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The Economics of Happiness restores our faith in humanity and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world. "Helena Norberg-Hodge delivers a powerful message about globalization: It is the small, local economies around the world that are preserving traditions, cultures, and communities, and ultimately safeguarding our happiness." A Political Agroecological ApproachHelena Norberg-Hodge on how corporate ‘free trade’ deals threaten local communities and economies worldwideSeptember 4, Jeonju, South Korea – Online Economics of Happiness ConferenceCovid-19 Response: Let’s Localize Like Never BeforeA World Without ‘Free’ Trade: What it would look like and how to get thereBeyond ‘Free Trade’ – Alternatives to Corporate Rule3 – Local Food Webs: Exploring Systems of Distribution4 – Local Food Processors: AKA Making Delicious FoodBeautiful Places: A Conversation with Wendell BerryRebuilding Healthy Communities: The Growing Ecovillage MovementLocal Alternatives to Globalized Development: A View from IndiaHow to Feed the World? Going local is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world, our ecosystems and our selves.
Selected Endorsements - "Helena Norberg-Hodge delivers a powerful message about globalization: It is the small, local economies around the world that are preserving traditions, cultures, and communities, and ultimately safeguarding our happiness."
Not so. Learn about Localization. Our award-winning film, The Economics of Happiness, spells out the social, spiritual, and ecological costs of today’s global economy while highlighting the multiple benefits of economic localization.The film showcases the steps people are already taking worldwide to rebuild their local economies and communities. Local Futures’ projects are aimed at helping to catalyze movements for change in the global North and South. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. Jordan Peterson: “There was plenty of motivation to take me out. 'The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The Economics of Happiness Film.
The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions.
On the one hand, government and big business … (Jacob Bomann-Larsen, Coordinator of Nordic New Economy Network)"...it is a great honor for me to endorse such an historic work."
Useful when many versions of the same video exist, or when there are different formats (like HTML5)Warning: this cannot be undone. There are personal costs too. Directed by Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page. (Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, The Oakland Institute)"I think this is the best, most holistic film I have seen on the subject." Add a URL for another version of the exact same video. The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. The Economics of Happiness - Official Trailer - Duration: 3:25.
These are the real 'green shoots' to be hopeful about."
(Joanna Macy, author World as Lover, World as Self)"'The Economics of Happiness' offers a unique global perspective on a movement that is often reduced as being too small.
For the majority of people on the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful.
The film tells the story of a grassroots movement for localization that is bubbling up from the cracks of a faltering global economy, in every corner of the world. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm -- an economics of localization.We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Michael Shuman, Juliet Schor, Zac Goldsmith and Samdhong Rinpoche - the Prime Minister of Tibet's government in exile.
3:25. Going local is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world, our ecosystems and our selves. As governments and big business continue to push for ‘growth’ in the form of increased global trade, we’re seeing an increase in climate chaos, senseless war, fundamentalism, financial volatility, income inequality, and the consolidation of corporate power.
Local Futures 173,664 views. (Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of Tibet's government in exile)"A must-see film for the future of the planet."