By Dodo, Oranssi & other city people

Elements for Happy Cities presented by Dodo

What's Dodo and Megapolis 2023?!

´ A progressive Finnish environmental activist organization Dodo is celebrating Happy Cities theme year in Megapolis 2023 -event

..and Happy Cities?!

Is the combination of sustainable city life with the wellbeing and happiness

What makes cities happy now and in 2023?

Happy people!

What makes people happy?

What makes cities happy?

What makes our planet happy?

Happy people?

What makes theme/us happy?

Family

Money

Success

If that's not the way -then what?

• Future's cities and city life is critical for the whole planet

• Happy Planet –Index has combined statistics about people's life satisfaction with the ecological footprint of their nations'.

• The result is our standpoint

Happy Planet Index

New economic foundation’s HP index

Life Sat. / Life Exp. / EF / HP

170 Equatorial Guinea 5.2 43.3 2.5 23.8

171 Lesotho 4.3 36.3 0.6 23.1

172 Russia 4.3 65.3 4.4 22.8

173 Estonia 5.1 71.3 6.9 22.7

173 Ukraine 3.6 66.1 3.3 22.2

175Congo, Dem. Rep.

of the3.3 43.1 0.7 20.7

176 Burundi 3.0 43.6 0.7 19.0

177 Swaziland 4.2 32.5 1.1 18.4

178 Zimbabwe 3.3 36.9 1.0 16.6

There are also differences between the cities

Future's cities are low carbon and happy!

• 1. Future's city is ecologically sustainable

• 2. Happiness is the aim of an ecologically sustainable society

• 3. Only citizens, cities' inhabitants can make a truly happy city

Economy of happiness

• After reached a certain point, economical well being doesn't make people more happy

• ...Reached a certain limit, a freedom of choice doesn't make people more happy

• Happiness is related to the other people – during the recession time unemployment didn't affect to the happiness index of Finland

Happiness

• Doing by our selves makes us happy

• Doing together makes us happy

Doing and creating stuff by ourselves makes us happy

• We are happy when we can be a part of and affect on our own well being

• We are happy when we can express ourselves and live in an environment which suits for our needs and taste

When we like our environment we also care it more

Doing together makes us happy

• It's easier to be happy when you can take a part of the well being of your community

• A positive community can make us feel safe, and help in our everyday life

• A good community helps us to share the resources

A community where one can feel belonging helps to curb our carbon emissions too!

A happy city is a city which is made by its inhabitants

Wikidesign

Megapolis 2023

27.9. Vanha ylioppilastalo