Catherine Porter: Lessons from happiness central (in the Toronto Star)

"[Helena Norberg-Hodge and her husband John Page] are in town promoting their new film, The Economics of Happiness.

"'In the last decade, people have woken up to the fact that both the left and right are pursuing the same economic policies, and many feel discouraged and depressed,' Norberg-Hodge, who’s now based in Australia but spends summers in Ladakh, tells me over lunch. 'Now the roles have reversed. I’m saying, ‘Don’t despair. Don’t give up.’ '"

Full article: Porter: Lessons from happiness central.