Buddhist Bhutan is carbon negative (TED)

This country isn't just carbon neutral — it's carbon negative | PM Tshering Tobgay

(TED , April 1, 2016) High in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the last Himalayan kingdom, now the democracy of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this illuminating talk, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country's mission to put happiness before economic growth and set a world standard for environmental preservation.

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