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, media and the fabrication of thought, happiness and place, culture and education, happiness and health. The conference took place in Teatro Politeama in the centre of Prato.

Here are the main articles from the Italian media about the conference:

L’economia sostenibile genera felicità?, by La Stampa, October 19th, 2018

La tecnologia ci rende invidiosi e uccide le nostre abilità. Felicità non è la globalizzazione, ma persone e natura, by IlFattoQuotidiano.it, October 9th, 2018

Helena Norberg-Hodge sfida la globalizzazione, by Lettera 43, October 7th, 2018

Economia della felicità, Gallo (M5S): necessario nuovo paradigma educativo, by Orizzonte Scuola. it, September 30th, 2018

L’economia della felicità”, appuntamento internazionale con ospiti da tutto il mondo, by Terranuova.it, September 27th, 2018

Ripensare il futuro, il nuovo modello per un’economia della felicità , by Ansa Lifestyle, September 26th, 2018

Download our workshop poster here: EOH Workshops September 29th, 2018

Download our conference poster here: EOH Conference September 30th, 2018

International speakers included:

Serge Latouche (France)
radical economist and degrowth pioneer

George Ferguson (UK)
People & Cities; former mayor of Bristol

Manish Jain (India)
education activist and co-founder of Swaraj University

Keibo Oiwa (Japan)
founder of the Sloth Club and author of Slow is Beautiful

Helena Norberg-Hodge (UK/Australia)
director of Local Futures and producer of The Economics of Happiness

Among the Italian speakers were:

Mauro Bonaiuti
co-founder of the Association for Degrowth

Gianluca Garetti
vice-president of Medicina Democratic

Guido Della Casa
deep ecology author and lecturer

Giulietto Chiesa
journalist, expert on Russia’s story and media

Lucia Mieli Manzolini
clinical psychologist

Massimo Fini
journalist and author

Piero Bevilaqua
historian and critic of development

Rossano Ercolini
Goldman Environmental Prize winner

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