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The Economics of Happiness Conference
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All around the world, thousands of initiatives are demonstrating that we can create a better future: resilient communities, healthier ecosystems, equitable economies. Now we need to connect the dots, get together, translate understanding into action, and build a global to local movement!
Join us at the Economics of Happiness conference to discuss, discover and devise better systems for now and the future. Get involved in a new project. Find out how to make your work more effective. Link up with local initiatives. Debate the details. Explore new policies. Deconstruct the old. See the connections. Articulate solutions. Get engaged in creating new economy one that works for people and the planet!
The program will include plenaries, panels, interactive workshops and other participatory sessions. The wide range of inter-connected topics will include: local food, public policy, democracy, local business, the commons, cooperatives, local finance, spirituality, connecting to nature, economic indicators, health, education, bridging the North-South divide, the new economy movement, climate justice, cultural diversity, biodiversity, environmental justice, income inequality, and the impact of the economy on our psychological well-being.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Bayo Akomolafe, Nigerian activist, professor, and founder of Koru, an international network to connect people to community
Kurt Biel, Naturopath, professor and researcher on the importance of nature in human health
Carol Black, Education analyst, television producer and director of the film Schooling the World
Chet Bowers, Esteemed thinker in the fields of education, ecology, technology and the commons. Author of Let Them Eat Data and Revitalizing the Commons
Paul Cienfuegos, Community activist, founder of Democracy Unlimited and Community Rights PDX
Charles Heying, Professor of urban studies and planning, author of Brew to Bikes: Portland's Artisan Economy
Catherine Ingram, International Dharma teacher, leader of Dharma Dialogues and author of Passionate Presence
Manish Jain, Coordinator of the Indian organization Shikshantar: The People's Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
Sandra Lubarsky, Professor and leader in sustainability studies in the US
Jerry Mander, Founder of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), author of Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and The Capitalism Papers.
Camila Moreno, Brazilian lawyer, food sovereignty activist and researcher with Terra de Direitos and the Global Ecology Justice Project
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Director of ISEC, author of Ancient Futures and producer of The Economics of Happiness film
Janelle Orsi, Attorney and Executive Director of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, author of Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy
Derek Rasmussen, Former policy advisor to the Inuit in the Canadian Arctic, meditation teacher
Vicki Robin, Advocate for "relational eating", best-selling author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands that Feed Us
Aseem Shrivastava, Indian environmental economist, professor, and local food advocate
Michael Shuman, Founding board member of BALLE, Research Director at Cutting Edge Capital, Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, author of Local Dollars, Local Sense
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LocationThe Eliot Center (View)
1211 SW Main Street
Portland, OR 92705
United States
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