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Planet Local

library of grassroots initiatives

Browse through diverse examples of localization happening all over the world. We hope you will enjoy this glimpse into some of the amazing groups building a more resilient future for their communities! You can browse our library by location or by category below. In addition, we also run a series of more in-depth companion articles on Medium.

Browse by location

Passa Ao Futuro
York Central Co-Owned (YoCo)
Institute of Wellbeing
Parkdale Peoples’ Economy
Rural Action
Farmer’s Share
Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming
Maya Pedal
Rizoma Cooperative
Cooperativa Integral Minga
Purple Mountain Organics
Local cooperatives and refugee solidarity in Lewiston, ME
Bromley by Bow Centre
Revolution of the Buckets
Atelier Non-Electric
SAAFON
L’Atelier Paysan
Fleet Farming
Port Townsend Local Investing Opportunities Network
Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union
Vermont Community Loan Fund
FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Limited
Food Ed
Beej Bachao Andolan
Mountain Roots Food Project
Seneca Creek Joinery
Land in Curiosity
Cilento Bio District
Snowchange Cooperative
Common Grain Alliance
Gangstas to Growers
Feldheim
Samsø
Eigg Electric
Vestigium
Edventure Frome
The Urban Co-op
Not Far From The Tree
Sahyadri School
Pax Herbals
Permatil
The Good Market
Iowa BIG
East Bali Poverty Project
Suma Yapu
Unión de Cooperativas Tosepan
Little Donkey Farm
LA Compost
Kharamal Village
Ixpiyakok Women’s Association
Africa Organics: The Home Farm Project
Incredible Edible Todmorden
Growing Communities
GroCycle Urban Mushroom Farm
Good Shepherd Conservancy
Food Swapping and The Fitzroy Urban Harvest
Food Forward
Food Commons Fresno
Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad
Clean Greens
Bristol Food Producers
Black-Indigenous Farmers Reparations Map
The Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras
Biovallée Project
Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers’ Forum & Shashe Agroecology School
Thimble Island Ocean Farm and Greenwave
Soul Fire Farm
Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery
Shared Harvest Farm
Pun Pun Center for Self-Reliance
Prinzessinnengarten
Polo da Borborema
Planting Justice
Pine Island Community Farm
Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
Nuestras Raíces
Native Seeds/SEARCH
Vauban
Twin Oaks Community
Puhan Cooperative
Qiandao Ecovillage
Can Decreix
La Casa de les Ningunes (The Nobodies’ House)
Stop Planned Obsolescence
Smarta Kartan
The Restart Project
iFixit
The Edinburgh Remakery
Club de Reparadores (Repairers’ Club)
The Catalan Integral Cooperative
Brisbane Tool Library
The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre
Tarun Bharat Sangh
Sisi Initiative Site Support Group
Mesopotamian Ecology Movement
Maasai Center for Regenerative Pastoralism
Earthlore (Mupo Foundation) and Dzomo la Mupo
Digo Bikas Institute (DBI)
Chikukwa Ecological Land Use Community Trust
Borderlands Restoration
Sundaya
Resilient Power Puerto Rico
Our Hamburg, Our Grid
New Energy Economy
SOLshare
Low Carbon Hub
Evergreen Cooperative Initiative
Cooperative Energy Futures
Brooklyn Microgrid
Bali Appropriate Technology Institute (BATI)
Ashton Hayes Goes Carbon Neutral
Smith Island Environmental Education Center
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA)
Marudam Farm School
Jo-Jikum
LandWorks
Homeless Garden Project
Foxfire Magazine
Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning
Bhoomi College
Baltimore Water Privatization Ban
Todd Township Industrial Farming Ban
Plastic Ban in Nilgiris District
Mouans-Sartoux’s Municipal Farm-to-School Program
Lincoln County Community Rights
Foreign Junk Food Ban
Farm to Plate Bill
Cook County’s Good Food Purchasing Program
Claiming Community Spaces in Athens
Pacari Network
Hope for Health
The Hoffice Movement
Honey Bee Network
Indonesia Biru
MASS Design Group
NEED-Myanmar
Sahaja Samrudha (Bountiful Nature)
Cape Town Talent Exchange
Cargonomia
The Carrot Project
Credibles
Equity Trust
Fair Tax Town
Fibershed
Localise West Midlands
The Seikatsu Club
Totally Locally
California FarmLink
Ban on Metals Mining
Anja Miray Association
Adivasi Academy
Dream of Wild Health
Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau Medical Center
Backyard Honeybees
Babahan Subak Association
Building A Local Economy (BALE)
Boston Ujima Project
Banco Palmas
Agrarian Trust

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Artisanal Production

Artisanal Productions. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio in Flickr.

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Built Environment Planet Local. Photo by Alex Jensen.

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Short film series on food and farming

As part of Planet Local, we have put together a curated selection of short films featuring grassroots food and farming projects around the world — with a particular focus on projects started by young people. We also published an accompanying blog: ‘The Farms of the Future’. Watch one of the short films here →

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