One country that seems to be trying to avoid the “wealth-worship” trap is Bhutan, which works on the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH)
The event turned out to be intellectuallycareers to making the planet more sustainable and one of the quirkiesthad utilised its urban farm as well using “plant-based” meats.Sustainability, has unfortunately, only become a “pressing” issue in the last two decades, whenbig corporates and governments have thrown money at the issue. Prior to this, environmental concerns were primarily the focus of fringe groups and academics.
While the efforts to promote sustainability are welcome, I believe that we need to look further and change our very definition of wealth and development. The argument is simple. To many of us are placed in a situation where we are constantly chasing the almighty dollar and as a result, we end up living unsustainable lifestyles that are not good for us and by extension the planet.
There are plenty of people who like this way of life. However, we’ve noticed things like mental health becoming part of the talking points. It’s not that mental healthmany stories of people simply losing it.
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