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Empowering Society with GNH - Gross National Happiness in Practice
22 January 2015
Join us for a special seminar by Dr Saamdu
Chetri (Executive Director, Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan).
Tuesday 10 February 2015 11am-1pm
Daryll Forde Seminar Room, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW
Appointed to the Office of the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Bhutan in May 2008, Dr Saamdu Chetri was given the task to develop the Gross National Happiness Centre in Dewaling, Bumthang, Bhutan and now serves as its Executive Director. Dr Chetri is a believer in natural order of the existence and an advocate against global warming, nonorganic farming and consumerism.
Dr Chetri has many article publications to his credit as well as two books ( 'Money and Microenterprises' and 'Far apart and close together') and contributed to the writing of first book on Gross National Happiness.
Gross National Happiness (GNH) is a holistic and sustainable approach to development, which balances material and non-material values with the conviction that humans want to search for happiness. The objective of GNH is to achieve a balanced development in all facets of life, which is essential to our happiness. The goal of GNH is happiness. One of several means to achieve this goal is sustainable economic growth. GNH is a unique approach to national and global development.
The concept of Gross National Happiness consists of four pillars: fair socio -
economic development, conservation and promotion of a vibrant culture, environmental protection and good governance.
GNH has only been officially used in Bhutan, where Gross National Happiness Commission is charged with reviewing policy decisions and allocation of resources.
For information, please contact Dr Joseph Calabrese, j.calabrese@ucl.ac.uk.