Global to Local Projects

The Global to Local label encompasses a wide range of projects, each of which focuses in a different way on the importance of localization to societies and economies.

Insane Trade
Short Film
& Factsheet

Global trade can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of many small-scale producers worldwide. To raise awareness about this issue, we’ve produced a short film and a factsheet.

International
Alliance for
Localization

The IAL is a cross-cultural network of thinkers, activists and NGOs from 58 countries. It focuses on the impact of globalization while also encouraging the regeneration of healthy local economies, communities and ecosystems.

Planet Local
Grassroots
Initiatives

Planet Local is a constantly-growing library of inspiring grassroots initiatives from around the world. We have also put together a selection of short films featuring grassroots food and farming projects: Short Film Series on Food & Farming. 

Global to Local
Webinars

The webinars address key issues in the debate about the global economy. Many inspiring speakers have joined our webinars, like Charles Eisenstein discussing the topic of debt and speculation and Bill McKibben discussing climate change.

Local Bites
Podcast

Our podcast features interviews with inspiring local economy advocates. From transition towns to not-for-profit businesses to farmers markets, we cover the groundswell of localization around the world. You can subscribe through Podbean or iTunes.

Roots of Change
Study Circle Program

Roots of Change is a curriculum for hosting study circles featuring the works of leading political, economic and ecological thinkers from around the world. It lays out both how we’ve arrived at our present predicament
and what we can do
about it.

Our Work in Ladakh

Ladakh, also known as ‘Little Tibet‘, is a beautiful desert land in the Western Himalayas, with few natural resources and an extreme climate. Yet it has been home to a thriving culture in tune with nature for over a thousand years. When Ladakh was opened up to ‘modern development’ and the forces of the global growth economy, centuries of ecological balance and social harmony came under threat.

Local Futures was founded in Ladakh in 1978. Since then, we have been providing Ladakhis with information about the history and impact of conventional development in other parts of the world, while exploring more sustainable patterns of development in Ladakh itself based on the use of local knowledge and resources.