the ecology of happiness
Maps
Future Orientations? Stop Wanting *A* Future
The focus of the ecology of happiness is on active living, here and now. After all, it is only in the here and now that you know you are alive and of influence. The longer-term view is very much in its background, though. After all, even just the sensible / thought-through consideration of happiness that [...]
America, Dreams, and the Next Revolution
The American Dream, the American Revolution, the American Way of Life – there has long been something fresh and exciting about the “Land of Opportunity.” No other country has been capturing the imagination of people all over the world as much as the USA. No matter the economic problems, no matter the protest, no matter [...]
A History of the Future, The Middle Ground of Life
It is strange. We say that technology progresses so quickly, things have been going swell – but at the same time, even people who don’t necessarily believe in peak oil and the peak everything that our sheer numbers and demands on the planet’s ecosystems are running up against, do seem to be aware of the [...]
The Generation(s) of Pain – and Promise
It used to be that you made it into college, got a good education, and then made a career, had a family, bought a house, filled it with stuff, and all that. In the uncertain times we are facing, this promise of an easy life has turned into a promise for many. A promise that [...]
Living with the Future
The future seems no “unknown territory” anymore, it’s all around – but at the same time, both in the sense of progress, of a future that is challenging but also exhilarating, and with a sense of dread and doom, of a future with too many people and too few resources, of lives made ever more [...]
“Developing,” All Our Countries, All of Us
Working on one’s own personal happiness cannot just be an egotistical pursuit, personal development must be expanded beyond the number of languages you learned or the number of special places you’ve visited if it is to really gain meaning – and in parallel ways, growth and development have been shaping talk and policy about entire [...]
China, “Green” Tradition and Luxury
What could the rise of China mean for cultures of sustainability, for deeply better lives? China’s impact is much-discussed, China’s problems maybe even more so, dire predictions abound. The common trope, even something of the official line, regarding the environment in China is that you first have to become rich, then you start to worry about [...]
