Episode 1: Gross National Happiness – Measuring well-being with contentment instead of money
- Author
- Ecologistics - the Podcast: Where We Question the Status Quo
- Published
- Tue 09 Apr 2019
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ecologistics/603449010-user-379904097-kinga-tshering-interview.mp3
Bhutan is a fairly new democracy. Its constitution requires 60% of the country be kept in national forests, and measures Gross National Happiness instead of Gross Domestic Product. Kinga Tshering of Bhutan tells us the story of how the 4th King of Bhutan coined the term and insisted the country put these measures in place to promote the happiness of its citizens.
