Happy Planet Index
Posted by brettconstable on 31 Jan 2017 in general
Happy Planet Index - An initiative of the New Economics Foundation which measures what matters: sustainable wellbeing for all. It tells us how well nations are doing at achieving long, happy, sustainable lives. Wealthy Western countries, often seen as the standard of success, do not rank highly on the Happy Planet Index. Instead, several countries in Latin America and the Asia Pacific region lead the way by achieving high life expectancy and wellbeing with much smaller Ecological Footprints. [27 Jan 2017 - no fb page]