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<\/a><\/p>\nConsider another way of viewing the world. Since 1971, Bhutan has promoted the idea of a Gross National Happiness index being used to replace Gross National Product as the most important criteria by which development is measured.<\/p>\n
According to Guardian Weekly in 2012:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe country has pledged itself to remain carbon-neutral and to ensure that at least 60% of its land mass will remain under forest cover in perpetuity. It has banned logging and has instigated a monthly pedestrian day that bars all private vehicles from its roads. In a world beset by collapsing financial systems, gross inequity and wide-scale environmental destruction, the tiny Buddhist state\u2019s approach is attracting a lot of interest. Last year the UN adopted Bhutan\u2019s call for a holistic approach to development, a move endorsed by 68 countries. A UN panel is considering ways for Bhutan\u2019s GNH model to be replicated globally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The core of Gross National Happiness is the importance of the quality of a nation’s feelings. Wealth is empty if people are miserable. To identify the value of happiness should surely be paramount?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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