Karma Ura's guest appearances

Karma Ura

The Sustainability Agenda

Love It or Leave It

Pod of Gold

Roman Krznaric

Rick Hanson

Michael Mann

Shawn Achor

Noam Chomsky

Paul Hawken

Naomi Klein

David Loy

Kevin Anderson

Douglas Rushkoff

Daniel Pinchbeck

David Biello

James Cameron

Gillian Caldwell

Rutger Bregman

OwlTail

Deep dive on the philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) as developed in Bhutan. Karma Ura explores the origins of this radically different way to think about a nation’s priorities based on measures of individual and collective happiness and well-being of the population, relationship with the environment--and Buddhist values. Karma Ura talks about the development of GNH in Bhutan and explains how the results of five yearly GNH surveys is incorporated into government policy—and also impacts the success of various Bhutanese environmental policies (Bhutan is the only country to have extended forest coverage over the last century.)  Dasha Karma Ura is president of the Center for Bhutan studies and gross national happiness research, he a researcher, scholar, artists and historian. Karma Ura is a key figure in the development of the concept of gross national happiness and Bhutan, formulating the nine domains of gross national happiness and has led various Gross National Happiness surveys. He holds various international roles, including Executive Committee Member of the School of Well-being, Chulalongkorn University, and San Nagarprada Foundation, Thailand, and 2010 Member of the Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives, Global Policy Forum, Germany. He is also a Member of the Chief Economist’s Advisory Panel, World Bank, representing the South Asia Region

Deep dive on the philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) as developed in Bhutan. Karma Ura explores the origins of this radically different way to think about a nation’s priorities based on measures of individual and collective happiness and well-being of the population, relationship with the environment--and Buddhist values. Karma Ura talks about the development of GNH in Bhutan and explains how the results of five yearly GNH surveys is incorporated into government policy—and also impacts the success of various Bhutanese environmental policies (Bhutan is the only country to have extended forest coverage over the last century.)  Dasha Karma Ura is president of the Center for Bhutan studies and gross national happiness research, he a researcher, scholar, artists and historian. Karma Ura is a key figure in the development of the concept of gross national happiness and Bhutan, formulating the nine domains of gross national happiness and has led various Gross National Happiness surveys. He holds various international roles, including Executive Committee Member of the School of Well-being, Chulalongkorn University, and San Nagarprada Foundation, Thailand, and 2010 Member of the Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives, Global Policy Forum, Germany. He is also a Member of the Chief Economist’s Advisory Panel, World Bank, representing the South Asia Region

Episode 156: interview with Dasha Karma Ura, President of the Center for Bhutan studies, and Gross National Happiness Research  

Chris Flack

Dasho Karma Ura

This episode focuses on the beauty of slow, we look back at two previous episodes with Chris Flack and Dasho Karma Ura to look at the different ways we can find balance and peace in our technology driven lives. Dasho lives in Bhutan and has experience of measuring happiness in the population and the effects of technology. Chris turned away from his corporate life when he felt technology was taking over his day to day experiences. They both value meditation and mindfulness to find balance between technology and peace.

This episode focuses on the beauty of slow, we look back at two previous episodes with Chris Flack and Dasho Karma Ura to look at the different ways we can find balance and peace in our technology driven lives. Dasho lives in Bhutan and has experience of measuring happiness in the population and the effects of technology. Chris turned away from his corporate life when he felt technology was taking over his day to day experiences. They both value meditation and mindfulness to find balance between technology and peace.

SA 024 - The beauty of slow with Chris Flack and Dasho Karma Ura

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Dasho Karma Ura, the President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, about gross national happiness. They discuss the differences between using technology and conversation to measure happiness, how it's good to get away from technology occasionally and how London can learn from this research.

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Dasho Karma Ura, the President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, about gross national happiness. They discuss the differences between using technology and conversation to measure happiness, how it's good to get away from technology occasionally and how London can learn from this research.

SA 009 - World Government Summit with Dasho Karma Ura