Took the survey and wondering "What now?" The survey can act as a warning sign. If you scored low in a domain, you might want to change something in your life sooner rather than later. 

What makes you happy?
What do you do to make others happy?
What are you experiencing in your community that makes you happy?
What are you doing to make your community happY?

When we focus on what makes us happy, we make ourselves happier.

We want to hear your thought, ideas and opinions about happiness. We are building an online forum and will post what you say if appropriate. Please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You can also join our flow campaign for weekly newsletters that serve as conversation starters.

Join the Flow Campaign To do this, take a pledge (to yourself!) to do simple activities in a way and time that is graceful and adds happiness to your life.  You can sign up here to receive the weekly newsletter and just be sure to select The Flow Campaign.  This newsletter will have event updates, activities and a specific domain focus to help speed you on your way.

Material Wellbeing
1. Give away 3 things I don't use or need.

Environment
2. Let my car rest for one day out of the seven.

Governance
3.  Read a section of a local neighborhood newspaper. 

Psychological Wellbeing
4. Take a 45 minute walk around my neighborhood and smile at at least one person.

Health
5. Try a new type of exercise. 

Time Balance
6. Have one day a week with no TV (includes TV or other entertainment from the internet). 

Community Vitality
7.  Find and participate in my local community’s website, blog, or nonprofit.

Cultural Vitality
8.  Draw a picture, write a poem or sing a song.

Education
9.  Read a nonfiction book or magazine.

Tell us what you or your friends are doing, or just about something you think is cool and making the world a happier place. We will include them here for our Flow Campaign. Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Here is what people like you are doing to increase happiness right now. Join them or get inspired and do something on your own!

Environmental quality
Stewardship Partners offers how to manual for creating a raingarden.
Alleycat Acres creates closed loop urban agriculture that fosters socail justice and community by creating urgan gardens in abandoned lots. Go work in a garden

Material wellbeing
Ideal Network is a marketplace that improves the world by giving 25% to local causes, expanding opprotunites for engagemetn and offering amazing deals with local businesses.

Governance
Engage Seattle is a city program aimed at engagement through volunteerism, access to goverment and leadership development.

Physical Health
Feet First  has maps for strolling in your neighborhood, or your neighboring neigborhoods!

Psychological Health
Compassionate Action Network supports you in your project or inititaive - or you idea for one - to make the world a more compassionate place.  
 

Time Balance
Take Back Your TIme inspires you to take a day off, spend more time with you and live a balanced life.

Cultural Vitality
Groud Up trains and empowers youth through urban ag. Join them on a Satureday and work in their garden.

Community Vitality
SCALLOPS encourages and supports Sustainable Communities ALL Over Puget Sound.
Call 2 Caring is an local movement designed to connect and engage people and communities throughout King County in a community-wide dialogue about how to create a more compassionate culture.

Education
Seattle Free School offers free opportunties to learn.
Our Training Program  offers free brownbags and fee classes where proceeds are split with the instructor.

Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to help create this web based resource or would like to be listed.

Check out our Shared Sustainability Calendar for events to find out what is going on today!

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