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Happy now? Manchester's strategy for wellbeing

In Living on 01.03.2008
Contributed by Steve Connor

From the archives: in March 2008 Manchester City Council and the NHS published 'Happy Manchester' - a report on levels of mental wellbeing across the city and on initiatives being launched to improve mental health and gross domestic 'happiness'.

That all you got?

In Living on 01.06.2004
Contributed by Amanda Wood

From the archives: An Industrial Evolution article by Amanda Wood interviewing Professor Cary Cooper on work/life balance and featuring Professor Cooper's very own work/life balance quiz.

Cash values

In Living on 01.06.2004
Contributed by Louise Tickle

From the archives: A June 2004 article by Louise Tickle on the demand for ethical investments and the rules and regulations covering providers of ethical funds in England's Northwest.

GDP is dead: long live social capital

In Living on 01.06.2004
Contributed by David Ward

From the archives: GDP is dead. Long live social capital, environmental value and a sense of what makes us happy. It's time to redefine prosperity, change our measures of progress and work harder to achieve a sustainable future, writes David Ward in a June 2004 edition of Industrial Evolution.

It's grim down south: an interview with Faisal Islam

In Living on 01.06.2004
Contributed by Gareth Chadwick

In an interview for the Northwest magazine Industrial Evolution, Faisal Islam, the then economics editor of The Observer talked to Gareth Chadwick about the challenges facing the Northwest's economy, sustainability and the need to 'rebalance' the economy.

Happiness or the hamster wheel?

In Living on 01.06.2004
Contributed by Amanda Wood

Stuck on the wheel and can't get off? Wonder why you're wealthier but can't quite pull yourself our of bed in the morning? The evidence suggests that money and status are failing to deliver health, wealth and happiness according to Amanda Wood, writing in Industrial Evolution in 2004.

The Great Leap Forwards: the Northwest's sustainability revolution

In Energy on 01.10.2003
Contributed by Steve Connor

From the archive: a 2003 report from Industrial Evolution magazine on the technologies, innovations and solutions driving the growth of the sustainability sector in the Northwest of England.

Hulme: Off the Critical List

In Buildings, Economy and Education on 24.01.2003
Contributed by Beth Perry

From the archive: Beth Perry and Alan Harding argue that Hulme in Manchester may have come out of intensive care, but to be truly considered a success story, it must deliver well-being to all its residents. Originally published in New Start magazine, 24 January 2003.

The new white shirts: corporate social responsibility

In Economy, Nature and Society on 01.08.2002
Contributed by Michael Taylor

From the archives: In New White Shirts (first published in IE in 2002), Michael Taylor looks at the businesses that are fundamentally changing the way in which they work, incorporating corporate social responsibility into the heart of their operations. Additional interviews by Steve Connor.

Detail of Heysham power station by Jan Chlebik

Carbon counting and mercury rising

In Buildings, Energy and Nature on 01.08.2002
Contributed by Ian Herbert

From an original article in IE magazine in 2002 Ian Herbert looked at the implications of climate change for the Northwest and at efforts to develop the region's renewable energy capacity.