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By Roger Higman on 13th May 2024

A Happy Planet in 2024?

The Happy Planet Index 2024 is out! Using data on wellbeing, life expectancy and carbon footprints, it measures something truly important – to what extent are good lives costing the Earth? The latest report contains data from xxx countries. NOW’s

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Roger Higman on 7th May 2024

What’s On at Eden Rise – Summer 2024

Summer’s here and where better to be than in the Devon countryside? There’s a host of opportunities to stay at Eden Rise this summer, including on our very own Wellbeing for Changemakers Creative Retreat from 8-10th July. Here, Roger Higman

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Alan Heeks on 11th April 2024

The Roots of Happiness with Alan Heeks

Alan Heeks is the author of Natural Happiness: use organic gardening skills to cultivate yourself, which explores lessons from his twenty years’ experience of helping people learn from nature, and from creating gardens and an organic farm. On Tuesday, 4th

Your wellbeing - Creativity

By Melissa Noble on 11th April 2024

Wellbeing for Changemakers Creative Retreat

The Wellbeing for Changemakers’ Creative Retreat runs from Monday, 8th to Wednesday 10th July at Eden Rise, our haven for wellbeing in the Devon countryside. Led by Melissa Noble from the Academy of Wide-hearted Living, it promises to be a

Our community - Projects

By India Miles on 3rd April 2024

The Importance of Pointless Joy

India Miles is the Marketing and Communications Officer at the Reslience Project – a youth-led community which is empowering a new generation of climate leaders. Here, she writes about how pointless joy can enable and sustain activism to address big

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 24th March 2024

Unlocking Community Wellbeing – Learning from the Active Wellbeing Society

Have you ever wondered what it takes to truly empower and engage communities for positive change? Two weeks ago, NOW’s Mirella Ferraz went to Birmingham to learn more about the Active Communities Learning Festival, and the innovative ways the Active

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Kate Barranco on 5th March 2024

Ecological Belonging: Reweaving Ourselves, Each Other, and the Natural World

Kate Barranco is the Network & Storytelling Coordinator for Ecological Belonging at The Wellbeing Project – a global initiative to catalyse inner wellbeing for all changemakers. Here, she explains what ecological belonging is, why it matters and how you can

Our world - Fairness

By Mirella Ferraz on 28th February 2024

Celebrating BUD Leaders: Empowering Global Majority Women in Leadership

Last week, NOW’s team members Mirella Ferraz and Sylvia Mohabir had the privilege of attending the 10th anniversary celebration of BUD Leaders in London. The event was a dynamic gathering aimed at addressing the power imbalance in leadership and entrepreneurship,

Our world - Kindness

By Kim Polman on 12th February 2024

Reboot the Future – live life by the ‘golden rule’

Kim Polman is the co-founder and Chair of Reboot the Future, a foundation whose mission is to foster a new world where we treat others and the planet as we would wish to be treated. Here she reflects on this

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Roger Higman on 25th January 2024

What’s On at Eden Rise – Spring 2024

Make a New Year’s commitment to yourself with a break at Eden Rise, our haven for wellbeing in the Devon countryside, Here, Roger Higman details what’s on offer. There’s a wealth of opportunity at Eden Rise this Spring from yoga

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