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This DCEN event was held February 4, 2016, at the offices of Green Cross International and Friends of the Earth, 1101 15th Street, 11th Floor, in Washington, DC. Our panel included: – Carol Graham, Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution & Professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. – Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network, Director, Washington DC Office, Global Green USA [Moderator] Overview: Governments around the world (like Santa Monica, California’s Well-Being Project) will be collecting well-being metrics to complement those that are in GDP, and possibly use these indicators to inform important policy decisions. Carol Graham will brief the DC Environmental Network (DCEN) on this emerging trend and the growing science behind it. Dr. Graham will also make copies of her new book “The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being” available for purchase. This important “Brookings Focus Book” explores “the promise and pitfalls of injecting the “economics of happiness” into public policymaking.” DCEN will be launching a new campaign to convince the DC government to start its own well-being index project. We believe this approach could show policy makers more clearly how incorporating sustainability principles into decision making may be a more effective strategy for creating happy and healthy communities in the District of Columbia.