Jeonju, South Korea 2020

Local Futures continued its unique and ongoing collaboration with the city government of Jeonju, South Korea by hosting another Economics of Happiness conference in the city – our sixth in what has become an annual event – on September 4, 2020. Because of health concerns and travel restrictions, international speakers provided pre-recorded presentations and participated in the workshops [...]

Yokohama, Japan 2019

The localization movement has taken root in Japan and is rapidly growing. On November 8th -10th, 2019, we held the third in a series of Economics of Happiness gatherings in Japan, this time at the Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama. It built on the huge Economics of Happiness World Forum held in Tokyo in 2017 [...]

Jeonju, South Korea 2019

Local Futures continued its unique and ongoing collaboration with the city government of Jeonju by hosting yet another Economics of Happiness conference in the city – our fifth in what has become an annual event – on October 16th-17th, 2019. Our first Jeonju conference in 2015 resulted in the Jeonju Declaration on the Economics of [...]

Bengaluru, India 2019

Decoding Economics and Re-thinking Education In Search of Wellbeing For the second time, Local Futures co-hosted a conference with Bhoomi College in Bengaluru, India. The first was in 2014, when we co-hosted the 3rd international gathering in the Economics of Happiness Conference Series (it was a terrific event, and you can read more about it [...]

Ladakh, India 2019

On September 20th and 21st we held our 21st International Economics of Happiness Conference in Ladakh, India. For the past eight years, we have been running an International Economics of Happiness Conference Series, aimed at critically examining the global economy and exploring systemic strategies for change that work for people and planet. We have now [...]

Tokyo, Japan 2018

An inspiring one-day Economics of Happiness conference was held on Sunday November 11th at Meiji Gakun University in Tokyo, Japan. Next to a wide range of Japanese and international speakers, there were also panel discussions on TPP, agriculture, food and seeds, and on ‘Blessed Unrest’ in Japan (both in Japanese). Visit EOH Japan’s website for […]

Jeonju, South Korea 2018

Local Futures continues its unique and ongoing collaboration with the city government of Jeonju. On the 8th and 9th of November, 2018, we cohosted the fourth Economics of Happiness conference in a row in Jeonju City*. Since the first landmark conference in 2015, resulting in the Jeonju Declaration on the Economics of Happiness, the local […]

Bristol, UK 2018

From Friday, October 19th to Sunday, October 21st 2018 Local Futures held an Economics of Happiness conference in the bustling city of Bristol, UK. This highly participatory Economics of Happiness conference was set to coincide with the Annual Summit of the Global Parliament of Mayors. It was Local Futures’ eighteenth international conference aimed at catalyzing […]

Prato, Italy 2018

On Saturday, September 29th and Sunday, September 30th 2018 another Economics of Happiness conference was held in the city of Prato near Florence, Italy. A number of stimulating workshops took place on September 29th in the beautiful Villa San Leonardo al Palco on such topics as rethinking progress, decolonizing our imaginations, local food and farming, […]

London, UK 2016

Economics of Happiness: Creating a More Equitable World What if human well-being didn’t have to be at the expense of the environment? What if we could simultaneously increase genuine prosperity, reduce social inequality, and tackle climate change? With some simple economic shifts, all this becomes possible. That’s because so many of our current crises—financial, social […]