Agrarianism and the relocalization of farming I Chris Smaje Local Futures 2024-03-08 | Chris Smaje is an author, small-scale farmer, social scientist, and food system analyst. His work explores the current moment of vast change, as the dynamics of climate, energy, politics and natural ecosystems upend familiar assumptions about how the world is supposed to work. He’s written two books – ‘A Small Farm Future’ and ‘Saying No to a Farm-free Future’ – which are both grounded his belief that we need to develop low-energy localisms that give people the means to make practical and sustainable livelihoods. In this episode, Chris explains how the organisation of food systems is ultimately an energetic question; one that, in the modern era, has been answered by an over-reliance on cheap fossil fuels. He argues that, in a future of lesser energy abundance and mounting crises, localised food systems will be vital for survival. Chris encourages an embrace of agrarian localism not only to avoid chaotic disruption, but also to bring profound and immediate benefits to people and planet. Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Illusions of progress and their countertrends in Japan I Keibo Oiwa Local Futures 2024-03-29 | Keibo Oiwa is a professor, cultural anthropologist, and a widely respected philosopher and organizer in Japan. He co-authored, with David Suzuki, a book about bottom-up movements for peace, human rights and environmentalism, called ‘The Japan We Never Knew’. He is the founder of The Sloth Club – an NGO that promotes slow and sustainable living. The Sloth Club, coupled with Keibo’s book Slow is Beautiful: Culture as Slowness, have fostered a new appreciation of rural life and a simpler way of living.In this episode, Keibo offers us a portrait of a Japan moving in two different directions. He sounds the alarm about the cultural and spiritual devastation that has been a deeply tragic cost of Japan’s pursuit of globalized development. But he also speaks of a widespread cultural resurgence – a movement towards regeneration, community and nature. He highlights cultural “keywords” that can be rediscovered in the Japanese cultural fabric, and which can be used as a guide for these emerging movements.Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Localization: learning from indigenous communities I Thais Mantovani Local Futures 2024-03-19 | Thais Mantovani is a young woman from São Paulo, Brazil, passionate about education reform and eco-cultural regeneration. An alumnus of Schumacher College, she is the co-founder of EcoUniversidade, a Youth Climate Leaders fellow, a member of the Global Regeneration CoLab network, and a long-time collaborator of Local Futures. She studies and promotes localization and regeneration in Brazil.In this episode, Thais encourages those trapped in the modern world to step beyond its ideological confines. She shares experiences of living local cultures in indigenous Amazonia, and gives examples of localization projects in the favelas of São Paulo. She calls out modern schooling as a tool of indoctrination, and highlights the importance of reweaving trust-based community relationships – not only for survival, but also for health and happiness.Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Debt crisis: eroding food sovereignty and driving climate change I David Calleb Otieno Local Futures 2024-03-16 | David Calleb Otieno - farmer, co-founder of Kenyan Peasants League, International Coordinator of Kenyan Social Movements for Abolition of Illegitimate Debts - speaks from the World Social Forum 2024, held in Kathmandu Nepal, about the new debt-crisis that is eroding local food systems and driving climate change. His message is clear: the division is no longer between the Global South and North, but between the poor and the elites in both North and South. He calls for global unity to fight the global debt system that is oppressing people worldwide and causing havoc to our climate and ability to feed ourselves. Learn more about Kenyan Peasants Leagure: kenyanpeasantsleague.org The interview was conducted by Alex Jensen from Local Futures.Learn more about Local Futures: localfutures.org
Big Picture Activism Local Futures 2024-03-13 | This short video urges people to spread the word about the need for an economic shift from global to local. This type of big picture activism can help tackle our social and environmental crises simultaneously.We hear from Helena Norberg-Hodge (Director, Local Futures), Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film, 2040) and Ella Noah Bancroft (indigenous storyteller).
