If welfare doesn’t mean well-being, what’s the right definition for Development?

Posted by Fausto Aarya De Santis on May 3, 2010 under Interviews, News | Read the First Comment

“There’s a strong relationship between the increase of social and environmental deterioration and the increase of economy, i.e. increase of GDP” – says Stefano Bartolini, Professor of Politic Economy at University of Siena (Italy) and writer of the book recently published “Manifesto per la felicità, Come passare dalla società del ben – avere a quella del ben – essere (2010, pp. XIV-306, Ed. Saggine)” – Manifest for Happiness, How to change from a society of material-well being to a society of social -well being.

“In such a case, you are daily induced to afford new expenditures, in order to fill your own hole” – he explains – ” which increase the value of GDP but doesn’t improve the quality of life. On the contrary, it gets worse and worse, as the so-called relational goods proportionally reduce more and more. Welfare doesn’t mean well – being”. If it is so, what may be nowadays the right definition for Development? And what are the action plans to successfully implement a complete Development in our societies?

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by Wilma Massucco

Impact of Teaching ‘Development’ as a Subject – TEHNE Interview

Posted by Giobi on November 1, 2009 under Interviews, News, Video | Be the First to Comment

University Lecturer, Dr. Claudiu Craciun, discusses teaching ‘development’, as a subject in Romanian universities, and its impact on creating awareness among the public and motivating them to get involved in global cooperation partnerships and programs.

Dr. Craciun argues that only through proper tools and messages can educators assist the crystallization of a “global conscience” and stimulate change primarily at the personal level, thus forming the basis for building global thinking and contribution. This, he says, is preferable to achieving the rather impossible political concept of “world citizenship”.

Look at the Video Interview conducted by Tehne »