A new global measure of progress, the ‘Happy Planet Index’, reveals for the first time that happiness doesn’t have to cost the Earth. It shows that people can live long, happy lives without using more than their fair share of the Earth’s resources. The new international ranking of the environmental impact and well-being reveals a very different picture of the wealth, and poverty, of nations, says the New Economics Foundation.
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Interesting, but not such a surprise - there seems to have been a lot of research in the last few years all pointing to the same conclusion: i.e. that a wealthy society is by no means a happy one. In a similar vein, though temporal rather than spatial, I recall that NEF did some work showing that the UK was at its happiest in 1976, when GDP was about half what it is now.
I was happier in 1976. But I was 4.
Who's coming up for the festival next month? (I think) Seumas is going to visit chez Main sometime in August...
Unlikely I'm afraid - number 2 son due in a week, so it's going to be hard to get away. We've also moved house (Stoke Newington). That's the thing about communicating through a blog - you tend to concentrate on the big stuff and neglect domestic trivia.
flipping flip. nice one tom!
I'll be in Scotland from 12th to 26th Aug. Mostly cycling/walking in the hills, but will be in Edinburgh at some point and would love to hook up. When're you going to be up Seumas?
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