that this empower you to speak up on the issues that matter. if you take charging your own cities and communities, no platform for white supremacy, no platform rates for racism and no platform for have none of the statue. and another of the civil war confederates will be put in storage until the city council decides what to do with them. i felt for now, bye bye me how many portions of turn out in the world climate conference stores. this is much less the way from just one week. how much less can really get we still have time to act. i'm doing all ah,

a friday night in tim who in the sleepy capital of this very religious country, no vincent jury and his friends are about to perform a concert. but it's far from traditional band plays thrash metal. the style of music rarely found in baton even underground . but these rockers and new rebels. here, the musicians are known for writing a song with a message that for a metal band is unusual happiness. i believe that the league will catch many people's attention that you know, we can be happy with a very we have, we have to be content with what we have and, and the group practices. what they preach into ton is difficult to find more than

musical instruments. let alone a record label, but they managed to shoot to professional music video for their track happiness. i was wondering if we get a chance to move to europe or america to play love to do that. to actually spend the message, i'm happy to. this message does not come out of the blue in 1972. the blue to nice king introduce the idea of a happiness index and trouble by the problems he saw or affecting other developing countries focused on economic growth. he decided to prioritize his country's growth,

national happiness over its gross domestic product. roughly the size of switzerland, who towns population is just 800000 people, nestled in the himalayas between india and china, the 2 most populous nations on earth. it's geography kept futon isolated from the rest of the world is largely rural and with no major resources apart from hydro, electric power, baton is still one of the world's poorest countries, but they believe they are on the right track. just over a decade ago, the government made gross national happiness, official policy. this is an ultimately without peace, security, and happiness. we have nothing. that is the essence of the philosophy of gross national happiness. she visited in 2008. the king even wrote gross national happiness into baton constitution. emphasis was placed on the

preservation of nature and organic farming. grace is a young entrepreneur. she recently opened an organic restaurant in the capital. more important, if you have a return, then you can have a happy life in these very isolated country with its ancestral buddhist traditions . tv and internet only made their appearance in 1909. mobile phones became commonplace just a decade ago. even today, a few images of futon exist to bring a camera into the country. you must 1st prove your intentions are good. although baton is gradually opening up to tourism and western influence, its traditional culture remain strong in front of my friends. family even put in my friends, if you more going to relate whatever i want people a bounce not only by tradition but also by statewide bands in baton. the sale of

tobacco is legal. so sellers take a big risk. we have to be there to make sure the sale of alcohol is also prohibited one day a week. it was, it was here, happiness has its limits set by the state, and it's built on the banks of indian workers toiling on unsafe construction sites . we pour, if we don't work, we stop a profoundly buddhist country who turn posts 10000 temples and monasteries as well as places of prayer. they also serve as last chance schools, but delinquency. if we were to extend of that, it could be prison and maybe a death also want to st. futon is a country of contrasts and contradictions could gross national happiness. simply mask the nation structural poverty. human. what's gross national

happiness? no idea. we embark on an unusual journey through this self styled kingdom of happiness. 2 weeks before nov in concert in tim, who we met him at the airport in pyro, the musician showed us around as part of his day job. thank you. let's see. i get rocker by night to a guide by day. like any civil servant in futon, nothing is required to wear a go. the traditional local costume equivalent to the scottish killed. we have to follow the program. they will not be able to change, you know, into some changes, but it needs to be informed to like 2 people. i don't know the welcome is warm,

but the temporary is sent into tone. it's impossible to travel freely with them to the time the trip into the capitol. tim who takes an hour on route, we made keenly aware of whose running the country pictures of the king and queen grace every street corner the alone or with their son. the royal couple are only present and truly revealed by their subjects. the image of a living timmy, god carefully maintained by the government. one of the king's last filmed appearances, dates back to october, 2011. on that day jig make his saw introduced to the people their future queen his wife jetson pima a 21 year old commoner for the occasion. 50000 who to needs gathered in the hope of getting close to the royal couple not did it. please remain

