# Local Futures: The Economics of Happiness

> Local Futures raises awareness about the power of ‘going local’ as a key strategy for restoring ecological, social and spiritual wellbeing\.

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## Pages
- [The Economics of Happiness film](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-economics-of-happiness/): Our award\-winning film, The Economics of Happiness, spells out the social, spiritual, and ecological costs of today's global economy while highlighting the multiple benefits of economic localization\. The film showcases the steps people are already taking worldwide to rebuild their local economies and communities\. Featuring Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Samdhong Rinpoche, and other inspiring thinkers and activists\.The Economics of Happiness is free to watch\.
- [Homepage](https://www.localfutures.org/)
- [The Economics of Eating](https://www.localfutures.org/films/the-economics-of-eating/)
- [Live conversation and Q\&A \- The Economics of Eating](https://www.localfutures.org/events/live-conversation-the-economics-of-eating/)
- [Events](https://www.localfutures.org/events/)

## Posts
- [Beware the “Investment”\! ](https://www.localfutures.org/beware-the-investment/)
- [Taking Back Our Future: Why Localization Matters](https://www.localfutures.org/taking-back-our-future-why-localization-matters/)
- [Beyond Growth: A Mountain Community Rewriting the Future of Climate Resilience](https://www.localfutures.org/beyond-growth-a-mountain-community-rewriting-the-future/)
- [Local Food: More Than a Nice\-to\-Have](https://www.localfutures.org/local-food-more-than-a-nice-to-have/)
- [From Hollowed\-Out Communities to Resilient Local Economies](https://www.localfutures.org/from-hollowed-out-communities-to-resilient-local-economies/)

## Planet Local Initiatives
- [Africa Organics: The Home Farm Project](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/food-farming-fisheries/africa-organics-the-home-farm-project/)
- [Farming on Crutches](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/food-farming-fisheries/farming-on-crutches/)
- [Rural Action](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/food-farming-fisheries/rural-action/)
- [Tarun Bharat Sangh](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/ecology/tarun-bharat-sangh/)
- [MASS Design Group](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/culture/mass-design-group/)

## Podcasts
- [Planet Local Voices II with Warwick Smith](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/planet-local-voices-ii-with-warwick-smith/): In this episode, Warwick introduces his town of Castlemaine on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Victoria, Australia, and the range of interesting projects happening there\. He shares the process of starting the Castlemaine community investment cooperative, which is acquiring real estate for the community and by the community\.
- [Planet Local Voices II with Catherine Murupaenga\-Ikenn](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/planet-local-voices-ii-with-catherine-murupaenga-ikenn/): In this episode, we go deep into metaphysics, ‘staying with the trouble’ of the current moment while also seeing the bigger picture\. Catherine leads us in drawing lessons from Maori language and worldviews, and we think through the cycles of time to find life\-sustaining hope for the future\.
- [Planet Local Voices II with Vu Truong and Thien Quach](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/planet-local-voices-ii-with-vu-truong-and-thien-quach/): In this episode of Planet Local Voices II, Vu and Thien paint an evocative picture of the deeply relational, humble and nurturing traditional values and lifestyles that prevailed until recently in Vietnam, and how these have been dramatically undermined and degraded by the race for material wealth\.
- [Planet Local Voices II with Anja Lyngbaek](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/planet-local-voices-ii-with-anja-lyngbaek/): In her interview for Planet Local Voices II, Anja discusses the cascade of social and environmental harms being caused by the global growth\-obsessed corporate\-controlled economy, and conversely, the multiple benefits to people and nature the accrue from a systemic shift towards the local\. 
- [Planet Local Voices II with Lars Veraart](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/planet-local-voices-ii-with-lars-veraart/): Lars Veraart is a veterinarian and agroecological farmer\. Together with his wife Robyn, Lars moved from the Netherlands to a small village in the mountains of Romania, where he co\-founded ALPA – Land for Life — an initiative supporting small\-scale ecological farming, young farmers and bioregional regeneration\. 

## Categories
- [Food and Farming](https://www.localfutures.org/category/food-and-farming/)
- [Climate Change](https://www.localfutures.org/category/climate-happiness/)
- [Localization](https://www.localfutures.org/category/localization/)
- [Technology](https://www.localfutures.org/category/technology/)
- [Environment](https://www.localfutures.org/category/environment/)

## Tags
- [climate change](https://www.localfutures.org/blog/tag/climate-change/)
- [agriculture](https://www.localfutures.org/blog/tag/agriculture/)
- [farming](https://www.localfutures.org/blog/tag/farming/)
- [localization](https://www.localfutures.org/blog/tag/localization-2/)
- [corporations](https://www.localfutures.org/blog/tag/corporations/)

## Planet Local Categories
- [Local Food, Farming \& Fisheries](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/food-farming-fisheries/)
- [Local Business \& Finance](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/local-business-finance/)
- [Local Energy](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/local-energy/)
- [Place\-based Education](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/place-based-education/)
- [Culture](https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/planet-local/culture/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://www.localfutures.org/sitemap_index.xml)