Tahnee welcomes Helena Norberg-Hodge to the podcast today. Helena is a pioneer of the New Economics movement and has spent many years studying the driving forces behind why our economies are failing us, and what we can do about it. Through her writing and public lectures, Helena has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than 30 years. Helena’s perspectives are coloured by the many years she spent in Ladakh, part of the larger region of Kashmir, where she watched global capital completely transform entire communities. Helena is an absolute wealth of knowledge and a deeply inspirational leader in her chosen fields. Tune in for a truly insightful, informative and heartfelt chat.
Tahnee and Helena discuss:
Helena's journey and the time she spent in Ladakh as the catalyst for her path into activism.
Food and human centred supply chain.
The problem with neoliberal multinational global economics.
How small business is threatened by the global economic model.
How change needs to occur at both an individual and systemic level.
How we can create sustainable systems at the local level by drawing on insights from the global community.
Technology as a part of the problem not the solution.
Helena's upcoming online event, World Localisation Day.
Who is Helena?
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the director and founder of Local Futures, and the International Alliance for Localization. Helena's aim is to renew ecological and social well being by promoting a systemic shift away from economic globalisation towards localisation. Helena is the producer and co-director of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and is the author of Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World.