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Costa Rica tops Happy Planet Index

The second global ranking of the ecological efficiency with which the world’s nations deliver long and happy lives for their citizens places Costa Rica as one of nine Latin American countries to top the Happy Planet Index.

Happy Planet Charter launched

To coincide with the publication of the second global compilation of the Happy Planet Index, nef has launched a new Happy Planet Charter. The Charter gives clear goals for individuals, organisations and nations to aim for if they are to achieve truly sustainable well-being.

HPI in the news

Following their launch on Saturday, the Happy Planet Index 2.0 report and website have garnered lots of attention from the media.

Chief statisticians consider the HPI

This month, the city of Florence, one of the birthplaces of banking, was host to two events that form part of the process which is changing the way we understand and measure progress.

HPI in Time Magazine

Yet another article about the HPI this weekend, in Time magazine.

The world according to HPI

Every wondered what the world would look like if countries were scaled according to their HPI? Some people from the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield did, and have come up with this map.

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