Helena Norberg-Hodge
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In her famous documentary, Learning from Ladakh, Helena Norberg-Hodge explores all aspects of the damage caused by 'development': at the social, environmental, health & psychological as well as cultural & economic level. Most importantly she clearly shows how these dimensions are inter-connected.
A very precious & unique documentary & historical testimony of how 'development' actually works.
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The film Learning from Ladakh explores the interconnections of how state-forced development can lead to unsustainable outcomes by destroying local forms of economy--and destroying local forms of happiness and self-sufficiency despite expanded material plenty.
The next generation is entirely 'lost' and unconnected to anywhere, leading to huge alienation socially as well as ecologically.
The connection here is that when the social fabric and happiness of a locality is removed, the ecological fabric decays as well.
The subtle film explores this very succinctly in memorable images. The film was produced in 1991
Another great Integral Permaculture Designer:
Helena Norberg-Hodge is an analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide, a pioneer of the localisation movement, and the articulator of the core ideas of Counter-development.
She is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC).
Based in the US and UK, with subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany, Australia, and Ladakh, ISEC's mission is to examine the root causes of our social and environmental crises, while promoting more sustainable and equitable patterns of living in both North and South.
Its activities include The Ladakh Project,[1] a Local Food program and Global to Local Outreach.
Author/filmmaker Helena Norberg Hodge (born 1946) is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity, and education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives.
ISEC runs programs on four continents aimed at strengthening ecological diversity and community, with a particular emphasis on local food and farming.
Helena is a co-founder of the International Forum on Globalization (www.ifg.org), an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity and public education in response to economic globalisation.
She is also involved with the Global Ecovillage Network and directs the Ladakh Project, renowned for its groundbreaking work in sustainable development on the Tibetan plateau.
She is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award or Alternative Nobel Prize. Helena is a leading analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures around the world.
A linguist by training, she was educated in Sweden, Germany, England and the United States, and speaks seven languages.
She has lectured and taught extensively around the world from the Smithsonian Institution to Harvard and Oxford universities.
She is the author of numerous works, including the inspirational classic, Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, which together with an award-winning film of the same title has been translated into more than 30 languages.
Her latest book is Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness (Zed Books, UK, 2002)
Towards an Economics of Happiness
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Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about her new film "The Economics of Happiness":http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/ , a documentary about the growing worldwide movement for economic localization.
An Overview of Localization
Helena Norberg-Hodge's plenary address at ISEC's "Economics of Happiness" conference in Berkeley, California, March 2012