PROMOTING LOCALIZATION GLOBALLY
We are living through a crisis of disconnection - from nature, community, and the deeper meaning that makes life whole. Local Futures offers a path home. By restoring local economies and cultures, we regenerate the Earth and ourselves.

Join our monthly online gathering to share ideas, connect with others and explore localization in action. This month, Dave Shaw joins us to discuss the growing localization movement in California.
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From Speedy Speculation to the Speed of Trust
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A new magazine sharing stories of community, culture and resilience from a growing global localization movement.
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Recently, I participated in the National Gathering of the Movimento Futuro Local (Local Futures Movement) in São Paulo...
The impact of our global economic system on food and farming is disastrous. Giant multinationals and financial speculators...
A crash-course in economic literacy as the AI bubble gets blown up with hot air and public funding. I recently learnt that...
Who decides what happens to your community? Who decides whether farmland becomes subdivisions?...
Perched on the upper slopes of Mount Halimun–Salak in West Java’s Sukabumi region, the cultural landscape of...
Local food isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s an essential ingredient of UK economic resilience. Food prices...
Across the Far North of New Zealand, there is a growing sense that something fundamental has been lost...
The world is reeling from the crises generated by the war in the Gulf, the disastrous climate and...
Across Kurdistan, the village has not been just a place of settlement; it has been a living ecological system...



















