Our books and reports
Local Futures writes articles, publications, reports and books that aim to catalyse grassroots action in many different parts of the world. Many of our resources are available in a number of different languages.
Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness
By Helena Norberg-Hodge
This book connects the dots between our social, economic, ecological and spiritual crises, and shows how localizing can help solve them all.
Ancient Futures – 2016 edition
By Helena Norberg-Hodge
A moving portrait of tradition and change in Ladakh, a scathing critique of the global economy and a rallying call for economic localization.
Localization: Essential Steps to an Economics of Happiness
By Helena Norberg-Hodge
Edited by Steven Gorelick & Kristen Steele
This booklet summarizes the negative impacts of globalization, and outlines how we can move the world towards the local.
Climate Change or System Change? Action Paper
Local Futures Action Paper
This paper explores how the climate problem can only be tackled effectively if governments stop subsidizing globalization, and persue a localization agenda instead.
Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness
By Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick
This book illustrates the bleak realities of ‘global food’ and outlines how we can shift direction.
From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture
By Helena Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering, John Page
This book is a valuable reference for those concerned with the future of agriculture – in the industrialised countries as well as in the South.