The workshops were held in Bellingen on 11 and 12 April 2014
Helena Norberg-Hodge facilitated the workshops
more photographs at
Ideas from The Economics of Happiness Workshops
Following the workshops, a small group of writers/editors was formed to create
regular 'Strengthening Local Communities' articles for our local newspaper.
The aim is to profile successful localisation initiatives and ideas from around globe and explore
how they might be relevant to the Bellingen Shire.
The next steps for this group are to work up some sample articles and approach the newspaper
with the idea. Anyone interested in writing and/or editing for this group can contact
Melissa via transitionbellingen@gmail.com.
The ideas from the Economics of Happiness workshops that had tables were:
Friday 11 April 2014
(notice most are projects that are already being worked on, except for BALLE)
Vicki - SEA
Kev Doye - BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies)
Paul Forrest - Myra Wani
David Pepper - Food Exchange/Freemarket
My Holland - Happiness/Kindness
Kirsten and Sonia - Plant Based Economy
Saturday 12 April 2014
(mostly ideas for new projects)
Steve - Plant Based Economy
Melissa - New Economy editorial group for the C-S
Vicki -SEA
Linda Dalton - buying the IGA as a community
Bruce Meder (from Coffs) - "Connect the Dots" creating conversation
Jennie Fenton - Social Inclusion - story telling (sat with Bruce)
Gary Norfolk (Bundagen) - Good Company Practice - no more description
Elisabeth - (from Emerald Beach) - creating cultural connections
John Vernon - using local plants more
John Cielenski - Creating an Eco Hamlet