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John de Graaf

John de Graaf is an author, speaker, activist and documentary filmmaker.  15 of his films have been broadcast nationally on the US PBS system, including the hit special Affluenza.  He is the recipient of more than 100 regional, national and international filmmaking awards.  He is the co-author of Affluenza, Take Back Your Time and What's the Economy for, Anyway?  He is currently writing a new book, A Backpacker's Theory of Life.  He has spoken about happiness issues in the US, Canada, Australia, Italy, Hungary, Austria, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, and was a member of the International Expert Working Group advising the government of Bhutan for its UN GNH report in 2013.  He is a co-founder of Take Back Your Time (www.takebackyourtime.org), the Happiness Alliance (www.happycounts.org) and And Beauty for All (www.andbeautyforall.org).  He lives in Seattle, Washington
John's ideas for the Happiness Movement concern two issues: the danger of commercializing the happiness movement; and, the importance of recognizing the impact of conditions of life on happiness.  He sees why commercialization and personalization of happiness are potentially troublesome trends in the Happiness Movement. He also believes we should consider the effect of natural beauty and human design on life satisfaction.  

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  • Home
    • Our Partners
    • Happiness Index Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    • For Researchers
    • Privacy Policy
  • How to Be Happy
    • Take the Happiness Survey
    • Grow Happiness
    • How to be happy when you are unhappy
    • Love Your Body
    • Be the Change You Want To See >
      • The Happiness Policy Handbook
    • A Course in Systems Change >
      • systems
      • values
      • measuringhappiness
      • individualhappiness
      • needs
      • sustainability
      • policy
  • How You Can Change the World
    • Learn About the Happiness Movement
    • Spread the Happiness Word
    • Convening Your Happiness Team
    • Use Our Happiness Index Survey
    • Your Happiness Report Card
  • How We Are Changing the World
    • Happiness Report Cards >
      • HappinessVizes
    • Wild Happiness
    • Bringing the Wellbeing Agenda to Tourism >
      • Planet Happiness
    • Bringing Happiness to AI
    • Happiness Roundtable
  • About Us
    • Our Amazing History
    • Quotes
  • Blog
  • Support Us