
PROMOTING LOCALIZATION GLOBALLY
Local Futures is a pioneer of the worldwide localization movement.
Our focus is on ‘going local’ as a key strategy for restoring ecological, social and spiritual wellbeing. Our films, books, podcast, blog, toolkits, webinars, and conferences are helping to build an international movement for systemic change.



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USA - Professor Emerita of Psychology and writer on human flourishing

Spain — executive director of NESI, author, and international speaker



South Africa — African indigenous knowledge systems practitioner

UK — activist, thought-leader, eco-philosopher, and campaigner

Nigeria — speaker, teacher, public intellectual and writer

Sweden — neuroscientist, trauma therapist, and mental health activist

India — rethinker of education, co-founder of Swaraj University

UK — author, farmer, social scientist, and food system analyst

Bangladesh — speaker, teacher, public intellectual and writer


Spain — pioneer of the Transition movement, co-director of ECOLISE
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The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout...
La Via Campesina, the world’s largest peasant and social movement, with over 200 million members across the globe...
Local Futures reports from the World Social Forum 2024. Some 50,000 people and 1,400 organizations from 98 countries...
Seven men, all dressed in suits, gathered at an undisclosed location in Honduras, sitting around a table covered in a white...
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
“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
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