“I would say sustainably happy people are better for the environment. When we really understand that our happiness and well-being are intertwined with the ecosystems that sustain us I think that’s hugely powerful, it’s transformative.”

INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE O’BRIEN
Catherine O’Brien is a professor of education at Cape Breton University and the originator of the term “sustainable happiness. In this exclusive Green Interview, O’Brien speaks with Silver Donald Cameron about her work at the intersection of happiness, sustainable living and education. She is part of a worldwide network of scholars and researchers who are exploring what makes people happy and whether it is linked to ways of living that recognize ecological limits, relationship and interconnectedness. O’Brien’s research has led her to propose that there are techniques for achieving sustainable happiness and that it can be taught. Indeed, she’s written a book on it and developed the world’s first course in it. She contends that behaving in ways that will bring us deep endurable happiness is also good for our families, our communities and indeed for the planet itself.

IN THIS EXCLUSIVE GREEN INTERVIEW, O’BRIEN DISCUSSES THE CONCEPT OF “SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS,” TECHNIQUES SHE EMPLOYS IN HER COURSE TO TEACH IT, AND HOW THE RECOGNITION THAT HAPPINESS AND CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL WORLD ARE INTERTWINED OFTEN LEADS TO A TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE.

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This interview is part of The Green Interview, an archive of resources pertinent to an understanding of the future of life on earth and humanity’s roles and responsibilities in sustaining it. The archive was produced by the late Silver Donald Cameron and Chris Beckett during the 10 years before Cameron’s death in 2020. Through the efforts of family and friends and the generosity of private donors, The Green Interview has been made freely available to all who would find it of benefit. Its permanent home is with the Science, Environment and Economy Archives of Library and Archives Canada.

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