Local is our future, with Helena Norberg Hodge
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 21/09/2021

Helena Norberg-Hodge is my guest on Episode 131 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. 

Three things we can do to make the world a better place: Rethink    Resist     Renew

Helena is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award, and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” She is the author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future (2019). She is co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home and From the Ground Up, and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. Helena is the founder and director of Local Futures and The International Alliance for Localisation, and a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network.

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00:00 - Local is our Future
01:31 - Introduction of Inside Ideas guest Helena Norberg-Hodge on Episode 131 with Marc Buckley
03:40 - World Localisation Day
09:50 - Looking for a 
10:40 - How have you weathered this crazy time?
12:25 - The Dominant system and fake wealth
18:15 - Young people leaving the cities
21:14 - Mathis Wackernagel - Earth Overshot Day: https://youtu.be/b2wkQftEoWU
22:50 - Food is fuel, Food is our oldest economy
25:13 - Food infrastructure
26:05 - Agriculture and food trade
32:45 - Increase in localization
34:45 - Contributor to the coming book Menu B: https://menub.earth/
35:25 - Building Community Food web, Ken Meter: https://youtu.be/29iVjBJEs80
38:30 - What does it bring building an economy of Happiness?
44:15 - Don’t see tech as evolution - Gabor Maté
46:52 - Intergenerational communities - Gabor Maté
50:35 - The New Local 
54:00 - The number one cause of suffering
58:54 - Diversify is key to a healthy economy
1:05:45 - Civilisations frameworks and Neo-Darwinism
1:15:50 - Advise and tools from Helena
1:21:55 - The feminine aspect
1:24:50 - What does a world that works for everyone look like for you?
1:27:01 - What should young innovators in your field think about?
1:29:09 - Big picture activism
1:33:45 - Alternative Food System Summit 
1:34:18 - What I wish I knew from the start