Friend M sent this on to me. A TED Talk by Tshering Tobgay, the former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the little-known country tucked away deep in the Himalayas. He was responsible for establishing the People's Democratic Party as the first registered political party in Bhutan, and he continues to serve as its president. This tiny Kingdom of some 700,000 is bordered by India on one side and China the other. In his speech he talks about the wonderful idea ofcalculating a country’s GNH, Gross National Happiness rather than its GNP, Gross National Product, as a measure of its true values. The talk This Country Isn't Just Carbon Neutral, It's Negative is inspiring. What this country has been able to achieve in terms of conservation and climate change is astounding. It serves as a model for what is possible with few resources. If there, why not here?
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