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A CBF grant funded project raising the profile and status of women aged 55-85.

This six-episode series acknowledges the value of older women and their crucial role in society as wisdom holders.

Ep.1: HELENA NORBERG-HODGE.

Linguist, author, filmmaker, pioneer of the new economy movement, and founder/director of Local Futures.

Based on decades of experience in indigenous cultures, in particular Ladakh and Bhutan, Helena has been promoting a big picture understanding of the foundations of human, as well as ecological wellbeing.

Her work has gained her the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.”

Helena is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future and producer of the award-winning documentaries: The Economics of Happiness, Planet Local and Closer to Home.

Traditional storytelling at its best with wisdom and knowledge shared through the age-old art of conversation.

This is a CBF grant funded project in collaboration with #BayFM Byron.