
PROMOTING LOCALIZATION GLOBALLY
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.









— Charles Eisenstein
Read about our achievements during our latest financial year, including a message from Local Futures' director Helena Norberg-Hodge.
What can you do to localize? Take action with the tools and resources in this guide.
If there’s one thing I’d love world leaders to think about in connection with the UN’s International Day of Happiness...
Inside the Washington, DC beltway – a densely populated area of roughly 20 by 20 miles – trees removed due to disease...
To start with a few words about myself, I am a conservationist serving the rainforests of the Western Ghats in India. It has been...
In the mid-1960s, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum created the world’s first chatbot. It was a relatively simple program...
Too much rain, but not enough water. That’s the title of a recent article about the massive rainstorms that hit California last December...
Landing in Cuba is like approaching a vibrant emerald in the middle of the sea. Fields full of shades of green...
Greta Thunberg made international headlines this week when she and other climate activists were briefly detained...
I might be wrong about this, but it seems that over the last couple of years more and more people have been working their way to...
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of spending a couple of days with an Indigenous hillside tribe here in Thailand...
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...
The crises of the modern world verify what indigenous cultures have always known: that all phenomena are inextricably interconnected...
For people in the modern world, there may be nothing more difficult to comprehend than the group calling itself the Islamic State, or ISIS...
“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
“Localization… is the only hope for the future. Read this book.” Iain McGilchrist
“Read it, share it with your friends, and join the global movement for economic localization!” Michael Shuman
