Conventional development is destructive,the SDGs are a hinderance and localisation is the answer, says local-food pioneer Helena Norberg-HodgeIt was seeing a remote region of the Indian Himalayas transform as western influence seeped in from the 1970s onwards that convinced Helena Norberg-Hodge of the destructive nature of conventional development.
Campaigner Norberg-Hodge spent many years in Ladakh in northern India, and first visiting in 1975 as piece of an anthropological film crew. She was captivated by the residence and returned to spend six months of the year there every year for the next 15 years,fitting fluent in the language and establishing NGOs and renewable energy projects to help local people. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com