I’ve mentioned Helena Norberg Hodge’s Book Ancient Futures before but I’ve just found the video that was made a few years after the book on Youtube. Well worth 23mins (in 3 parts).
I found both the book and video to be an amazing summary of the effects of globalisation on an indigenous people – perhaps due to the perceptiveness of the ladakhi people – I spent a long time in the mountains in Venezuela but the people don’t have the same perspective.
Less convincing however, were the solutions that she offers in the second half of the book. Although that would be expected. Indentifying the problem clearly is a good start.
