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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: procedural close. Moving user subpages to the main namespace is out of scope of requested moves. Try WP:AFC instead. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 03:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)Reply


User:IanGDMurraySustainable Happiness – I misunderstood the process for creating a User Name. I didn't think the user name would appear in wikipedia. I have created an identical page under the user name "Sustainable Happiness". Can my user name IanGDMurray be deleted?--Sustainable Happiness 16:40, 14 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Sustainable Happiness

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Sustainable Happiness 13:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Sustainable Happiness

The term “sustainable happiness” was introduced by Catherine O’Brien in the paper Planning for Sustainable Happiness: Harmonizing our Internal and External Landscapes[1], at the 2nd International Conference on Gross National Happiness that was held in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, June 20–24, 2005. In subsequent articles, O’Brien refined the definition of sustainable happiness and continues to use the following definition[2]

"Sustainable happiness is happiness that contributes to individual, community, and/or global wellbeing and does not exploit other people, the environment, or future generations."

Sustainable happiness integrates principles from positive psychology, happiness studies and sustainability. It underscores the fact that human happiness and wellbeing is interdependent with other people, other species and the natural environment.

In 2009, Cape Breton University became the first university in the world to offer a course on sustainable happiness.

Research on happiness and wellbeing garnered world attention in July of 2011, when a United Nations General Assembly resolution on happiness and wellbeing was passed unanimously by all member states. Referred to as UN General Assembly resolution A/65/L.86, the resolution was introduced by Bhutan and recommended that member states give greater priority to happiness and wellbeing in social and economic development policies. Building on this resolution, Jigmi Y. Thinley, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, states that the purpose of the resolution is to promote "sustainable happiness and wellbeing."

In 2012, Joe Loizzo, founder of the Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science and faculty member of the Weill Cornell Center for Integrative Medicine and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, published a book entitled, Sustainable Happiness: The Mind Science of Well-Being, Altruism, and Inspiration.[3] It outlines a comprehensive system of contemplative living and learning, drawing upon Tibetan wisdom to foster sustainable living.

Positive psychologist, Sonja Lyubomirsky, has also referred to sustainable happiness from the perspective of sustaining happiness.[4]

  1. ^ O'Brien, Catherine. "Planning for Sustainable Happiness". Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Catherine (2010). "Sustainability, Happiness and Education". Journal of Sustainability Education. 1 (1). Retrieved March 11, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Loizzo, J. (2012). Sustainable happiness: The mind of science of well-being, altruism, and inspiration. New York: Routledge.
  4. ^ Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). The promise of sustainable happiness. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.; pp. 667-677). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sustainable Happiness (June 8)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Draft:Sustainable Happiness (June 29)

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Draft:Sustainable Happiness concern

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Sustainable Happiness, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Your draft article, Draft:Sustainable Happiness

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Hello IanGDMurray. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Sustainable Happiness".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Rankersbo (talk) 07:28, 15 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

  1. ^ Loizzo, J. (20120). Sustainable happiness: The mind of science of well-being, altruism, and inspiration. New York: Routledge.