After
the success of the first conference held in March 2012 in Berkeley,
California, the not-for-profit organization ISEC - InternationalSociety for Ecology and Culture - is hosting the second international
Economics of Happiness Conference in Byron Bay, Australia - March
15-17, 2013. The conference is an annual event of the global
grassroots movement whose mission is to promote systemic solutions to
today’s environmental, social and economic crises led by ISEC,
which has also led to the production of the corresponding documentary
in 2011.
"The
Economics of Happiness conference will focus on the multiple benefits
of localisation, an economic strategy that can take us away from
jobless growth towards sustainable livelihoods; from giant,
unaccountable corporations towards human-scale business; from
self-recrimination towards empowerment; from competition to
collaboration; from a globalised system of exploitation and pollution
towards an economics of human and ecological well-being, or 'an
economics of happiness'".
The
interactive program will consist of plenary sessions, workshops, and
social and creative time, participants will have a rare opportunity
to learn from and share with some of the foremost leaders in the
worldwide localization movement. The conference also offers the
chance to make new connections, build on current projects and find
new inspiration.
This
event will bring together a unique international group of speakers,
each one acclaimed for their vision, activism, wisdom, and
leadership. These include:
Vandana
Shiva (India), activist, physicist, feminist and the author of Earth
Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace and Staying Alive:
Women, Ecology and Development.
Bill
McKibben (USA), founder of 350.org and author of numerous books,
including The End of Nature and Deep Economy.
Donnie
Maclurcan (Australia), co-founder of the Post Growth Institute, and
author of Nanotechnology and Global Equality.
Michael
Shuman (USA), the author of Local Dollars, Local Sense and one of
America’s leading localists.
Christian
Felber (Austria), author of numerous best-selling books, and a
leading theoretician of the Common Welfare Economy.
And
more, you can see the program here.
The
2012 conference was a life-changing event for many involved, and the
Economics of Happiness Conference 2013 promises to be even better.
More
information
theeconomicsofhappiness.org
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