Gross National Happiness – Bhutan, Part 1
The Gross National Happiness Index has been discussed and marvelled at but I don’t see many countries seriously adopting it, I wonder why? GNH is an indicator that measures happiness. Therefore the whole goal of government is to ensure the people are happy. I actually wondered about if Governments spent a lot of the time… Continue reading
Happy Planet Index
What we need is new measures to guide how we organise economically and socially, yet in the reverse order. In a article by the Guardian, the author speaks of the Happy Planet Index. There may be more reflective measures if we redefined our goals as the optimisation of happiness as real wealth. The real question… Continue reading
Market Value of Democracy
I am currently doing some work on a short contract. I have spent most of the last 15 years working for myself, so it has been interesting returning to the workforce to observe the reality for many people. I find it interesting to see my market value and how I am viewed according to my… Continue reading
New Horizons for Matilda – An Australian Way
This poem is about Australia and Australians. Australia has been viewed as a sunburnt country, it is a very dry continent. Yet recently we have witnessed the worst flooding ever recorded. This poem was written for an outstanding Australian Lawyer I met involved in the publishing of a magazine called the New Matilda http://newmatilda.com/. Waltzing… Continue reading
26 January Australia Day is about the Country
It was interesting I spent a week with my family in Canberra (capital of Australia), going through childhood memories. I feel so many circles closing in my life. When I was in Melbourne I told someone that if I was to have a car someone would have to give me one. To my surprise my… Continue reading