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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.

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PLANET LOCAL SUMMIT
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Life After Progress
Life After Progress by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, Alex Jensen
Life After Progress
Technology, Community and the New Economy
Key essays by Helena Norberg-Hodge and her colleagues at Local Futures, with a foreword by Bayo Akomolafe.
“As these pages show, beyond 'progress' lies not stagnation or collapse, but a profound renewal of community, society, and ecology.”
— Charles Eisenstein
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Annual report 2021

Read about our achievements during our latest financial year, including a message from Local Futures' director Helena Norberg-Hodge.

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Annual report 2021 Local Futures
Localization Action Guide

What can you do to localize? Take action with the tools and resources in this guide.

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Localization Action Guide - Local Futures
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Blog From ‘Progress’ to an Economics of Happiness by Helena Norberg-Hodge. Photo by D. Jonez on Unsplash.
From ‘Progress’ to an Economics of Happiness
by Helena Norberg-Hodge

If there’s one thing I’d love world leaders to think about in connection with the UN’s International Day of Happiness...

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Blog Yard to Table by Carly Gayle. Photo by Carly Gayle.
Yard to table: building a local food economy
by Carly Gayle

Inside the Washington, DC beltway – a densely populated area of roughly 20 by 20 miles – trees removed due to disease...

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Blog Listening to the Forest by Suprabha Seshan
Listening to the forest
by Suprabha Seshan

To start with a few words about myself, I am a conservationist serving the rainforests of the Western Ghats in India. It has been...

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Blog AI Chatbots and the Power of Language. Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash.
AI chatbots and the power of language
by L. M. Sacasas

In the mid-1960s, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum created the world’s first chatbot. It was a relatively simple program...

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Blog The well is running dry on irrigated agriculture by GRAIN. Photo by Redcharlie on Unsplash.
The well is running dry on irrigated agriculture
by GRAIN

Too much rain, but not enough water. That’s the title of a recent article about the massive rainstorms that hit California last December...

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Blog The Cuban Paradox by A Growing Culture. Photo by Elcarito on Unsplash.
The Cuban paradox
by A Growing Culture

Landing in Cuba is like approaching a vibrant emerald in the middle of the sea. Fields full of shades of green...

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Blog Why we must abolish the Energy Charter Treaty. Photo by Chris Leboutillier on Unsplash.
Why we must abolish the Energy Charter Treaty
by Theresa Kofler and Niels Jongerius

Greta Thunberg made international headlines this week when she and other climate activists were briefly detained...

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Blog 'Humility and the Myth of Limitlessness' by L. M. Sacasas. Photo by Hans Veth on Unsplash
Humility and the myth of limitlessness
by L. M. Sacasas

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...

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Blog Hin Lad Nai by A Growing Culture
Hin Lad Nai: a successful model of indigenous resistance
by A Growing Culture

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of spending a couple of days with an Indigenous hillside tribe here in Thailand...

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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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World Localization Day - Local Futures Speakers
World Localization Day
Supported by H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama
An annual celebration with 80 partners in 30 countries building a global movement!
Watch contributions from thought leaders and activists from around the world.
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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
Local is Our Future

“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

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Local is Our Future by Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures
Local Food Can Save The World
Local Food Can Save The World
Watch this 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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