SOCIETAL WELLBEING
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: RECIPES FOR WELLBEING
Recipes for Wellbeing first emerged in 2016 as a spontaneous collaboration between changemakers interested in exploring practices to cultivate their wellbeing.
Community Spotlight: Institute for Collective Wellbeing
The Institute for Collective Wellbeing works to co-create collective wellbeing for all.
THE GREEN STRING NETWORK
Interview with Angela Yoder-Maina, Executive Director of Green String Network
WHEN YOU BURN OUT WHILE CHANGING THE WORLD
TWENTYTHIRTY. Social activists have a disproportionately poor quality of life. Many struggle with depression, burnout and chronic diseases, high divorce rates and financial pressure.
THE NORDIC SECRET
How do societies go through major technological, economic, and structural changes peacefully?
ADDRESSING BURNOUT
KBF CANADA. Interview with: Alana Cookman, Organisational Wellbeing Co-Lead, is the Wellbeing Project’s researcher.
MEDIUM
IF YOU WANT TO DO GOOD, YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. Mankind has never been better off than it is today. While our ancestors had to use their main energy to defeat hunger, disease and war, today three times more people die of obesity than of malnutrition.
THRIVE GLOBAL
FORGET ABOUT “MORE PRODUCTIVE”: YOU DESERVE SELF-DEDICATED TIME. Why you should stop feeling guilty about intentionally creating time for joy, relaxation and exploration.
LAUNCH OF A SOCIAL CHANGE FIELD WIDE STUDY ON WELLBEING
We are thrilled to start exploring the issue of inner wellbeing in the field of social change more broadly – looking at “how are we doing?” – together with impact hub and the ford foundation, who are two key anchors within this 6-month survey process.
HOW TO HELP THE WORLD LIVE A MORE NOURISHING LIFE
We are really excited to partner with Arianna and her wonderful team at Thrive Global. One of the many ways in which Arianna is so compelling is her focus on making wellbeing accessible through small steps we can all take.
OPEN DEMOCRACY
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE TRAUMATIZED: THE REALITY FOR GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES. When human rights defenders are both advocates and victims, self-care can seem like an impossible luxury. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on mental health, resilience and human rights.
LESLEY WILLIAMS
I NO LONGER WANT TO BE AWESOME, I WANT TO BE WELL. The Wellbeing Project believes that Wellbeing inspires Welldoing so over three days, fourteen of us spent time reflecting on what wellbeing means to us on a personal, organization and a social change ecosystem level.
BUSINESS INSIDER
A STANFORD SCIENTIST SAYS WE’RE ALL SUFFERING FROM ‘SUCCESSAHOLISM’ — AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. Emma Seppala explains why happiness often paves the way for professional success.
SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
“FROM THE INSIDE OUT”: CONNECTING INNER WORK AND SOCIAL GOOD WITH THE WELLBEING PROJECT. The work of social entrepreneurs and activists is often tireless and all-consuming. Worldwide, these hard-working, unwearying individuals lead thousands of people in making a difference in the lives of others.
TWP NETWORK
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PATHWAYS TO A CULTURE OF WELLBEING. Ashoka and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partnered to develop a Social Innovation Mapping to explore how leading social entrepreneurs are driving a culture of wellbeing that positively impacts individuals and communities around the world
SKOLL FOUNDATION
WELLBEING PROJECT REVEALS CHANGEMAKERS’ NEED FOR PERSONAL SUPPORT. “Our project started with research—deep conversations with people working for and leading social change.”