18/04/2026
🌍 Local Is the Future: Rethinking the Global Economy with Helena Norberg-Hodge | ProutCast Ep. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZeB7Z5uo_w
❓ What if everything we’ve been told about progress, growth, and the global economy is wrong?
🎙️ In this episode of ProutCast, Ralph speaks with Helena Norberg-Hodge (Local Futures) about a radically different way of seeing the world. Drawing on her early experiences in Ladakh, she explains how globalisation reshapes cultures—and how that insight led to a much deeper critique of our economic system.
⚡🚆 🤖 We explore the bigger picture: from fragile energy systems and global supply chains to industrial food, transport, and the growing power of tech companies and AI . Are these systems really serving human needs—or pulling us further away from them?
🌱 We also look at localisation as a practical alternative: rebuilding economies at a human scale, rooted in community, resilience, and real wellbeing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZeB7Z5uo_w
Local Is the Future: Rethinking the Global Economy with Helena Norberg-Hodge | ProutCast Ep. 7
