
Christopher Boyce
@drhappyboyce
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Happiness & wellbeing wizard who loves to journey deep. At my best with my feet on the ground & fresh air is on my face. Sure its the same for you too...
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined January 2011
My book #JourneyForHappiness is out now, and it is as good as the cover. Order it today https://t.co/ghQmus5tFW Some people have it already. If you're one of those people & you liked it then please RT/share this. #Happiness #Wellbeing #Bhutan #NewBook #Cycling #Journey
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🚴♂️ From cycling to Bhutan to embracing Islam — a journey in search of happiness that led somewhere unexpected. 🕌 Talk at Edinburgh Central Mosque 📅 Sat 16 Aug | 2:30PM All welcome. Part of #IslamFestivalEdinburgh
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Our Purpose film tour of Scotland starts next week. The inspiring documentary explores how the economy is at the heart of the problems we're facing from poverty to climate change. Find out more and book your ticket: https://t.co/kFIZsSarUt
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Citizens from all over the world need to work together when drafting a constitution for Mars. Please support Louisa Klatt and consider contributing to the new constitution for Mars. Please share Louisa's post with your networks. @NASA @EuropeanSpaceA1
https://t.co/O5rL00V6EZ
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It was announced that the International Space Station (ISS), a shared space station of NASA, CSA, JAXA, Roscosmos, and ESA, will end in 2030 and be brought back to Earth in a controlled crash. As a...
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'When you're accustomed to #privilege, any demand for more equality feels like oppression.' (cartoon by @fabiantodorovic)
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Following a report earlier this year by @DeSchutterO, the launch of #TaxJusticeScotland and this week's Budget, the ALLIANCE's Allan Faulds argues public finances must serve more than an “unpalatable dish” cc @ScotHumanRights @angelao44 @weallscotland
https://t.co/MIIXH6FUIg
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Taxation and budgeting might not be the first thing you associate with the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE). Yet we have long taken a keen interest in matters of public...
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NEW REPORT 🧵| Our 2024 #LifeInTheUK research shows that quality of life in the UK has stagnated with no improvement from 2023 to 2024. At the same time, we’re facing a democratic crisis as trust in political systems & institutions hits a record low.
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✈️NEW RESEARCH ✈️ We need to fly less to stop climate breakdown. But excessive flying is dominated by the well-off. In Western Europe, the richer you are, the more likely you are to fly three or more times a year. It’s the wealthiest who need to reduce their flying the most.
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A #FrequentFlyingLevy would reduce excessive flights for wealthy passengers, while raising billions to tackle the climate crisis. Want to make it a reality? Sign the petition now! https://t.co/z55vBPJWbC
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Today we've been joined by over 130 campaigners in a letter to @ScotGovFM asking him to place wellbeing and sustainable development at the heart of policy making in Scotland by backing @SarahBoyack’s Members’ Bill. #WellbeingEconomy
https://t.co/UeZExODK8F
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MORE than 100 campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to back legislation which would put sustainability and wellbeing at the heart of…
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40,000 of Israeli business have closed in 10 months and 10% of hotels are on the verge of collapse. Boycott, Divest and Sanction. It works
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So how does one tax the superrich exactly? 🤔 We've taken a page & some pictures out of wikiHow's book for our guide on how govt's can do just this. Govt's can raise $2 TRILLION a year by following the example of Spain’s wealth tax on the richest 0.5%. https://t.co/lfR07BsuE4
taxjustice.net
The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure and poorer than the sum of their parts. Our economies were designed to let people earn the wealth they need to lead secure and...
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This is an astonishing resignation letter from Mark Smith of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. We wait with bated breath for this extremely serious matter to be covered by all of the mainstream media & for government ministers to be rigorously questioned.
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This is exciting research...pro-environmental behaviours linked to higher wellbeing...
"Pro-Environmental Behaviors and Well-Being in Everyday Life". Michael Prinzing, Till Weber, Barbara Fredrickson, @Kate_Laffan, and I find interesting and varying but quite consistent patterns. Check out the paper in @JEnvPsych and as preprints at https://t.co/QvyMJ4enMa
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In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵 https://t.co/fEbCmRZuyJ
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"Impacts we've seen in areas adopting #communitywealthbuilding in Scotland; up to 5% growth in new cooperatives, greater productivity in employee owned firms, improved mental health, growth in urban food growing, more spending with local firms." Neil McInroy @DemocracyCollab
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F**K!! The Northern White Rhino is now officially extinct from planet Earth ... the good news? The economy is still growing. I'm having the day off now to contemplate the tragedy of human priorities.
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Since the first day I was displaced 287 days ago, I took my books with me. Every time I am displaced again, the first thing I do is look for my books to take them with me. Despite all these difficult circumstances, I wake up every morning, take one of the books, sit in the
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Think that Finland are the happiest in the world, then think again? We need a more balanced approach to our understanding of happiness. Here is an article I wrote for @hotorcool exploring the happiness rankings. Thanks to @lucacoscieme @saamahthinks
https://t.co/uQQAg1cGUy
hotorcool.org
Earlier this year, Finland was, for the 7th year in a row, crowned the happiest country in the world. But the data used to make this claim are not based on happiness in the way that most people…
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