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Crisis and Well-being:Economic, environmental and personal
Nic MarksHappiness Works & New Economics Foundation
Dóra Guðrún GuðmundsdóttirDirectorate of Health in Iceland
Agenda
Unemployment crisis
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5
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25
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Un
em
plo
yem
t as a
% o
f w
ork
forc
eUnemployment in Europe since 2000
EU (28 countries)
Source: Eurostat
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5
10
15
20
25
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Un
em
plo
yem
t as a
% o
f w
ork
forc
eUnemployment in Europe since 2000
EU (28 countries)
Greece
Spain
Source: Eurostat
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Un
em
plo
yem
t as a
% o
f w
ork
forc
eUnemployment in Europe since 2000
EU (28 countries)
Ireland
Greece
Spain
Iceland
Source: Eurostat
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Un
em
plo
yem
t as a
% o
f w
ork
forc
eUnemployment in Europe since 2000
EU (28 countries)
Ireland
Greece
Spain
Poland
Iceland
Source: Eurostat
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Un
em
plo
yem
t as a
% o
f w
ork
forc
eUnemployment in Europe since 2000
EU (28 countries)
Germany
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
United Kingdom
Iceland
Norway
Source: Eurostat
Chronic Unemployment
Debt
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Ho
useh
old
deb
t as %
of
Inco
me
Debt to Income Ratio – Europe from 2002
Euro area (17 countries)
Source: Eurostat
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Ho
useh
old
deb
t as %
of
Inco
me
Debt to Income Ratio – Europe from 2002
Euro area (17 countries)
Denmark
Netherlands
Poland
United Kingdom
Source: Eurostat
Debt
Inequalities
www.equalitytrust.org.uk
Inequalities
Global Inequalities
Global Inequalities
Climate Change
Effects of Climate Change
Well-being
Environment
future seems apocalyptic
Well-being
Environment
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
What is Positive Psychology?
Well-being
Environment
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
What is Positive Psychology?
However sometimes it feels like
PP = “Purely Personal”
Genetic - 50%
Circumstances - 10%
Activities - 40%
Genes – 50%
Circumstances – 10%
Activities – 40%
10% Circumstances! No Way!
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Positive Psychology
needs a motto or a slogan
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Happiness Works
“happiness is a serious business”
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Positive Psychology
“making life better”
UEL – Tim Lomas, Kate Heffron & Itay Ivtzan
economics as if peopleand the planet mattered
Well-being
Environment
Well-being
Economy
Planet
Environment
People
Well-being
Economy
PlanetThe Orthodox
Economy
Environment
People
Well-being
Growth
MaterialsThe Orthodox
Economy
Environment
Labour
Well-being
New
Economy
Environment
Well-being
Resources
Well-being
New
Economy
Environment
Well-being
Resources
Economics as it is now …
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GD
P p
er
cap
ita (
US
$)
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
GDP and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Economics as it is now …
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GD
P p
er
cap
ita (
US
$)
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
GDP and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Economics as it is now …
-
10.000
20.000
30.000
40.000
50.000
60.000
70.000
80.000
90.000
100.000
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GD
P p
er
cap
ita (
US
$)
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
GDP and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Economics as if people and planet
mattered
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10,0
20,0
30,0
40,0
50,0
60,0
70,0
0,00 2,00 4,00 6,00 8,00 10,00 12,00 14,00
Hap
py L
ife Y
ears
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
Happy Life Years and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Economics as if people and planet
mattered
0,0
10,0
20,0
30,0
40,0
50,0
60,0
70,0
0,00 2,00 4,00 6,00 8,00 10,00 12,00 14,00
Hap
py L
ife Y
ears
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
Happy Life Years and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Economics as if people and planet mattered
0,0
10,0
20,0
30,0
40,0
50,0
60,0
70,0
0,00 2,00 4,00 6,00 8,00 10,00 12,00 14,00
Hap
py L
ife Y
ears
Ecological Footprint (gha per capita)
Happy Life Years and Ecological Footprint for 151 countries, and world average
Latin America
Western world
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States
World average
Well-being
New
Economy
Environment
Well-being
Resources
Well-being
New
Economy
Environment
Well-being
Resources Green Growth
Well-being
New
Economy
Environment
Well-being
ResourcesInclusive Growth
economics as if peopleand the planet mattered
2004
Over to Dora!
