Helena Norberg-Hodge
Ladakh: Lessons for the Future
1999 Winter | Helena Norberg-Hodge
Trained as a linguist speaking seven languages, Helena Norberg-Hodge was one of the first foreigners to learn the ancient language of Ladakh or Little Tibet. She has spent much of the last 23 years living and working with the people of Ladakh, observing the contrast between their nature-based culture and the impact of the global economy on the spiritual, psychological, and cultural values of Ladakh. She has helped to found institutions that are searching for an alternative to conventional development. For this work she and the Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG) were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 1986.
