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Kharagpur research centre will examine theory that investment in mental health of citizens reaps economic as well as spiritual reward.

Argument that establishes human-center problem-solving as the key to achieving the SDG's, for prioritizing individuals and communities is the basis of successful and sustainable development. 

Reflection on the specific challenges the Caribbean will face in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the most affective strategies to overcome them. 

Americans must not let an election year distract from the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, for the success or failure of the SDG's will directly affect the fate of the country. 

In light of the UN Sustainable Development Goals lecturer Jason Hickel outlines some necessary steps we must take in order to ease the tension between economic development and the ecology of our planet, including replacing GDP with a more appropriate measure of human progress such as the Genuine Progress Indicator.

A new map of the ecological footprint of humans shows that 97 per cent of the most species-rich places on Earth have been seriously altered in the past 20 years.

GDP is inadequate to address the range and depth of problems across the globe, but measures such as the Social Progress Index can help countries make better choices. 

Gross National Happiness index supplements the concept of GDP with a more holistic measure of development.

SEED's own Dirk Philipsen discusses the shortcomings of GDP as an economic measure, including its ignorance of gaping wealth disparities, dwindling natural resources, and a deteriorating environment. 

Humanity reaches Earth Overshoot Day five days earlier in 2016 than last year. What can we do to counter the continual growth of our ecological debt?

Michael Green, Executive Director of the Social Progress Imperative, makes a case for GDP's inability to accurately reflect a country's social progress, and advises that we turn to the Social Progress Index, a more inclusive and ambitious measure.

Experts reflect on the ways that our basic measurement systems (GDP) have not kept pace with the evolution of the economy from industrial to service to information to network. 

UN Assistant Secretary General outlines five elements that will be crucial in the international community's new approach toward sustainability.  

Sustainability expert Rafal Rudzki reflects on the ways in which GDP as a lone measure falls short of capturing social progress, for it ignores for example the environment or well-being of society. 

The 2016 Social Progress Index, published by the Social Progress Imperative, reveals that economic growth is not the sole determinant of quality of life. 

Mathis Wackernagal, President of the Global Footprint Network, shares his thoughts on the consequences and effects of economic growth worldwide, namely humanity's growing ecological footprint.