Economics of Happiness conferences
Since 2012, Local Futures has organized 25 Economics of Happiness conferences in 8 countries. Working with local partners, we bring together internationally-recognized speakers, local leaders, activists, and citizens for workshops, discussions, and networking.
Each unique event kick-starts critical debate about the global corporate economy, and explores locally-adapted alternatives that benefit people and Nature.
Watch our introductory video
From environmental justice to local finance, food sovereignty to psychology, our conferences knit together a wide variety of topics into a locally-rooted global-to-local vision.
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Talks by renowned speakers
From the start, we’ve made recordings of conference talks available for free. This year, we’ve collected the best of these talks and grouped them by theme to make it even easier to connect with these transformative moments.
You can also find non-English talks and many translated materials.
Dive deeper into each conference
We’ve held over 20 conferences on four different continents. Highlights includes a close collaboration with the city government of Jeonju in South Korea, which has hosted an Economics of Happiness conference every year since 2015. In 2019 we also held a conference in Ladakh, India, a place where Local Futures has deep roots and where we continue to collaborate with local leaders.
Read more about each conference by browsing the map by location or click on a specific conference below:
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Local partnerships
We often co-host conferences with other organizations. Partners are: