Helena Norberg-Hodge Quotes


At a deep psychological level, convincing young people that they will get the respect, admiration, love that they are looking for through consumerism is a manipulation of a deep human instinct to want to belong.


Citations

Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness. Local Futures, 2019.

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Helena Norberg-Hodge
Helena Norberg-Hodge
  • Born: February 2, 1946
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Profession: Linguist, Writer, Activist

Helena Norberg-Hodge is founder and director of Local Futures, previously known as the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC). Local Futures is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide."