[This happiness index takes a national approach, and sets a broad brush time line for the world to achieve a less than full happiness.
For me, it is up to individuals, as well as nations, perhaps more so for individuals. Aim for full happiness for everyone - people and nature, not partial happiness especially when the partial is for others and full happiness is for oneself/nation.
Overconsumption, a major issue across the planet is certainly an issue each and every individual can address for themselves first and then help others.]
The future is
a place that is created –
created first in the mind and will,
created next in activity.
The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.
The paths are not to be found, but made, and
the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.
- John Scharr
to create a happy planet
achieve sustainable well-being.
- A new narrative of progress
- It is possible to have a good life without costing the Earth.
- Over-consumption ... represents one of the key barriers to sustainable well-being worldwide
- sustainable well-being.
Sign up to the happy planet charter
The future is not the result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created – created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.
John Scharr
In order to create a happy planet, it is important to have some clear goals to work towards. The Happy Planet Charter provides clear targets for all nations, to help achieve sustainable well-being.
The logos of organisations which have already signed up to support the charter are shown on the home page.
People who sign the charter believe that:
- A new narrative of progress is required for the twenty-first century.
- It is possible to have a good life without costing the Earth.
- Over-consumption in rich countries represents one of the key barriers to sustainable well-being worldwide and that governments should strive to identify economic models that do not rely on constantly growing consumption to achieve stability and prosperity.
They call for:
- Governments to measure people’s well-being and environmental impact in a consistent and regular way, and to develop a framework of national accounts that considers the interaction between the two so as to guide us towards sustainable well-being.
- Developed nations to set an HPI target of 89 by 2050 – this means reducing per capita footprint to 1.7 gha, increasing mean life satisfaction to eight (on a scale of 0 to 10) and continuing to increase mean life expectancy to reach 87 years.
- Developed nations and the international community to support developing nations in achieving the same target by 2070.
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