Helena Norberg-Hodge
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. She is the author of Ancient Futures (Chelsea Green, 2016) and the producer and director of the award-winning 2011 documentary The Economics of Happiness. Norberg-Hodge is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the Goi Peace Award, and the Arthur Morgan Award. She is a contributor to the Observatory.
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