{"id":6172,"date":"2017-03-20T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:00:44","slug":"the-international-day-of-happiness-20th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6172","title":{"rendered":"The International Day of Happiness &#8211; 20th March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline\">\n<p>In 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/65\/309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resolution<\/a> which recognised happiness as a \u201cfundamental human goal\u201d and called for \u201ca more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the\u00a0happiness and well-being of all peoples\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012\u00a0the UN General Assembly\u00a0\u00a0decreed that the International Day of Happiness would be observed every year on 20 March. The first celebration took place in 2013.<\/p>\n<h2>How happy are we?<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyplanetindex.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Planet Index<\/a>\u00a0 is the first global measure of sustainable well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"timestamp\">\n<div class=\"content-list-component mt-paragraph text\">\n<p>At the time of writing it reports that the United Kingdom\u00a0achieves a Happy Planet Index Score of\u00a0<strong class=\"country-hpi-score ten-color-5\">31.9<\/strong>\u00a0 and ranks <strong class=\"country-hpi-rank\">34th <\/strong>of all the countries analysed.<\/p>\n<p>So what country\u00a0topped the Happy Planet Index rankings?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The answer is &#8211; COSTA RICA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People living in Costa Rica have higher well-being score than the residents of many rich nations, including the Uk and USA \u00a0and they\u00a0live longer than people in the USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JRMOMjCoR58]<\/p>\n<p><em>Songs courtesy of Youtube. Copyright retained by video producers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B00HDERPRM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B00HDERPRM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00HDERPRM&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B00HDERPRM\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted a\u00a0resolution which recognised happiness as a \u201cfundamental human goal\u201d and called for \u201ca more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the\u00a0happiness and well-being of all peoples\u201d. 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