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> [“If our starting point is a respect for nature and people, diversity is an inevitable consequence. If technology and the needs of the economy are our starting point, then we have what we are faced with today—a model of development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/if-our-starting-point-is-a-respect-for-nature-and-people-diversity-is/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

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## More by Helena Norberg-Hodge

> [Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/throughout-the-world-today-there-is-a-gowing-awareness-of-the/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [“The old culture reflected fundamental human needs while respecting natural limits. And it worked. It worked for nature, and it worked for people. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/the-old-culture-reflected-fundamental-human-needs-while-respecting/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [“This is reflected in the fact that Ladakhis measure land according to how long it takes to plough it. The size of a plot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/this-is-reflected-in-the-fact-that-ladakhis-measure-land-according-to/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [Globalization, which attempts to amalgamate every local, regional, and national economy into a single world system, requires homogenizing locally adapted forms of agriculture, replacing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/globalization-which-attempts-to-amalgamate-every-local-regional-and/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [It may seem absurd to believe that a 'primitive' culture in the Himalaya has anything to teach our industrialized society. But our search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/it-may-seem-absurd-to-believe-that-a-primitive-culture-in-the/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [“If our starting point is a respect for nature and people, diversity is an inevitable consequence. If technology and the needs of the economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/if-our-starting-point-is-a-respect-for-nature-and-people-diversity-is/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [Economic localization is the key to sustaining biological and cultural diversity - to sustaining life itself. The sooner we shift towards the local, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/economic-localization-is-the-key-to-sustaining-biological-and/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

> [I have seen that community and a close relationship with the land can enrich human life beyond all comparison with material wealth or technological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-norberg-hodge/i-have-seen-that-community-and-a-close-relationship-with-the-land-can/)

[Helena Norberg-Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-norberg-hodge/)

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