The five axes of sustainable development are expressions of: prosperity, equality, and governance; quality of life; ecosystem integrity; environmentally efficient happiness; and environmental management.
More recently, Bartels et al. (2010) were allowed to constrain genetic and environmental influences on happiness to be similar for younger (aged 14 19 years) and older individuals (aged 20 88 years).
The factors conveyed: (F1) socioeconomic well-being synergies; (F2) economic freedom and democracy; (F3) environmentally efficient happiness; (F4) ecosystem well-being; (F5) peace to economic vulnerability tradeoff; (F6) natural resources protection; and (F7) environmental stewardship and risk resilience.
10.27pm BST She's singing about Sweden's winning environmental policy and hatred of happiness.
It was likewise possible to imagine that if new measures of happiness, say, or environmental sustainability eventually pass statistical muster, they, too, could find places as State of the USA indicators.
I've written a host of posts that explore relevant themes, including my pieces, "Do the Top Billion Need New Goals?" and "How Much is Enough?" An excerpt from that post is worth pasting here: This kind of examination isn't just related to personal happiness or, say, environmental damage.
In search of a more balanced society that combines economic prosperity, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, Bhutan famously pursues Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product.
Loneliness like happiness is not an environmental factor, but within you.
Depending on the organisation, enhancing sustainability can include community engagement, environmental stewardship, institutional resilience and even employee happiness.
This combines happiness and longevity but adjusts for environmental impact — such as the carbon that countries spew.