Dóra Guðrún GuðmundsdóttirIcelandic Public Health Institute
2004
2014
The policy bias has been to GDP maximisation as a means to increasing welfare…
Policy Intervention
GDP Welfare
But this won’t be corrected by creating parallel goals, as these already exist…
Economic Policy
InterventionGDP
Wellbeing as seen by economics depts.
Other Policy Intervention
Well-beingindicators
Wellbeing as understood by other
policy depts.
… but instead by a more integrated policy process…
Policy Intervention
GDP Indicators of Wellbeing –
now and future
Well-being indicators -
drivers
…allowing policy makers to target good quality growth…
Policy Intervention
↑ GDP ↑
Well-being –now and future
↑Well-beingindicators
…not bad quality growth
Policy Intervention
↑ GDP ↓
Well-being –now and future
↓Well-being indicators
…and sometimes to sacrifice growth.
Policy Intervention
↓ GDP
↑‘Beyond GDP’
indicators
↑Well-being –
now and future
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Now if Positive Psychology is
“making life better”UEL – Tim Lomas, Kate Heffron & Itay Ivtzan
then what can we do?
Mental Capital and Well-being2008
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ways to well-being
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GREAT DREAM: Ten Keys to Happier Living
The most important causes of happiness, based on a review of the latest scientific research*:
* The first five keys are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing developed by nef as part of the UK Foresight Project on Mental Capital.
Do-It-Yourself Happiness -a ‘Well London’ project
Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
Agenda
FitographyFitness + Photography
a successful social health project
Stockport SchoolsLocal primary school project
12th October 2012
Local Govt activity enabling the Five Ways
Children’s
services
Adult social
care
Planning and
transport
Housing and
community
services
Environmental
services
Work,
worklessness
and the local
economy
Co
nn
ect
Inter-generational activities (eg Merton Council)
Local area co-ordination (eg Middlesborough Council)
Designing in traffic-free spaces (eg Sutton Council)
The Big Lunch (eg St Albans City and District Council)
An area-based growing competition (eg Rushmoor Borough Council)
A local procurement policy (eg Camden Council)
Be
acti
ve
Sports support buddies for disabled young people (eg Nottingham City Council)
Healthy walks scheme (eg Adur District Council)
City centre cycle paths (eg Herefordshire Council)
Enabling council tenants to grow their own food (eg Southwark Council)
Green Gym (eg Bath and North East Somerset Council)
Green space apprenticeships (eg Tamworth Borough Council)
Take
no
tice
Public art project devised in collaboration with young people (eg Bristol City Council)
Arts festival for social inclusion (eg Lambeth Council’s Springforward,)
Auditing green space provision (eg South Gloucestershire Council)
Gardening support for vulnerable residents (eg Hampshire County Council)
Resident involvement in wildlife protection (eg Fareham Borough Council)
Helping local people understand the local economy (eg South Somerset District Council)
Keep
learn
ing
An online directory of informal learning activities for young people, (eg Essex County Council)
Adult learning on prescription (eg Northamptonshire County Council and partners’ Learn 2b scheme)
Identifying sites for self-builders (eg Swindon Borough Council)
Providing training as part of resident involvement (eg South Kesteven District Council)
Community planting day events (eg Banbury Town Council)
Local entrepreneurship coaching (eg Norwich City Council)
Giv
e Peer support awards
for young people (eg Bradford Metropolitan District
Council)
Timebanking to encourage skills swapping and reciprocal volunteering (eg Bromley Council)
Supporting volunteer-led walking bus schemes (eg Thurrock Council)
Using peer-support models to enable independent living and residential support (eg Lincolnshire County Council)
Encouraging volunteers to ‘adopt’ their local area (eg Manchester City Council)
Local business support networks (eg Malvern Hills District Council)
Five Ways to
Wellbeing: new applications, new
ways of thinking
Five Ways to
Wellbeing: postcards and original
evidence report
www.neweconomics.org
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Happiness Works
“happiness is a serious business”
Agenda
90
Statistics as Feedback
www.happinessworks.com
Well-being
Environment
Even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow … I have a dream
Positive Psychology
“making life better”
Dóra Guðrún Guðmundsdó[email protected]
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