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#69 Helena Norberg-Hodge: Localization for Reconnection and Happiness
#69 Helena Norberg-Hodge: Localization for Reconnection and Happiness
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32 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Helena Norberg-Hodge is a linguist, author, filmmaker, the founder of the international non-profit organization, Local Futures, and the convenor of World Localization Day. A pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social, and ecological well-being for more than thirty years.In addition to authoring her latest book Local is Our Future, Helena produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, described as “an inspirational classic”.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That localization offers people a better connection with nature and each other; smaller, slower, more satisfying, and human scaleThe call to resist the dominant trend of “top-down pressure towards monoculture, a competitive, ever faster, ever-larger scale global economy”The growth of local food movements, including farmers' markets and small scale agricultureComplete show notes HEREConnect with Helena Norberg-HodgeWebsite: https://www.localfutures.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LocalFutures.TheEconomicsofHappiness Twitter: https://twitter.com/localfutures_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/localfutures_Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilienceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)
Released:
Mar 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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