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The episode features an interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge discussing the impacts of globalization and the benefits of localization.

On this episode of Death in The Garden , we’re sharing our most recent interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge that we did while we were in Ladakh, India. Helena is the director of Local Futures , the organization leading the global localization movement. This interview was recorded following the events of the Planet Local Summit , which was a profoundly inspiring event that brought brilliant people from all over the world to discuss the most pressing issues of the day. We learned so much from our time at this summit, and are filled with a renewed sense of common humanity and inspiration, knowing that there are people all over the world resisting the machinification of the world, and turning toward life. In this episode, we discuss the problems of globalization, the global monoculture, and the breakdown of our relationships with each other and the living economy. We discuss how localization is an antidote to many of the complex problems we face in modernity, as localization prevents the invisibilization of negative externalities that has become commonplace since the creation of the global economy. We discuss how localization brings people back into contact with communities, with…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jake Marquez, Maren Morgan

Guest: Helena Norberg-Hodge

Topics covered

• globalization
• localization
• cultural diversity
• ecological diversity
• community
• living economy

Keywords

• globalization
• localization
• cultural diversity
• ecological diversity
• community
• biodiversity
• human relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Local Futures

Places: Ladakh, India

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