When Hildyard left in 1997, Edward Goldsmith’s initial intention was that the Board of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge, should manage The Ecologist.
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The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) claims to have been originally established the organization in Ladakh in 1978 and by 1980 had become a small group under the leadership of a notable environmental activist in the Ladakh region, Helena Norberg-Hodge.