John de Graaf
John de Graaf is a documentary filmmaker (Affluenza, and 40 others), the author of four books and dozens of articles, and a frequent speaker at colleges and conferences. He is the co-founder of Take Back Your Time, the Happiness Alliance and And Beauty for All. He has taught at The Evergreen State College, lives in Seattle and can be reached at jodg@comcast.net.
Articles by John de Graaf
Black Friday, Affluenza, and the Election
Instead of appreciating the local and the staggering beauty of our God-given world, as FPR suggests we do, the good life requires million-dollar jaunts into outer space.
Toward a Politics of Beauty
This talk was delivered earlier this year at a conference on wellbeing held at the Sorbonne.
A Conservative for Our Time
In a letter he wrote to his grandchildren, Udall challenged them to "Support all endeavors that promise a better life for the inhabitants of our planet. Cherish sunsets, wild creations…
And Beauty for All
By seeking to protect and restore natural beauty, create lovely urban design, bring art into our communities and support local sustainable agriculture and healthy fish and wildlife populations, we can…
Rethinking the Good City: Vallejo’s Bold Vision
What Americans Want in Cities What makes a good city? I’ve been thinking a lot about this. What makes for a city people are happy living in, and want to…
The Promise of the Green New Deal
For all its current weaknesses, the GND is an effort to “solve for pattern” as Wendell Berry recommends.
Can Beauty Bring Us Together?
First, a confession: with the exception, at the age of 18, of a brief flirtation with Barry Goldwater’s presidential candidacy, my politics have leaned decidedly Left. My father, on the other…