Author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), and a pioneer of the worldwide ‘localisation’ movement. Trained in linguistics (including doctoral studies with Noam Chomsky), she has given public lectures in seven languages, and has appeared in broadcast and print media across the world. She is the producer of the award-winning documentary, ‘The Economics of Happiness’ and her book, Ancient Futures and a film by the same title have been translated into nearly 50 languages. Her groundbreaking work in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet”, earned her the 1986 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’. In 2012, she won the prestigious Goi Peace Award for contributing to the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.