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Costa Rica is world's greenest, happiest country http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1246984485
Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens.
Britain is only halfway up the Happy Planet Index (HPI), calculated by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), in 74th place of 143 nations surveyed. The United States features in the 114th slot in the table. The top 10 is dominated by countries from Latin America, while African countries bulk out the bottom of the table.
The HPI measures how much of the Earth's resources nations use and how long and happy a life their citizens enjoy as a result.
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Thomas says: "Look at USA! 114 out of 143. O how far the mighty hath fallen."
Colin says: "So this is kind of an ecological bang-for-the-buck index, huh? And we, uh, kind of blow. Man. What happened to the scrappy, can-do Yank?"
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Scoring high on this list is the quickest way to ruin a country.
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