Your Happiness Calendar for July 2026
Summer offers an opportunity to slow down and reconnect with the people and activities that bring us joy. This month, the Greater Good Science Center Happiness Calendar offers daily tips and practices to build a better future together. Through practices that foster connection, you’ll explore small ways to strengthen your relationships and contribute to a more caring and resilient world. Whether you try these practices with friends and family over the summer, or bring them to your school community in the fall, we hope that this month’s strategies help you feel hopeful about what is possible when we come together.
Thank you for all you do, educators!
To get to the interactive calendar, head over to the calendar page in the Greater Good Magazine.
Greater Good in Education Practices to Build a Better Future Together
- Understanding Justice (for staff): In this brief series of self-paced activities, school staff 1) consider the term “justice” and related terms, 2) record their immediate reactions to a series of words, 3) explore the relationships between personal stereotypes and systemic discrimination, and 4) reflect on the ways that privilege can influence justice.
- Inspiring Students to Help (for younger students): Use language that resonates with students’ experiences of helping to spark their motivation to keep helping even after setbacks.
- I See You. Everyone Matters (for older students and adults): Members of the classroom or meeting stand and respectfully acknowledge each person in the group.
- A Hopeful Plan (for all ages): Students or staff members complete a goal-setting process that includes a wish or goal, an imagined outcome, and plans for what to do if they encounter setbacks. See also Moving Forward with Hope for older students & adults.
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