seated. are you? no, i'm really glad you're here today. i'm very happy to see you today. the silver and presents himself as a man of the people, but really speaks to the prince. the following exchange is one of the few he's had with journalists since he came to power. are you married? no, i'm not. was the how do you? oh, yeah, definitely. within the country, we're going to drive into all the districts to get to meet the people. and i must thank the people all their good mission. thank you. he's subjects say they appreciate their kings, warmth and kindly not magically the cleaning helps and advisors had people even let them discover things. they didn't know he's truly benevolence. an

extraordinary chasm. the people's enthusiasm can also be seen in the photoshop surround him who along with representations of the buddha's lamas and other spiritual leaders, photos of the glamorous couple are abundant photos of the smiling monarch's mask. a less rosy reality, especially for the press, local media is almost nonexistent, and no criticism of the government is tolerated. as a foreign journalists like house, there are restrictions. it took us 2 months to get a visa, now presidency is tolerated. but there is no question is filming anything that could harm the country's image. our activities here, a closely controlled and monitored after leaving the capital, we must stop at a checkpoint. no. vincent jury, our rocca guide needs to get how visa,

stamped upon arrival in each major city for our preset schedule must be followed to the lesser in baton. improvise ation is not allowed a few kilometers on there's another checkpoint. yes. another stem of a room for the safety of the guest actually is for the city of against the people here. they have one of the vehicles on which they are so that in if they have to associate they have the location. okay. it's a well rehearsed explanation, these constant supervision and non optional to guide a part of the traveler package. $250.00 per day, including hotel and meals, included in the price is a $65.00 tax, which finances due to need health and education services. during

our guided tour, the government plan to visit to a primary school. ah, here the children learn about happiness from a very young age. the school had mistress jokey dooper consistently applies the concept of gross national happiness. okay, say good morning. good evening. the lucas him go, mom, if you let me know what your dad will be looked at. he looked at the good not to go look in the tell you got me looked another good. did a new call may so to see flower was because you were last year i thought that was when you get there. like i said,

i was in the middle don't got chip, guam, the little she met the this to, to go to school for beads picking flowers but encourages the children to plant seeds, especially for the fruits and vegetables that will end up on their plates at school . shell has to bland vegetable and must identify what do they do they have when did the plan and he need to observe people. my see we are in the town. we don't we live in the flat. we don't have god in. there is no space. but then this is then example for others that no matter where you leave, there is, if there is a place there is a pupil who learn not to simply throw things away. everything that can be recycled is collected behind the school and sold to specialized company . the, this is how we are trying to dig this message,

asking children to manage their own we so this must be empty. bottle that they have seen on the way to school. so they pick up that and the deposit. and each, like if they have ways at home, they can bring and did before, the waste will be recycled in india, the money and it used to buy school supplies and water filters for the school. who turn is one of the few developing countries where education and health care a free for all. something made possible things to wealthy tourists who spend their earnings in baton. the tourists weren't allowed to visit futon until $974.00. today, just under 300000 of them are allowed to come each year and admire the countries

rich cultural heritage. the among the must. the sites is the great buddha to denmark on a hill overlooking the capital. the buddha is over 50 meters, tall and flanked by dozens of gilded statues. yeah, but futon names to develop more than cultural tourism during our journey well off the beaten path, our guides take us to admire other countries. incredible nature, lush forests. as far as the i can see, an inhabited mountain regions and rivers untouched by pollution, for hundreds of kilometers. the boot and the state is setting its sites on controlled green tourism. the we are in one of the countries, 10 national parks that lie on the border with india ever.

captain c 2 is a ranger at the royal men, us national park. he and his subordinate shakuma, the only men in uniform we meet during our stay. baton has few soldiers and relies on neighboring india for its defense. the ranges role is to protect the local flora and fauna. it's a crucial mission. as the turn constitution states that at least 60 percent of its territory must be covered with forest. and baton has exceeded that target for several years now. as a result, it's the only country that produces more oxygen than carbon dioxide. in other words, it's the greenest country on the planet. ah, this nature preserve posts, an incredible diversity of foreigner. hundreds of species of butterflies.