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{{Infobox organization
| name = Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group
| logo = LEDeG.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| foundation =1983
| area_served = [[Ladakh]]
| key_people =[[Helena Norberg-Hodge]] (founder) Sarla Chhewang (president) Eshey Tondup (executive director)
|awards = [[Right Livelihood Award]]
| focus = [[Renewable energy]]
| num_members =
| num_volunteers =
| homepage = http://www.ledeg.org/
}}
The '''Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group''' (LEDeG) is an environmental [[NGO]] based in [[Karzoo]], [[Leh]], [[Ladakh Union Territory]] in northern [[India]]. In 1986, it received the [[Right Livelihood Award]] "for preserving the traditional culture and values of Ladakh against the onslaught of tourism and development."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/laureates/helena-norberg-hodge-ladakh-ecological-development-group/|title=Helena Norberg-Hodge / Ladakh Ecological Development Group|website=The Right Livelihood Award|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>

==Goals==
Established independently in 1983, its goal is to promote ecological and sustainable development of Ladakh, focusing mainly on the promotion of [[renewable energy]], particularly [[solar energy]].<ref>{{cite book|author= Mann, Rann Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFezoGn__4kC&pg=RA1-PA288&dq=Ladakh+Ecological+Development+and+Environmental+Group#v=onepage&q=Ladakh%20Ecological%20Development%20and%20Environmental%20Group&f=false|title=Ladakh then and now: cultural, ecological, and political|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=2002|page=288|isbn=81-7099-838-7}}</ref>

The organization pays particular attention to environmental, economic and cultural issues affecting disadvantaged communities in Ladakh.<ref name="LEDeG">{{cite web|url=http://www.ledeg.org/pages/about-us.php|title=About us|publisher=Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/690rpxJ7E?url=http://www.ledeg.org/pages/about-us.php|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The official website has stated exactly what the organization is geared towards:

# To encourage awareness in the Ladakhi people of the need to consider the long-term effects of development,<ref name="LEDeG2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ledeg.org/pages/about-us/our-mission.php|title=Our Mission|publisher=Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/690rrtifg?url=http://www.ledeg.org/pages/about-us/our-mission.php|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# To encourage awareness in the Ladakhi people of the potential value of traditional culture in Ladakh’s development,<ref name="LEDeG2"/>
# To encourage the use of perpetually renewable natural resources in Ladakh,<ref name="LEDeG2"/>
# To test and demonstrate low-cost technologies which make use of such perpetually renewable natural resources,<ref name="LEDeG2"/>
# To provide financial assistance for appropriate, community based development projects,<ref name="LEDeG2"/>
# To raise funds for the achievement of the objective through donations, grants, collection etc., and through the carrying on of any business, this may help to promote the above objectives,<ref name="LEDeG2"/>
# To pursue the above objectives with the goal of encouraging, an ecologically sound and sustainable future for the Ladakhi’s people and their land.<ref name="LEDeG2"/>

==Project history==

The [[International Society for Ecology and Culture]] (ISEC), now known as Local Futures, originally established LEDeG in Ladakh in 1978.{{fact|date=February 2020}} By 1980, it had become a small group under the leadership of ISEC's founder and notable environmental activist in the Ladakh region, [[Helena Norberg-Hodge]].<ref name="Local Futures">{{cite web|url=http://www.localfutures.org/ladakh-project/|title=The Ladakh Project|publisher=[[International Society for Ecology and Culture]]|access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Ladakh+Ecological+Development+and+Environmental+Group#v=onepage&q=Ladakh%20Ecological%20Development%20and%20Environmental%20Group&f=false|title=Yoga Journal (Issue 104)|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|date=May–Jun 1992|page=108|issn=0191-0965}}</ref> Although LEDeG became independent in 1983, it is still closely connected to Local Futures/ISEC in achieving its goals of ecological development and sustainability in Ladakh.<ref name="Local Futures"/> LEDeG has made some considerable progress in Ladakh towards renewable energy and improving efficiency to benefit the local people.<ref name="LEDeG"/> In 2003–2007, they installed a solar photovoltaic power plant at [[Tangtse]], with support from ICEF, MNRE and LAHDC.<ref name="LEDeG"/> The power plant supplies electricity to over 350 households, for five hours in a day.<ref name="LEDeG"/> In the years since its founding, LEDeG has become the most influential non-governmental organization in the Ladakh region.<ref name="Local Futures"/>
[[File:Farming in Suru Valley, Ladakh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Farmers in Ladakh have received education and irrigation assistance from the LEDeG]]
LEDeG is currently working on the European Union-funded Liveable Leh project that focuses on achieving Sustainable Development Goal-6 (Clean water and sanitation) and SDG-11 (Sustainable cities and communities) for urban Leh to make its town a resilient, inclusive and liveable Himalayan town.

==See also==
*[[Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ledeg.org/ Official site]
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