Conference
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
Read here for all articles in Italian media: http://www.economiadellafelicita.it/rassegna-stampa/
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
Download our workshop poster here: EOH Workshops September 29th, 2018
Download our conference poster here: EOH Conference September 30th, 2018
For more information:
www.economiadellafelicita.it
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Photos
Check out our Flickr album with all our photos from the conference!
Photos by Marcelo Bezerra Cavalcanti.
Video
Talk of Giulietto Chiesa
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