"Economics of Happiness" with Helena Hodge

February 24, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall Hall - Rm 201, LCC - Learning Commons Rm 108B

Helena Nordberg Hodge (UK/USA): an analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide, a pioneer of the localisation movement, and the articulator of the core ideas of Counter-development. She is producer and co-director of the award-winning documentary, The Economics of Happiness and is the founder and director of Local Futures/International Society for Ecology and Culture (www.isec.org.uk). Based in the US and UK, with subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany, Australia, and Ladakh, Local Futures' mission is to examine the root causes of our social and environmental crises, while promoting more sustainable and equitable patterns of living in both North and South. Its activities include The Economics of Happiness, The Ladakh Project and Global to Local Outreach. She is author of “Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh.

UH Manoa - Kuykendall Hall, Room 201 Leeward CC – Learning Commons Room 108B


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Free and open to the public

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College of Education, Mānoa Campus

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