The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada June 20 to June 24, 2005
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	“Gross National Happiness” media mentions 2000-2005* 3 2000 1 2001 3 2002 6 2003 10 2004 160 2005
	“Gross National Happiness” media mentions in 2005* 4 Jan 0 Feb 3 Mar 4 Apr 4 May 44 Jun 11 Jul 10 Aug 6 Sep 24 Oct 8 Nov 42 Dec *Numbers are representative only.
	Press Clippings
	2006
April 20, 2006	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Meiko Nishimizu Gross National Happiness: Before it's too late...
March 24, 2006	Bloomberg.com — Mark Gilbert Money, Sex, Happiness Come to the Bank of England: Mark Gilbert (192K PDF)
March 9, 2006	BBC News in Pictures Bhutan's happiness formula
March 9, 2006	The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax — Jim Meek Are you happy and wealthy - or what?
February 4, 2006	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Kencho Wangdi Measuring GNH
February 3, 2006	Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C. — Richard Finney Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Policy: Is it Working?
January 30, 2006	Business Report, South Africa — AFP Business leaders reminded of moral obligations
January 25, 2006	Newsweek Video Blog — Christopher Dickey Voices From Davos - Matthieu Ricard
January 23, 2006	San Francisco Chronicle — Charles Burress Finding happiness outside the GNP Bhutan searching for a way to stop drift from harmony
	December 2005
December, 2005	Cyprus Mail, Nicosia — Nicos A. Rolandis King Jigme and floundering Cyprus
December 30, 2005	Khalid S. Al-Khater, Doha, Qatar (Blog) How I Was Deceived by G. W. Bush Foreign Policy?
December 29, 2005	New York Times, USA — Darrin M. McMahon In Pursuit of Unhappiness
December 28, 2005	Voice of America, USA — Anjana Pasricha, New Delhi Himalayan Kingdoms on Opposite Political Paths
December 27, 2005	The Baltimore Sun, USA — Opinion Shangri-La, changing
December 26, 2005	Newspaper Tree, El Paso, Texas, USA — Vanessa Johnson Letter from the Publisher
December 26, 2005	Asian Tribune, Bangkok,Thailand — Sankar Ray Will democracy blossom in Thimpu?
December 25, 2005	NewKerala.com - Ernakulam, Kerala, India — Amulya Ganguli An enlightened king's journey to democracy
December 25, 2005	Shadbaad, Pakistan (Blog) — M. Ismail Khan Development alternative- Pakistan's Gross National Happiness
December 24, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — U. Penjore, S. Wangchuck and R. Wangchuck Trashigang faces the future
December 24, 2005	British Medical Journal, London, UK — Editorial, Tony Delamothe Happiness: Get happy—it's good for you
December 24, 2005	The Statesman, Kolkata, India — Sanjoy Hazarika Bhutan’s monarch: A democrat bows out
December 22, 2005	Missoula Independent — Ari LeVaux Gross National Happiness What we can all learn from Bhutan about sustainable development
December 22, 2005	Jamaica Gleaner — Ashford W. Meikle Jamaicans unhappy on account of crime - Frankson
December 22, 2005	Open Democracy — Charlie Devereux Unbecoming Citizens: Culture, Nationhood, and the Flight of Refugees from Bhutan by Michael Hutt, Oxford University Press
December 21, 2005	The Times of India — Editorial Palace to the People
December 21, 2005	Pravda, Russia Bhutan's king takes the lead in bringing democracy to Himalayan kingdom
December 21, 2005	Asian Tribune, Bangkok, Thailand — Q. Perera - Reporting from Colombo Happiness in employment vital for productivity
December 21, 2005	AsiaNews.it - Italy King promises parliamentary democracy by 2008
December 20, 2005	Hindustan Times, India — Editorial Democracy gets royal sanction
December 20, 2005	Gulf Times, Qatar Bhutanese in shock over king’s abdication move
December 20, 2005	Gulf Times, Qatar India praises Bhutan king, welcomes democracy move
December 20, 2005	Human Events: National Conservative Weekly (Blog), USA — Thomas P. Kilgannon Top 10 Countries That Vote Most Against the U.S. at the United Nations
December 19, 2005	Asia Media, UCLA, USA — South China Morning Post, Hong Kong BHUTAN: King to step down when tiny nation goes to the polls
December 19, 2005	Financial Times, UK — Jo Johnson Bhutan's King Sets Date for Election
December 19, 2005	The Seattle Times, USA — Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Bhutan king to step down in '08 (Map)
