ISBN:
9781000074000
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.39999999999998
Keywords:
Social change
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Electronic books
;
Social change
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- About the authors -- List of figures and tables -- List of text boxes -- About the contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Systems -- Introduction to systems -- Systems and elements -- Highlight: urban or rural planning -- Interdependence -- Highlight: exploring interdependence -- Feedback loops -- Guest coursebook contribution from Kate Pickett -- Highlight: a short history of GDP as a measurement to guide nations -- Highlight: money, income and happiness: the Easterlin paradox -- Highlight: why certain nations are happier -- Highlight: why some poor nations are happier than you would expect -- Leverage points -- Highlight: beekeeping as a leverage point for sustainability and prosperity -- Entry points for systems change -- Change agents -- Highlight: different approaches to change agentry -- Guest coursebook contribution from Lester Kurtz -- 2 Values -- Introduction to values: setting the stage for a thought experiment -- The value of values -- Guest coursebook contribution from Tom Crompton -- What are values? -- What are your values? -- Highlight: exploring the origin of personal values -- Ten common values -- Exploring conflicting values -- Highlight: conflicting values and tragedy -- Two stories -- Wealth, appearance and status values story -- Care and community values story -- The dilemma of societal values and happiness -- Can values change? -- Highlight: exploring biases -- Highlight: a few ingredients for happiness at work -- Revising our thought experiment -- 3 Measuring Happiness -- Why measure happiness -- Highlight: different ways nations measure happiness, well-being and sustainability -- Highlight: change agency and measuring happiness -- Highlight: teaching sustainability -- Connecting happiness, well-being and sustainability through measurements.
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