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oapen-20.500.12657-753162023-08-10T02:39:25Z Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability Musikanski, Laura Phillips, Rhonda Bradbury, James de Graaf, John Bliss, Clinton L. community well-being;ecological sustainability;personal happiness;positive change theory bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy & protocols bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VS Self-help & personal development::VSP Popular psychology::VSPM Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability: A Course in Systems Change is the first textbook bridging the gap between personal happiness and sustainable social change. The book provides a guide for students to increase their skills, literacy and knowledge about connections between a sense of well-being and systems change. Further, it can help students live a life that brings them happiness and contributes to the well-being of others and the sustainability of our planet. The book is presented in seven chapters covering the subjects of systems thinking, personal and societal values, measuring happiness, human needs, ecological sustainability and public policy. In addition, each section includes engaging exercises to empower students to develop their own ideas, prompts for group discussion, suggestions for additional research and an extensive list of resources and references. The book is written in the context of systems thinking with a style that is approachable and accessible. Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability provides essential reading for students in courses on happiness, social change and sustainability studies, and provides a comprehensive framework for instructors looking to initiate courses in this field. A website to support the professors teaching the book is available at: https://www.happycounts.org/coursebook.html The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2023-08-09T09:17:52Z 2023-08-09T09:17:52Z 2021 book 9780367488727 9781003043232 9780367488703 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75316 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781000074000.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003043232 10.4324/9781003043232 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9780367488727 9781003043232 9780367488703 Routledge 216 open access
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Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability: A Course in Systems Change is the first textbook bridging the gap between personal happiness and sustainable social change. The book provides a guide for students to increase their skills, literacy and knowledge about connections between a sense of well-being and systems change. Further, it can help students live a life that brings them happiness and contributes to the well-being of others and the sustainability of our planet.
The book is presented in seven chapters covering the subjects of systems thinking, personal and societal values, measuring happiness, human needs, ecological sustainability and public policy. In addition, each section includes engaging exercises to empower students to develop their own ideas, prompts for group discussion, suggestions for additional research and an extensive list of resources and references. The book is written in the context of systems thinking with a style that is approachable and accessible.
Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability provides essential reading for students in courses on happiness, social change and sustainability studies, and provides a comprehensive framework for instructors looking to initiate courses in this field.
A website to support the professors teaching the book is available at: https://www.happycounts.org/coursebook.html
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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