December 18, 2005	Yahoo! ASIA NEWS — AFP Bhutan's king to abdicate by 2008 as country moves to democracy
December 18, 2005	International Herald Tribune, ASIA PACIFIC — The Associated Press Bhutan's king says he'll step down See also: ABC News International — Associated Press Bhutan's King to Step Down and Hold Nation's First Democratic Elections in 2008 LA Times, USA — WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer Bhutan's King to Step Down in 2008 Houston Chronicle, USA — Associated Press Bhutan's king announces democratic elections for 2008, when he will step down Seattle Post-Intelligencer — Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Bhutan's king to step down in 2008 New Orleans Times-Picayune, USA — Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Bhutan's king to step down in 2008
December 16, 2005	The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia — Chad Park and Tamara Lorincz A Step forward
December 16, 2005	The Australian — Dennis Shanahan and Natasha Robinson Happiness index is a vital statistic, and Tim's up for it
December 11, 2005	TIME Asia — Alex Perry Down with The King? Bhutan's monarch is pushing his subjects to adopt democracy
December 10, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Kinley Wangmo CBS to set GNH indicators
December 10, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan Constitution must preserve the Bhutanese identity
December 9, 2005	Orlando Sentinel — Liz Langley Simple joys often bring the greatest pleasure
December 6, 2005	www.favach.org — Documentary FILM TRAILERS Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
December 5, 2005	The Christian Science Monitor — David R. Francis Monogamy is good - and good for you
December 2005	Marion Institute, USA Gross National Happiness
December 2005	The Non-Toxic Times, USA A New Way to Measure Human Progress: Gross National Product Gets Less Gross
	November 2005
November 21, 2005	MaxSpeak (blog) The Politics of the Happiness Studies Fad
November 14, 2005	Bhutan Times — Forum GNH thread with 9 posts.
November 10, 2005	ABC News 2020 — Lynn Sherr Should America Boost Gross National Happiness, Rather Than GNP? Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan Favors Contentment Over Commerce Watch Lynn Sherr's full report Friday night (11/11) at 10 p.m. on '20/20.'
November 6, 2005	Business Report & Independent, Johannesburg, South Africa — Sherilee Bridge Bhutan: a Shangri-La where GDP doesn't count
November 4, 2005	The Kathmandu Post, Nepal — S K Pradhan Bhutan’s draft constitution
November 2, 2005	The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya — Jaindi Kisero Figures Don't Tell the Whole Story
November 1, 2005	World Bank News, Washington, USA — Erik Nora Bhutan: World Bank Group Launches New Assistance Strategy
November 2005	ode magazine, USA — Stephan Herrera Zen and the art of happiness
	October 2005
October 29, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Gopilal Acharya Good governance crucial for parliamentary democracy
October 28, 2005	HappyNews, Texas, USA — Christine Smith A trip to ‘Shangri-La’
October 28, 2005	Deccan Herald, Bangalore, India — Dipti Nair Feelin' bubbly
October 23, 2005	Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, USA Why so gloomy?
October 20, 2005	Freezerbox, USA — Alexander Zaitchik Papa Smurf
October 18, 2005	EL PAIS, Madrid — José Vidal-Beneyto Bhutan as a model (133K PDF)
October 17, 2005	San Diego Union-Tribune — Karen Mazurkewich Bhutan sets sights on creating 'gross national happiness'
October 16, 2005	New York Daily News — Lenore Skenazy Lessons of King Wangchuck
See also:	Tallahassee Democrat, USA — Lenore Skenazy It's time to take the time to dream a new American dream
October 14, 2005	Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan Towards Elimination of Hunger
October 07, 2005	The Times of India — Jug Suraiya Scrap GDP in favour of Gross National Happiness (32K PDF)
October 07, 2005	The Brown Daily Herald, USA — Nate Goralnik Nate Goralnik '06: Let the economists take care of it, OK?
October 06, 2005	New York Times Editorial Net National Happiness
October 06, 2005	New York Times Letters Being Happy
October 06, 2005	The Reaction Blog — Michael J.W. Stickings Don't worry, be happy: You're in Bhutan!
