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Local Futures
Helena is founding director of the international non-profit Local Futures, which is dedicated to renewing ecological, social and spiritual wellbeing by strengthening local economies and communities worldwide. Local Futures raises awareness about the root causes of our multiple crises, while promoting policy change and grassroots strategies for “the economics of happiness”, or localisation.
Here is a list of key projects led by Local Futures…
Feminine Futures
An inspiring webinar series features 7 women with diverse expertise — spanning spirituality, psychology, ecology, and economics — who come together to reimagine progress through a feminine, living-world perspective. Feminine Futures is not about gender, but about giving more space to the caring, nurturing, and life-giving within society itself.
Ladakh Project
In 2025 Helena celebrated the 50th anniversary of her first visit to Ladakh, located in the northern most part of India. To counteract the impacts of global developments in the region Helena Norberg-Hodge and her husband John Page set up the Ladakh Project, the forerunner of Local Futures, in 1978. The Ladakh Project supported ecological farming, introduced solar greenhouses, published Ladakhi-language schoolbooks and the first Ladakhi-English dictionary, and organised village workshops and international gatherings.
Planet Local
Planet Local is a constantly-growing library of inspiring grassroots initiatives – diverse examples of localization happening all over the world from eco communities, local farming & fisheries, culture, local energy, business and finance., health and ecological initiatives. Find out about some of the amazing groups building a more resilient future for their communities!
Localization Action Guide
From farmers markets and consumer-producer co-operatives to local business alliances and community finance schemes, people are reweaving the fabric of local interdependence from the ground up. Out of common sense and heartfelt intuition, they are finding innovative ways to step out of the consumer rat race to live local lives at a human pace and scale. Take action with the tools and resources in this guide to build a global movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing local communities.
