The urban/rural divide and colonization of people mechanization and our globalized economy democracy and our ties to the earth-these intersections seem as relevant as ever, yet are barely acknowledged by political leaders and thus barely covered by the media. These are topics on which both have commented widely over the years, but they have taken on a new urgency as of late. She was honored with the Right Livelihood Award (or “Alternative Nobel Prize”) for her groundbreaking work in Ladakh.īerry and Norberg-Hodge touch on human nature, technology, experiential knowledge, agriculture policy, happiness, wildness, and local food systems. She also produced the film The Economics of Happiness and wrote the book Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. Norberg-Hodge founded Local Futures, which works to renew ecological, social, and spiritual well-being by promoting a systemic shift toward economic localization. He is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Berry is a poet and activist, an author of over forty books- including The Unsettling of America and Home Economics- and a lifelong advocate for ecological health, the beauty of rural life, and small-scale farming. The two are giants of the local economy movement. In 2018, Helena Norberg-Hodge sat down with Wendell Berry for a far-reaching discussion.
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