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It underscores the interrelationship between human flourishing and ecological resilience. At the national and international levels, sustainable happiness has considerable relevance to the United Nations’resolution on happiness and well-being (United Nations, 2011). Applications of sustainable happiness are discussed, with implications for fostering healthy, sustainable lifestyles and communities.  \nThe active debate about how to transform education to meet 21st-century learning needs ranges from suggestions that will merely tweak existing models through modernization, to calls for reimagining the role of education. As educators consider the future of education and the various visions that are promoted—such as 21st-century learning, Health Promoting Schools programs, social and emotional learning, and entrepreneurship education—the concept of sustainable happiness can contribute to the development of a unified vision that fosters well-being for all, forever (Hopkins, 2013) . The sustainable happiness pre-service teacher education course described in this paper gives a glimpse of the benefits of doing so. The paper argues that sustainable happiness represents the evolution in  \nCANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 36:4 (2013)©2013 Canadian Society for the Study of Education/ Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation  \n[http://www.cje-rce.ca](http://www.cje-rce.ca)  \nhappiness that is needed to set the world on a more sustainable trajectory. This makes sustainable happiness indispensable for new visions of education in the 21st century.  \nKeywords: sustainable happiness; well-being; sustainability; education; 21st-century learning  \nPrécis  \nLe bonheur durable est « un bonheur qui contribue au bien-être individuel, communautaire ou mondial sans passer par l’exploitation d’autrui, de l’environnement ou des générations futures. » (Auteur 2010) . Il met en évidence l’interdépendance entre l’épanouissement personnel et la résilience écologique. Des applications du bonheur durable font l’objet de discussions à l’égard des répercussions de la promotion des modes de vie et des activités sains et durables, comme la marche. Les résultats d’une étude pancanadienne indiquent que les enfants qui se rendent à l’école à pieds sont plus heureux durant leur marche que les étudiants qui y sont conduits. À l’échelle internationale, le bonheur durable est surtout associé à l’éducation et la résolution des Nations Unies sur le bonheuret le bien-être (Organisation des Nations Unies 2011) .  \nI know a “couple” that are ideally suited to one another but, until recently, were barely aware of each other’s existence. Bringing them together in a long-term relationship could benefit all life on the planet, now and into the future. Happiness, meet sustainability; sustainability, meet happiness.  \nOnce you start looking for it, the evidence that happiness and sustainability belong together is compelling. Research associates happiness with positive health benefits (Davidson, Mostofsky, & Whang, 2010; Seligman, 2002; Steptoe, Wardle, & Marmot, 2005; Veenhoven, 2008); lower inclination toward materialistic values (Brown & Kasser, 2005); active transportation to work (Turcotte, 2006); nature-relatedness (Nisbit, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2011); green exercise (Barton & Pretty, 2010); and children’s experiences on their trip to school (O’Brien & Gilbert, 2010; O’Brien, Ramanathan, Gilbert, & Orsini, 2009; Ramanathan, O’Brien, Faulkner, & Stone, in press). All of this suggests that the path to happiness may also be consistent with sustainable lifestyles (O’Brien, 2005, 2010a) .  \nAs a sustainability educator, I have to confess my bias. I am constantly ","cbCaipnEW2bEahcP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipnEW2bEahcP","pdf",371814,29,"English","# Sustainable happiness concept and definition\n## Relevance to education and 21st-century learning\n## Applications and implications for sustainable lifestyles\n## Evidence linking happiness and sustainability","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper define sustainable happiness?\",\"answer\":\"It defines sustainable happiness as well-being that contributes to individual, community, and/or global flourishing without exploiting other people, the environment, or future generations.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is sustainable happiness relevant to education in the 21st century?\",\"answer\":\"The paper argues it can support a unified education vision that fosters well-being for all, forever, and discusses its role in pre-service teacher education.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of evidence connect happiness with sustainability?\",\"answer\":\"The paper cites research linking happiness to positive health, reduced materialistic values, active transportation, nature-relatedness, green exercise, and children’s experiences when traveling to school.\"}]","Happiness and Sustainability Together at Last! - sustainable happiness - unified vision for 21st-century education | PDF",1792081365,73]