Debra Efroymson

Debra Efroymson is the executive director of the Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh, and author of "Beyond Apologies: Defining and Achieving an Economics of Wellbeing."

Bigger isn't always better

The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption

3m ago

Play should be a fundamental right for all children

Play is not a unique human construction: baby animals engage in play, using it to learn a variety of important skills

4m ago

The contradiction of comfort

How comfortable is it to not have clean air to breathe?

5m ago

Risky play and adventure playgrounds

Children flourish when given the opportunity to explore their environment and calculate risks.

6m ago

Acknowledge negativity, but don’t ignore the positive

People assign varying weights to their experiences, and so some of us focus on the positive.

7m ago

Respecting boundaries and holding men responsible

I wish we lived in a world where the perpetrator, not the survivor, was blamed for their actions.

8m ago

Can we have bicycle highways, too?

Let’s get over the prejudice that expressways are for cars.

9m ago

A plea for common humanity

Attitudes that insist on finding differences rather than commonalities are troubling.

11m ago
June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024

Bigger isn't always better

The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption

June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024

Play should be a fundamental right for all children

Play is not a unique human construction: baby animals engage in play, using it to learn a variety of important skills

April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024

The contradiction of comfort

How comfortable is it to not have clean air to breathe?

March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024

Risky play and adventure playgrounds

Children flourish when given the opportunity to explore their environment and calculate risks.

March 2, 2024
March 2, 2024

Acknowledge negativity, but don’t ignore the positive

People assign varying weights to their experiences, and so some of us focus on the positive.

January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024

Respecting boundaries and holding men responsible

I wish we lived in a world where the perpetrator, not the survivor, was blamed for their actions.

January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024

Can we have bicycle highways, too?

Let’s get over the prejudice that expressways are for cars.

November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023

A plea for common humanity

Attitudes that insist on finding differences rather than commonalities are troubling.

September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023

World Car-free Day: Decarbonise transport for climate justice

What happens to be a great solution for decarbonising transport is enabling and promoting walking, cycling, and pedal-powered rickshaws.

September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023

Our forgotten elderly

In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.