bhutan

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asia / Bhutan
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 * Bhutan** is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by China.

Headlines
[|How the happiest country in the world is saving tigers] [|Bhutan: A Higher State of Being] [|Bhutan’s Paro Tshechu Festival: An Expression of Gross National Happiness in the Land of the Thunder Dragon] [|'Let nature be your teacher': Bhutan takes conservation into the classroom] [|Why Bhutan is the First Conscious Travel Destination - Anna Pollock] [|Applying Gross National Happiness Principles and Indicators to the Travel Sector] Bhutan Is No Shangri-La

Recommended Listening
[|Bhutan's transition to the modern world] - Bhutan is most famous for its ranking as the happiest country in Asia, but how is it managing its transition to democracy and modernity?

RSS
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Quotes
The kingdom of Bhutan, in the Himalayas, has had the genius to adopt Gross National Happiness as official policy. Anything that undermines the people's health will be discouraged, as will anything that fruitlessly gobbles up their time. Their old people are valued. All major decisions are tested against their effect on the environment and on society. According to the United Nations, Bhutan is one of the world's 10 least-developed countries, yet according to the [|Happy Planet Index], it is somewhere near the top. - Alastair Sawday, [|The Slow Way to Go]

Tourism
[|Tourism Council of Bhutan] - [|Flickr] - [|@tourismbhutan]

Tour Companies
http://www.mythicalbhutan.com http://www.mynatour.org/destination/bhutan-sustainable-tourism-possible

UNDP
http://www.undp.org/content/bhutan/en/home.html http://www.undp.org/content/bhutan/en/home/operations/jobs.html http://open.undp.org/#project/00073843 https://www.facebook.com/UNDPBhutan

Flickr Groups
[| Bhutan, Beyond Heaven and the Earth...]

Wikipedia
[|Bhutan] [|Gross_national_happiness] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Bhutan

Climate Change
[|Himalayan nations agree to collaborate on climate]

Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.afar.com/highlights/abundantly-provident-being-well