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Helena Norberg-Hodge is founder and director of Local Futures. A pioneer of the â??new economyâ? movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for nearly 40 years. She is the producer and co-director of the award-winning documentary 'The Economics of Happiness', and is the author of 'Local is Our Future' and 'Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh'. She was honored with the Right Livelihood Award for her groundbreaking work in Ladakh, and received the 2012 Goi Peace Prize for contributing to â??the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.â?