Happiness Policies for Cities & Communities

Pathways To Happiness are suggestions and starting points for policy makers seeking to secure our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. Before using the Pathways to Happiness, use the Happiness Index to conduct a Happiness Initiative in your community to understand how and where to take action.  

Gather resources to support the adoption of policies for happiness:  
The Global Happiness Policy Report 
The World Happiness Report
Our Happiness Movement White Paper in the Happy Community Toolkit. 
Watch a short video about happiness work in the UAE and elsewhere.

Intern with us to create a Happiness Policy Handbook: See internship description here. 

Happiness Policies in the domain of environment:

Policies for increasing access to nature in an urban environment

Policies for clean and healthy air in the urban environment

Policies for preserving and restoring nature in the urban environment

Happiness Policies in the domain of time balance:

Policies to bring about work-life balance.

Policies to increase the time we spend enjoying life.

Policies to ease people's sense of feeling rushed.

Happiness Policies in the domain of government:

Policies to increase communication between government officials and people.

Policies to address corruption in government.

Policies to increase people's trust in government.

Happiness Policies in the domain of community:

Policies to increase a community's sense of belonging.

Policies for to increase volunteerism and charitable action.

Policies to increase a community's sense of safety and trust

Happiness Policies in the domain of social support:

Policies to address feeling cared about.

Policies to address loneliness.

Policies to foster satisfaction with personal relationships.

Happiness Policies in the domain of lifelong learning, arts & culture: 

Policies to promote lifelong learning.

Policies to support arts and culture in a community.

Policies to promote informal sports and recreation in a city.

Happiness Policies in the domain of psychological well-being: 

Policies for promoting feeling good about oneself.

Policies for promoting a sense of purpose.

Policies for promoting a sense of optimism, particularly among low and lower middle income peoples.

Happiness Policies in the domain of economy 

Policies for low and middle income people to address having enough money to buy food.

Policies to address stress about finances

Policies for helping people feel they have enough money to buy what they want.

Happiness Policies in the domain of health

Policies to increase sense of satisfaction with health.

Policies to increase satisfaction with quality of exercise.

Policies to increase satisfaction with levels of energy.

Happiness Policies in the domain of work 

Policies to promote autonomy in the workplace.

Policies to promote productivity.

Policies to promote a sense of appropriate pay for work.

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Happiness Data Stories (how to use your data for your group, campus, company or team)

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Domains of Gross National Happiness by  Joumana Medlej at majnouna.com