October 05, 2005	AFP TOKYO via Yahoo News Mega-economy Japan should learn from 'happy' Bhutan: conference
October 05, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan Beyond the numbers game
October 05, 2005	The Pitt News, USA — Staff Editorial Happiness, world's most valuable currency
October 05, 2005	New Economist Blog, UK Latest from the happiness industry
October 05, 2005	Private Sector Development (PSD) Blog — Pablo Halkyard Gross National Happiness, the new GDP?
October 05, 2005	Slate, USA — today's blogs by Bidisha Banerjee Nails in the Hammer's Coffin?
October 4, 2005	Reveries Magazine, USA — Tim Manners Happiness Quantified
October 4, 2005	The New York Times, USA — Andrew C. Revkin A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom (1.1MB PDF)
October 04, 2005	Sepia Mutiny (Blog) — abhi Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness
	September 2005
September 28, 2005	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan — Announcement Symposium on Bhutan and Gross National Happiness, 2005, Tokyo
September 22, 2005	The Heritage Foundation, USA — Paul Rosenzweig Gross National Happiness: A Faith-Based Constitution for Bhutan
September 19, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan Foreign minister addresses plenary UN meeting
September 14, 2005	International Herald Tribune — Bunker Roy Why the millennium goals won't work
September 9, 2005	Smart Communities Blog, USA — Suzanne Morse Measuring Progress
September, 2005	CSR Journal, Thailand — SVN (Asia) CSR MOVEMENT: TOWARDS A HOLISTIC APPROACH Gross National Happiness and Public Policy Development
	August 2005
August 30, 2005	lifestylism blog, Canada — Jeremy Hiebert Poverty and Gross National Happiness
August 30, 2005	Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA — Mikhail Raj Abdullah Companies Can't Operate On Insulated Terrain Amidst Globalisation
August 29, 2005	The Bahama Journal, Nassau, Bahamas — Editor Balance and Happiness
August 29, 2005	Portland Transport Blog, USA — Karen Frost Write Happiness into the Transportation Plan
August 26, 2005	Grandinite Blog, Canada — Aaron Braaten The Problem with GDP
August 19, 2005	BBC World's Earth Report, UK — Tracy Worcester Gross National Happiness Documentary film
August 18, 2005	BBC News World Edition, UK — Tracy Worcester Bhutan puts farms before markets
August 16, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Siok Sian Pek-Dorji Interview with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
August 2, 2005	MacLeans, Canada — Sue Ferguson In praise of grumpiness
August, 2005	MIT Technology Review — Stephan Herrera Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?
	July 2005
July 31, 2005	The Independent on Sunday, UK — Ed Halliwell The Smileometer — forget measuring a country's success by its GDP — there's a much better system that takes happiness into account, as Ed Halliwell explains
July 19, 2005	The Kathmandu Post, Nepal Reforming higher education
July 10, 2005	Domain: gnhtheband.com created — Andy Shmuckler Gross National Happiness
July 8, 2005	The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Sentiment is highlighted by reaction to London bombings
July 7, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Siok Sian Pek-Dorji GNH: doing something right?
July 7, 2005	The Coast, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Happy meter
July 2, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada The nation's laggards, or its leaders? (8K PDF)
July 2, 2005	Compliation of media clippings 2005.07.02 to 2005.05.08 GNHClips.pdf (131K PDF)
July 1, 2005	Vancouver Sun, British Columbia, Canada Gross National Happiness index flawed (8K PDF)
	June 2005
June 29, 2005	The London Free Press, Ontario, Canada ~ Letters to the Editor Happiness Meeting Waste of Time, Money (8K PDF)
June 26, 2005	The London Free Press, Ontario, Canada You Can't Buy Happiness (8K PDF)
June 30, 2005	French language media clippings 2005.06.30 to 2005.06.19 GNHClips_fr.pdf (25K PDF)
Juin 30, 2005	L'Acadie Nouvelle, Canada — Le Bouthillier, Claude Tempus fugit (Le temps fuit) (8K PDF)
Juin 28, 2005	L'Acadie Nouvelle, Canada — Nadeau, Jean-Marie Bonne fête Canada (8K PDF)
June 27, 2005	CBC.ca The Hour Video for WMP and QuickTime runs 6:11 Measuring happiness, rather than wealth featuring interviews with Dr. Ronald Colman and Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley.
