Tuning the Economy for Wellbeing
Today, the Legatum Institute has added its weight to the growing body of evidence that measures of wellbeing should be placed at the heart of policy-making and economy. The Wellbeing and... read more →
Happiness in 3D
Happiness is not as abstract as it seems... From the outset of our Happy City journey, people have asked how we define happiness. As a result, we've had a great... read more →
Changing your brain in 2014
Two weeks into January and maybe it's already unpopular to be mentioning the R word. Even if we reject the idea of making firm resolutions, the New Year is often... read more →
Banking, but not as you know it
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Bristol, where would you find an energy management charity, social housing company whose customers have learning disabilities, Boris’ ‘food tzar’ and a charity campaigning... read more →
Focussed Groups
the magic of a few good brains Your brain has about 200 billion neurons, linked by trillions of synapses which power thinking (and 'unthinking') processes at a rate equivalent to... read more →
Happy City Out and About
we're here, there and everywhere On Sunday 13th October, Happy City will be speaking at the Sunday Assembly in the Hen and Chicken pub 120 North Street, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JF from 11-12... read more →
Meet Bristol’s food heroes
Happy City doesn't run the country, but if we did... There would be plenty of affordable food for everyone. More land would be made available for growing produce to... read more →
Happy City doesn’t run the country
but if it did... Everyone would be able to see and understand our constitution — and everyone would have a say in it. With a week and a half to go before... read more →
Happy City at the Tobacco Factory
Happy City's first stage appearance, 2010 Mike & Liz Zeidler gave the stage a fright on Halloween, as part of the Ignite Bristol series of events. Ignite Bristol involves talking fast while 20... read more →
Spot the Difference
How the headlines might look with a solutions focus. Here are some of the headlines we've re-written to get the emphasis into a solutions focus, showing how we can deal... read more →