Debra Efroymson
A committed advocate for localisation, car-free cities, and the empowerment of young women, Debra is the co-founder and Executive Director at Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh. She is the author of Beyond Apologies, Defining and Achieving an Economics of Wellbeing, has worked closely with hundreds of international interns from the Asian University for Women and other institutions, and advises on economics, urban and transport planning, reproductive and sexual health, and the prevention of non-communicable diseases.
A Tale of Localization in Two Cities
After spending 30 years in Asia (mostly Bangladesh), I have recently begun spending most of my time in the small city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Going from a megacity of roughly 22 million people to a city of merely 90,000, relocating from the tropics to the desert, the differences are obviously staggering. But what…
Localization and Carfree Cities
The future is local. There is a growing international movement to resist the dominant paradigms of globalization at all costs and unbridled capitalism, to restore strong local economies and tight-knit communities. But in order to have strong local economies and communities, we have to address the destructive nature of the automobile. Cars require an inordinate…