Helena Norberg-Hodge on building sustainable local economies




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Summary: Listen Now Download the show by right-clicking the link. Norberg-Hodge This weeks special guest on If You Love This Planet is Helena Norberg-Hodge, the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote systemic solutions to todays social and environmental crises. Norberg-Hodge is a pioneer of the new economy movement, and has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than 30 years. Trained in linguistics, she has given public lectures in seven languages, and has appeared on broadcast, print, and online media worldwide, including MSNBC, The London Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian. Her groundbreaking work in Ladakh, or Little Tibet, earned her the Right Livelihood Award, or Alternative Nobel Prize and her book, Ancient Futures, along with a film of the same title, has been translated into more than 40 languages. For more resources relevant to this interview, visit theeconomicsofhappiness.org.