June 26, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada A happy occurrence (8K PDF)
June 25, 2005	Kuensel Online, Bhutan — Siok Sian Pek-Dorji GNH: moving from concept to reality?
June 25, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Bhutan aside, happiness can't be legislated (8K PDF)
June 25, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Showdown: happiness versus misery (8K PDF)
June 25, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Delegates eager to hear how to rule by happiness (8K PDF)
June 25, 2005	National Post ~ Financial Post, Canada 'I am a corporate sinner': Who is Ray Anderson? (16K PDF)
June 24, 2005	The Moncton Times and Transcript, New Brunswick, Canada Happiness movement a non-starter (16K PDF)
June 22, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada A happy balance; Ex-PM: Money isn't everything (8K PDF)
June 22, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Communication called crucial to population issues in towns (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	CTV National News, Canada The secrets to happiness (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Globe and Mail Update, Canada The search for happiness in Antigonish
June 20, 2005	CBC - PEI, Canada Happiness is a conference in Antigonish
June 20, 2005	CBC - NS, Canada Happiness is a conference in Antigonish
June 20, 2005	CTV, Canada Happiness on the agenda at Nova Scotia summit
June 20, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada — Jim Mac Happiness is . . . not what you may think (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Cape Breton Post, Nova Scotia, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness at centre of international conference (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Daily Courier, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada — (CP) Conference measuring happiness: Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness begins today (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness at centre of N.S. conference (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Edmonton Journal, Alberta, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Wanted: a world happiness standard: Movement seeks a way to measure countries' well-being rather than their wealth (12K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Edmonton Sun, Alberta, Canada — (CP) MEASURING HAPPINESS (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Fredericton Daily Gleaner, New Brunswick, Canada — (CP) Don't worry, be happy (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Guardian, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness discussed at Nova Scotia sessions
June 20, 2005	The Hamilton Spectator, Ontario, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Gross National Happiness; Meeting strives to measure well-being beyond the economy's GDP
June 20, 2005	The Kingston Whig-Standard, Ontario, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness the centre of international conference: Hundreds gather to find ways to determine well-being
June 20, 2005	London Free Press, Ontario, Canada — (CP) Well-being can mean more than just money
June 20, 2005	The Moncton Times and Transcript, New Brunswick, Canada — (CP) Happiness as important to success as economics: conference; Group says many factors affect an individual's well-being (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Ottawa Sun, Ontario, Canada — (CP) Delegates strive for happiness (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Prince George Citizen, British Columbia, Canada — (AP) Happiness can be measured (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Le Quotidien, Quebec, Canada — (PC) Bonheur: diverses théories s'affrontent (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Province, British Columbia, Canada — (AP) Groups aim to find way of measuring happiness (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Record, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — (CP) Gathering ponders how to measure happiness (12K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Sudbury Star, Ontario, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness at centre of international conference: Conference on Gross National Happiness examines conditions that could lead to happiness (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	The Sault Star, Ontario, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Conference plans to take the measure of happiness (8K PDF)
June 20, 2005	Winnepeg Free Press, Manitoba, Canada — Alison Auld (CP) Happiness at centre of Nova Scotia conference
June 16, 2005	The Coast, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada The second International Conference on Gross National Happiness takes place in Antigonish next week
June 7, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Speakers to sound off on sustainable development (12K PDF)
June 6, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada Experts to discuss sustainable development (12K PDF)
June 3, 2005	Speaking notes: Senator Jim Cowan Announcement of Government of Canada Support for the GPI “Rethinking Development” Conference
June 3, 2005	Speaking notes: Chris Bryant Director Decision Support, Economic Development on behalf of Hon. Ernest Fage, Minister of Economic Development for Nova Scotia
	May 2005
May 29, 2005	Halifax Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada — Silver Donald Cameron Forget GDP, let's measure Gross National Happiness (12K PDF)
May 29, 2005	Toronto Star, Ontario, Canada How are we (really) doing? National index to tell us; Satisfaction gauge may be used to shape government policy (8K PDF)
	Some History: Pre GNH 2 conference references to "Gross National Happiness"
May 27, 2005	Bhutan Travellers Website — An excellent introduction to GNH Gross National Happiness
May 20, 2005	Wisiting The Well (blog) — Paul Holland Gross National Happiness
	April 2005
April 22, 2005	Nova Scotia HANSARD 03/04/05-71 (8K PDF) "Therefore be it resolved that the members of the Nova Scotia Legislature recognize this conference on Rethinking Development to be highly relevant to the people of Nova Scotia and to the future of this province and recognize that it will bring great benefit to the province and to Nova Scotians..."
