Conference
Localize It:
What Resilience Looks Like
This two-day conference was held on October 21st and 22nd, 2017 at the Chase Community Center of the Vermont Law School in South Royalton and was co-organized by Local Futures, BALE (Building A Local Economy), Vermonters for a New Economy, Sustainable Future Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, New England Resilience and Transition Network, and the New Economy Law Center.
The conference included both plenary talks and breakout sessions on important aspects of the shift to a new economy: food and farming, energy, education, finance and banking, local business, equity and justice, democracy, media, and more. In addition, there was a focus on adaptations to this region’s climate and resources by both its indigenous cultures and the farmers and artisans of more recent immigrant cultures.
For more information, click here: www.localizeit2017.com.
Blog by Gross National Happiness USA, Ginny Sassaman: Conferences Affirm: GNHUSA Is On The Right Track, November 16th, 2017
Video
Introduction
New Economy Law and Policy Forum
Frances Moore Lappé
“From Ego-mind to Eco-mind”
Class, Race and Ethnicity –
Oppression, Community, and Action Panel
Systems View Panel with
Frances Moore Lappé and Susan Clark
“Is This What Democracy Looks Like?”
Network Session
Jonathan Rosenthal (New Economy Coalition)
Nina Smolyar (New England Resilience and Transition)
Ruah Swennerfelt (Transition Town US)
Helena Norberg-Hodge
“Localization and Diversity:
Addressing the Roots of Ethnic, Racial and Religious Conflict”
Systems View Panel with
Gus Speth, Helena Norberg- Hodge, and Jim Tull
“Building the Localization Movement:
Where Do We Go from Here?”