Learn More - Key Resources
The Economics of Happiness provides a big picture analysis of both the perils of economic globalization and the many potential benefits of localization. While film is a powerful medium, it’s limited in its ability to convey the full complexity of the issues we wish to cover in the detail they deserve. This is especially the case when taking a holistic view as The Economics of Happiness does. Accordingly, we’ve put together this list of online resources to help you learn more. The following links will introduce you to organizations and initiatives dedicated to the themes covered in the film. Education is activism. Knowledge is power. Exercise it!
- To engage in a still deeper, systemic analysis, learn more about our Economics of Happiness study Materials.
- View our list of Films for Change
- Download The Economics of Happiness Study Guide (7MB)
Made by Sister Amy Cavender, CSC, from Holy Cross Justice
Inconvenient truths about globalization | Challenging corporate power
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Global Development and Environment Institute
International Forum on Globalization
The International Society for Ecology and Culture
Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First)
POCLAD (Program on Corporations, Law, & Democracy)
Beyond growth
Center for the Advancement of Steady State Economics
Network of Growth Objectors for Post-Development
Prosperity without Growth? - Sustainable Development Commission
Beyond consumerism
Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood
Peak oil, climate change & localization
Richard Heinberg - MuseLetters
The economics of localization
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Community-Wealth.org (A project of the Democracy Collaborative)
The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
Grassroots Economic Organizing
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
The International Society for Ecology and Culture
Food sovereignty & localization
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies/Basudha
Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
The International Society for Ecology and Culture
Local decentralized energy
World Alliance for Decentralized Energy
Cultural affirmation | Rethinking education & development
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies/Basudha
Institute Intercultural Montreal
The International Society for Ecology and Culture
Network of Growth Objectors for Post-Development
People-Centered Development Forum
Shikshantar - The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
Universidad de la Tierra (Unitierra)
Engaged spirituality
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
Joanna Macy - Engaged Buddhism
Sustainable Skill-building for the Industrial Citizen
Low-Impact Living Initiative (Lili)
