Healing the UK Riots: Tim Rober ts on the causes and our capacity to heal Plus: Nature, Conservation, Be The Change, Exhibitions and more

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