Episode 5. ON HAPPINESS
Nordic By Nature
English - October 10, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSociety & Culture Government deep ecology ecology activism sixth extinction society environment conservation sweden nordic scandinavia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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First, we hear Tim Kasser, currently a professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. He has authored over 100 scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, goals, well-being, and environmental sustainability, among other topics. In 2018, he collaborated with the cartoonist Larry Gonick to create HyperCapitalism: The modern economy, its values, and how to change them.
Then we hear Dasho Dr. Karma Ura, President of the Centre for Bhutan & GNH Studies located in Bhutan’s capital city, Thimphu. The Centre has a mandate to research Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, Culture and History of Bhutan, and policy related studies.