On the one hand, government and Big Business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance - and, far from the old institutions of power, they're starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization.

One of the primary goals in making “Economics of Happiness” was to create an engaging tool to help strengthen and promote this emerging worldwide movement for localization.  To this end, a series of screening events throughout the world will take place with each event highlighting local examples of a global movement of community-based initiatives dedicated to addressing the multiple crises we face.

UCC’s Department of Food Business & Development and the UCC International Development Society are co-hosting the Irish Premiere with the International Society for Ecology and Culture.  Ms Helena Norberg-Hodge will be present at the event in UCC on February 1st 2011, 7pm, Boole IV Lecture Theatre.  Admission is free and all are welcome.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with film director Helena Norbert-Hodge, Thomas Riedmuller (Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability) and others. The discussion will focus on local initiatives related to the film. Visit: http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org

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