Global Q&A: ‘In your country, how can social, economic, and environmental well-being be better balanced?’

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dean VanVelzer, 34, Teacher: In the UAE, there is a large focus on economic success and wealth. However, this needs to be better balanced with social and environmental concerns. Minimum wages, housing regulation for foreign based workers, and environmental programs that focus on sustainable development and recycling are needed initiative in the UAE. With greater wealth and development comes greater need to focus on both the wellbeing of society and the environment.

By Epoch Times Staff

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March 29, 2015Updated: July 18, 2015

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Placing more focus on the well being of society, the individual, and the environment, as well as education in schools, would achieve a better balance between economic success and wealth. This is what Epoch Times reporters from areas such as United Arab Emirates to Peru discovered when they asked locals,

“In your country, how can social, economic, and environmental well-being be better balanced?”

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “What does happiness mean to you?”