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Gross National Happiness in Schools | Educating for GNH in Bhutan

Posted on March 20, 2020March 23, 2020 by Jasmeen Chandi

This International Day of Happiness (March 20) falls amidst difficult times. Still each day we are reminded of feelings of warmth and happiness. We’re also reminded of Bhutan’s development approach: Gross National Happiness (GNH). Last fall, we filmed an interview

Balloons of Bhutan

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

In 2007, artist Jonathan Harris travelled to Bhutan to explore the Gross National Happiness paradigm. Balloons of Bhutan documents his effort to capture “a portrait of happiness in the last Himalayan kingdom” through breathtaking and inspiring photos and videos, catalogued on an

The Bhutanese Guide to Happiness

Posted on May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 by BCF Intern

Today we have decided to feature a little book about a concept close to our heart called Gross National Happiness. Simply stated in the book’s synopsis, “What we can learn from a country where Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross

David Suzuki on Gross National Happiness

Posted on November 28, 2012January 30, 2014 by Bhutan Canada

David Suzuki, Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, and award-winning scientist, environmentalist, and broadcaster, will be travelling to Bhutan in March 2013 and is a staunch advocate for the concept of Gross National Happiness. In his November newsletter, Dr. Suzuki

Special Event! Within the Realm of Happiness, Dasho Kinley Dorji

Posted on October 19, 2012February 4, 2014 by Bhutan Canada

Wildsight Invermere is proud to host Dasho Kinley Dorji, a journalist and government official from the Himalayan nation of Bhutan. His presentation, Within the Realm of Happiness: a Himalayan Perspective, will take place on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Do Hazelnuts Equal Happiness in Bhutan?

Posted on June 20, 2012May 1, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

Photo Credit: Blue Moon Fund As Bhutan grows, it is trying to find ways to develop economically, but through the lens of Gross National Happiness. One American entrepreneur has been assisting Bhutan with this task – by growing and exporting hazelnuts

"Happiness and Well Being" at the United Nations

Posted on April 6, 2012May 1, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

As we hi-lighted last week (Gross National Happiness Takes Center Stage), Bhutan and in particular, Gross National Happiness, is becoming more prominent on the wold stage. Beginning on April 2, hundreds of representatives from government, academics and other civic leaders

Gross National Happiness Takes Center Stage

Posted on March 28, 2012May 1, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

Photo Credit: Jeff Bellinger A high-level meeting on happiness will take place next week as part of the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. To learn more read this piece in the New York Times…

Gross National Happiness on the World Stage

Posted on October 4, 2011May 1, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

Check out this great article from the Toronto Star on happiness as global public policy. Great mention of Bhutan’s development of the policy of Gross National Happiness. “Happiness is grabbing an enormous amount of attention in terms of global public policy. A resolution

Jeffrey Sachs on Happiness and Bhutan

Posted on August 31, 2011May 1, 2013 by Bhutan Canada

Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University and special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals, has written about Bhutan several times. In his most recent piece in The Globe and Mail he explores Bhutan’s