Episode description
Episode description
Welcome to the second of this special 4 part series on Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast. I am talking with a pioneer of the new economy movement - internationally claimed localisation activist Helena Norberg-Hodge about the food system. Relocalising the food system is central to creating a shift in the global economy, restoring communities and regenerating landscapes. Regenerative food systems are locally-adapted biodiverse agro-ecosystems deeply connected to place and community.
Helena is the initiator of the global celebration of World Localization Day which is being celebrated on 21 June in 2022. Together with Helena, we are celebrating all month with weekly conversations, but also a screening of her new film Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution and hosting a Masterclass together.
Helena is the founder and Director of Local Futures, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to renewing ecological and social wellbeing by strengthening communities and local economies worldwide.
Helena's first book Ancient Futures has been translated into 40 languages and sold over 1 million copies. She's been the subject of hundreds of articles and written many books, including her latest book, Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness, which accompanies her award-winning documentary, also called the Economics of Happiness.
Helena's work spans almost five decades and she collaborates with leading ecological thinkers. She's been the recipient of a Right Livelihood Award, also known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize and also the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.”
I first met Helena back in 1992 at
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