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PROMOTING LOCALIZATION GLOBALLY

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Local Futures is a pioneer of the worldwide localization movement.

We raise awareness about the power of ‘going local’ as a key strategy for restoring ecological, social and spiritual wellbeing. Our films, books, toolkits, blog, podcast, webinars, workshops, conferences and campaigns are helping to build an international movement for systemic change.

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Planet Local Voices
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Welcome to our video and podcast series featuring cutting-edge thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world.
Watch our next episode with Eva Henje — neuroscientist, trauma therapist, associate professor at Sweden’s Umeå University and mental health activist. Keep tuned for more episodes.
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Big Picture Activism
Watch this powerful short video with Damon Gameau, film director, Ella Noah Bancroft, indigenous storyteller, and Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures, urging people to spread the word about the need for an economic shift from global to local.
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Watch and share our video series featuring:

Charles Eisenstein, John Perkins, Jack Harries, Zac Goldsmith, Michael Shuman, Bayo Akomolafe, Iain McGilchrist, Vandana Shiva, Satish Kumar, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Andrew Simms, Jeremy Lent, Poppy Okotcha, Morag Gamble, Eva Henje, Thais Mantovani, Daniel Christian Wahl, Seetha Ananthasivan, Diego Isabel La Moneda, Jyoti Fernandes, and Jon Jandai.

Charles Eisenstein, John Perkins, Jack Harries, Zac Goldsmith, Michael Shuman, Bayo Akomolafe, Iain McGilchrist, Vandana Shiva, Satish Kumar, Jeremy Lent, Poppy Okotcha, Morag Gamble, Eva Henje, Thais Mantovani, and more.

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Voices of Meltingpot
new interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge
Watch this inspiring video where Helena explains the impact of global economic activity on nature and people and the importance of supporting localized economies.
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The Economics of Happiness

“It is truly one of the most important and useful films for inspiring change that has been made in a generation.” Films For Action

“A powerful film that cuts deeply to the heart of the global crisis. Magnificent!” David Suzuki

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Economics of Happiness film produced by Local Futures
Ancient Futures

“Ancient Futures was a critical early warning about the social, spiritual and ecological costs of exporting ‘Western’ lifestyles to every corner of the globe.” Naomi Klein

“Some books provide insights into our problems; others offer guidelines for a different future. Ancient Futures does both, brilliantly. A true classic" Bill McKibben

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Ancient Futures by Helena Norberg-Hodge
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Local Food Can Save The World
Watch our newly updated short video highlighting the environmental, social and health costs of the global food system and the many benefits of local food economies.
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Blog Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now by Richard Heinberg. Photo credit: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
by Richard Heinberg

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout...

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Food Inflation, blog by GRAIN. Photo by Sean Pollock on Unsplash
Food Inflation
by GRAIN

Food inflation: the math doesn’t add up without factoring in corporate power – Large farmers’ protests broke out...

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Globalising Hope by A Growing Culture. Photo by La Via Campesina
Globalising Hope – the Courageous Journey of La Via Campesina
by A Growing Culture

La Via Campesina, the world’s largest peasant and social movement, with over 200 million members across the globe...

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World Forum Social 2024
50,000 People Say Another World is Possible
by Alex Jensen

Local Futures reports from the World Social Forum 2024. Some 50,000 people and 1,400 organizations from 98 countries...

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Blog 'Government reforms face corporate backlash in Honduras' by Karen Sprinter. Photo by Hector Emilio Gonzalez on Unsplash
Government Reforms Face Corporate Backlash in Honduras
by Karen Spring

Seven men, all dressed in suits, gathered at an undisclosed location in Honduras, sitting around a table covered in a white...

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Blog 'Africa's forgotten farmers' by Million Belay. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Africa’s Forgotten Farmers
by Million Belay

Recently, renowned environmental and human rights advocate George Monbiot shared his perspectives...

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Blog 'The Green Growth Delusion' by Christopher Ketcham. Photo by Omid Roshan on Unsplash
The Green Growth Delusion
by Christopher Ketcham

In the annals of industrial civilization, the Green New Deal counts as one of the more ambitious projects. Its scale...

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Blog 'Regenerative Agriculture' by GRAIN
Regenerative Agriculture
by GRAIN

A good idea until corporations got hold of it. Food and agribusiness giants have coalesced around the term...

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Blog 'A Localized Alternative to ‘Disaster Capitalism’ by Kristen Steele. Photo by John Middelkoop
A Localized Alternative to ‘Disaster Capitalism’
by Kristen Steele

Like many disasters, Covid-19 shocked the world; like some disasters it changed the world economy in ways most of us ...

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Bill Gates has radical plans to change our food - blog by Stacy Malkan - Local Futures
Bill Gates has radical plans to change our food. What’s on the menu?
by Stacy Malkan

If Bill Gates has his way, the food in our future will little resemble what’s on our plates today. Gates and his agribusiness industry partners...

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What Indigenous Wisdom can Teach us about Economics - blog Local Futures
What indigenous wisdom can teach us about economics
by Helena Norberg-Hodge

The crises of the modern world verify what indigenous cultures have always known: that all phenomena are inextricably interconnected...

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Globalization and terror
by Helena Norberg-Hodge

For people in the modern world, there may be nothing more difficult to comprehend than the group calling itself the Islamic State, or ISIS...

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Local is Our Future
audiobook now available
Helena Norberg-Hodge connects the dots between our social, economic, ecological and spiritual crises, and shows how localizing can help solve them all.
"A terrific overview of the problems embedded in a globalized economy, and the ways real people in real places can begin the journey back to prosperity.” Douglas Rushkoff
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Local is Our Future by Helena Norberg-Hodge audiobook

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