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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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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
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Blog Catch 22: phasing out fossil fuels means paying polluters by  Kyla Tienhaara. Photo by Daniel Moqvist on Unsplash.
Catch 22: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Means paying Polluters
by Kyla Tienhaara

US$20 billion: That’s how much American investors think Canadian taxpayers should fork over to compensate them...

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Blog Rethinking Technology and the Good Society by L.M. Sacasas
Rethinking Technology and the Good Society
by L.M. Sacasas

Despite suffering from debilitating headaches and generally poor health, Weil completed her work during a remarkable burst...

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Blog Stop Solar Geoengineering by ECT Group. Photo by Joao Barbosa on Unsplash.
Stop Solar Geoengineering
by ETC Group

Geoengineering is the intentional, large-scale technological manipulation of the Earth’s systems, often discussed...

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Blog Unpacking the Word “Peasant” by A Growing Culture
Unpacking the Word “Peasant”
by A Growing Culture

Today is the International Day of Peasant Struggle. We dedicate this article to the many agrarian movements we work with...

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Blog ‘Rude music’, empathy, and the case for localism by Brian Lloyd
‘Rude music’, empathy, and the case for localism
by Brian Lloyd

The publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 rattled the foundations of religious belief in every corner of the book-reading...

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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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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: A Story of Hope
LOCAL:
A STORY OF HOPE
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