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Bhutan - Gross National Happiness

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Manufacturer: CustomFlix

Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883629065571
Format: NTSC
Label: CustomFlix
Manufacturer: CustomFlix
Publisher: CustomFlix
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2006-09-18
Studio: CustomFlix

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The Kingdom of Bhutan, situated on the southern slopes of the Himalayan Range, is a little known country despite its full membership of the UN since 1971. The Royal Government of Bhutan is implementing a unique, long-term political strategy called "GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS" (GNH). This policy is based on the belief that the primary purpose of development is to bring happiness to the population of Bhutan, rather than aiming solely for an increase in Gross Domestic Product. The idea of GNH are based on four pillars: 1. Sustainable and equitable socio-economic development 2. Conservation of the fragile Himalayan ecology 3. Preservation and promotion of the traditional culture 4. Enhancement of good governance These four principles for a modern government policy are in tune with the Buddhist traditions prevailing in Bhutan from the time this philosophy spread from India northwards in the 9th century. The DVD has English, German, French, Spanish and Italian language tracks.

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Summary: DVD Format
Comment: The video is fine. Very informative, but the movie we received was produced the non-US format. We have to watch it on the computer. My newer DVD and Tivo player didn't recognized it. I wish it would have made the format more obvious.

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Summary: Won't play
Comment: The DVD is supposed to play on machines from all regions but the disc I got would not play on any of my region one machines.

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Summary: An Alternative Vision
Comment: At a time when Gross National Product (GNP) is less and less a measure of real progress, the attempt by the tiny kingdom of Bhutan to change its national focus to something more sustainable and sustaining - Gross National Happiness (GNH) - serves as an inspiration to the rest of the world. This wonderfully produced DVD traces an effort to create a national development policy that is based on more than production and consumption. Bhutan's Gross National Happiness includes measurements like sustainable environment, the preservation of the culture, health and education levels, as well as economics and governance. We in the West tend to think of our way of life as the only valid one, but as we experience the mounting problems that it produces, perhaps we need to look elsewhere for direction. The DVD offers an excellent insight into a fuller, more comprehensive way of organizing human interactions. It should be included in the important conversation now taking place about the future of our world.

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Summary: Excellent DVD on GNH Gross National Happiness and the Kingdom of Bhutan
Comment: this is a superbly produced DVD on a little known part of the world, the remote and spectacular Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, which deserves to be much better known. This is because its national development policy is a model for global sustainable development. Years ago the King of Bhutan declared he was more interested in the GNH, the Gross National Happiness of his people than the GNP, gross national product of the economy. What followed was a serious commitment to work out an effective national development policy that was not based solely on economics. Other values, such as sustainable environment, cultural impact, and affect on good governance are equally weighted with economic factors. What is poignantly and clearly presented is a most effective model that the rest of the world would do well to emulate. Also the landscape and the wildlife are all stunning, as is the unbroken tradition of Vajrayana buddhism. A gem of a dvd. great stocking stuffer for the holidays!

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