Film: Economics of Happiness

Relaxation Centre of Queensland

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/03/2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location
Relaxation Centre of Queensland

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Here is an outstanding, thought-provoking film that needs to be seen to be understood – it contains some remarkable stories; fascinating and revealing information and very insightful people.

This film describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.

We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Samdhong Rinpoche, the former Prime Minister of Tibet’s government in exile, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten and Zac Goldsmith. They tell us that climate change and peak oil give us little choice: we need to localize, to bring the economy home. The good news is that as we move in this direction we will begin not only to heal the earth but also to restore our own sense of well-being. The Economics of Happiness restores our faith in humanity and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world. This film first shows the effects of globalisation on a town, then focuses on the many ideas happening worldwide as groups explore what they can do locally and the benefits that come from them.

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