April 16, 2005	Social Science Research Network — Rafael di Tella & Robert MacCulloch Gross National Happiness as an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?
April 8, 2005	True Cost Economics — adbusters.org Reprint of Nadia Mustafa's TIME article Forget GDP. How about Gross National Happiness?
April 1, 2005	American Machinist, USA — Thomas Grasson Let's get happy
	March 2005
March 15, 2005	ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TV, — Peter Lloyd Bhutan - Dragon Kingdom
March 12, 2005	Canadian Content Community — Online Forum Gross National Happiness
March, 2005	World and I Journal — Thinley Choden Bhutan’s Emphasis on Expanding “Gross National Happiness”
	January 2005
January 26, 2005	Wikipedia new entry: Gross national happiness
January 20, 2005	Slate, USA — Eric Weiner, NPR The First Nonsmoking Nation Bhutan banned tobacco. Could the rest of the world follow?
January 10, 2005	TIME — Nadia Mustafa What About Gross National Happiness? Measuring policy success as an increase in wellbeing
January, 2005	Resurgence 228 — Rajni Bakshi Gross National Happiness New ways to measure human wellbeing. See also: Alter.net EnviroHealth
	2004
December, 2004	WIRED !2.12, USA — Daniel H. Pink The True Measure of Success Forget GDP. A better metric for prosperity is Gross National Happiness.
November, 2004	American Scientist, USA — Amos Esty The New Wealth of Nations
October 24, 2004	The Japan Times — Editorial Tallying national happiness (203K PDF)
August 15, 2004	Government Executive — Denise Kersten The Happiness Factor
August, 2004	Global Village News Gross National Happiness: The True Measure Of Success?
July 2004	ode magazine 15, USA — Rajni Bakshi One last thing…
June 17, 2004	International Development Research Centre, Canada — Patrick Kavanagh Happiness and Progress: Measuring Human Wellbeing in Bhutan and Canada
March 27, 2004	Asia Times — Joseph Harris In Bhutan, it's happiness that counts
February 25, 2004	Shambhala News Service — Dr. Ronald Coleman Measuring Genuine Progress: Indicators for Enlightened Society
February 23, 2004	This Dew-Drop Bardo (blog) — Mark Szpakowski Operationalizing Gross National Happiness
	2003
November 3, 2003	OneWorld.net — Environment News Service (ENS) Measuring Gross National...Happiness
October 22, 2003	Domain: grossinternationalhappiness.org registered — S. Tideman Gross International Hapiness
September 16, 2003	Tidepool, USA — Derek Reiber Gross Domestic Happiness? Or why Gross Domestic Product is an inaccurate and incomplete measurement of how we're doing as a country
February 24, 2003	Global Policy Forum, New York — Marc Wolfensberger, Bloomberg Bhutan Looks to WTO to Lift the Happiness Index
January 10, 2003	www.seekwellness.com — Donald B. Ardell, PhD Gross National Happiness (Part Two)
January 9, 2003	www.seekwellness.com — Donald B. Ardell, PhD Gross National Happiness
	2002
December 29, 2002	Hammerland Blog, USA — Tom Hammer Gross National Happiness
June 27, 2002	Solar Electric Light Fund Powering "Gross National Happiness"
May, 2002	PBS Frontline, USA — Orville Schell Gross National Happiness
	2001
December 31, 2001	The East African — Charles Onyango-Obbo What Counts: GNP Or Gross National Happiness?
	2000
August 1, 2000	Salon.com Health, USA — Andreas Killen Happiness is back
June 25, 2000	CBS 60 Minutes, Australia — Morley Safer   VIDEO Gross National Happiness: nirvana in the Himalayas
	CBS 60 Minutes, Australia — Morley Safer   VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Gross National Happiness: Nation of Bhutan is More Focused on the Happiness of its People than Global Economics Featured on: Solar Electric Light Fund Website at www.self.org
March 29, 2000	New York Times — Paul Krugman Pursuing Happiness
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