Thoughts from the recent Economics of Happiness conference

Another World Is Happening

Last week, I had the incredible delight of not only going to the Economics of Happiness conference hosted by the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), but also meeting some of the people who have most inspired me in the past, and meeting new people who blow my mind. One of the people in the former category was of course Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures and director of ISEC. Another was Gustavo Esteva. I was almost speechless when I realized I had somehow managed to go out to lunch with him and some of his colleagues. Everything he said was memorable (especially about his intimate experiences with the Zapatistas), and I had to resist the temptation to take notes over lunch!

In particular, I asked him two questions that seemed to come up over and over in my own work about the role of do-gooders…

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