Car-free cities, corporate control and the power of people I Debra Efroymson Local Futures 2024-02-27 | Debra Efroymson (Bangladesh/USA) is a tireless advocate for policies that support public health, wellbeing and happiness. She is the co-founder and Executive Director at Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh, and is faculty at the Asian University for Women. While her particular interests lie in urban planning and transportation, her holistic perspective leads her to envision profound transformations in economics, governance, and society as a whole. In this episode, Debra calls into question things many of us take for granted – including how our cities are planned, how we get around, and what priorities shape development. She connects the idea of car-free cities to localization, and she explores the nitty gritty of policymaking and movement building, drawing on her personal experiences of David-and-Goliath struggles between activists and corporate power. Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
A World Yet To Come I Adebayo Akomolafe Local Futures 2024-02-20 | Bayo Akomolafe (Nigeria) is a widely celebrated speaker, teacher, public intellectual and writer. In this episode, he “meanders the vortices of a world yet to come”, posing questions, sharing stories, and searching for the cracks in modernity. In his playful and poetic way, he encourages us to gather in these cracks – to participate in the emergence of what comes next. A one-of-a-kind thinker, Bayo blurs the lines between the personal and the political, prompting us to unlearn, rethink, and radically imagine our role in the world. He is the author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. He is also the founder and curator of the Emergence Network and Chief Host of the course/festival series, We Will Dance with Mountains. Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Connecting to the land: paving the way for young farmers I Ele Saltmarsh Local Futures 2024-02-13 | In this episode, we hear from Ele Saltmarsh, a young farmer, scientist and activist. She tells her family’s story of pursuing organic farming, and suggests policy frameworks that could provide avenues for the growing ranks of people who dream of a life connected to nature and to community. She also makes a powerful case for agro-ecology and localized economies for feeding the UK.Since returning to her family farm after studying biology and agricultural sciences at Oxford and Penn State Universities, Ele has worked with the Landworkers’ Alliance, and with a young farmers’ organization called FLAME. She applies her research to demonstrate how the UK can feed itself sustainably, and campaigns for policies that would support small farmers, food security, and real climate action.Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies.Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast:localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Reimagining education: from deadlihoods to alivelihoods | Manish Jain Local Futures 2024-02-06 | This is the second episode of Planet Local Voices – an interview series by Local Futures – featuring thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world. In this episode, radical “unlearner” and rethinker of education, Manish Jain, talks about why we should rethink formal education and strive to unlearn much of what we have been taught through years of schooling. Speaking from experience as a former investment banker, Manish lands a heavy critique of the economic growth-for-the-rich model that is impoverishing the majority and degrading our ecosystems. He addresses the need to shift power and the importance of the localization movement in this process. He goes on to talk about “deadlihoods” vs “alivelihoods” and of the urgent need to redesign our learning systems and spaces, with a focus on the wellbeing of ourselves, our communities and the planet at large. Manish Jain (India), Harvard Alumnus and former investment banker with Morgan Stanley, who has also worked for UNESCO and UNICEF among other, came to question the dominant economic model, and not least, the Western-style education model that is perpetuating destructive growth and development, and fomenting a ‘West is Best’ mindset.Manish is the co-founder of Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development, Swaraj University, India’s first self-designed people’s university where each learner (ages 17–28) can join and work on their unique path, and the Ecoversities Alliance, a global network of alternative universities.Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voices Listen to this interview as a podcast: localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast To learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.org Subscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Insights from an economic hitman: from a death to a life economy | John Perkins Local Futures 2024-01-30 | This is the first episode of Planet Local Voices – an interview series by Local Futures – featuring thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world. In this wide-ranging episode, economist, author and whistleblower John Perkins, calls us to meet the defining challenge of our time - shifting from a "death economy" to a "life economy". He shares his own personal story of how he came to question the neoliberal worldview he'd been trained in, and discusses topics like empire and democracy, international relations, “free trade” treaties, redefining growth, embracing the local, and learning from indigenous cultures.John Perkins (USA) spent many years working to advance the interests of American corporations in Global South countries, at a time when neoliberal policies were being rolled out. Upon realizing the destructive ramifications of the work he was doing, he became an important whistleblower. His best-known book is 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' (2004), which describes his role in a clandestine process of economic colonization at the behest of corporations, banks, and the United States government. The book spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.Local Futures is an international non-profit organization, dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series: localfutures.org/programs/planet-local-voicesListen to the podcast: localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/insights-of-an-economic-hitman-from-a-death-to-a-life-economy-john-perkinsTo learn more about our work, visit: localfutures.orgSubscribe to our email newsletter: localfutures.org/sign-up-to-our-newsletter
Traditional House Restoration in Ladakh Local Futures 2024-01-05 | Watch this short video highlighting the importance of using local and sustainable methods and materials for construction. Local Futures partnered with local enterprise Earth Building to organize a workshop to restore a historic house in the village of Chuchot, using only natural local materials. Read our accompanying blog:localfutures.org/a-revival-of-natural-building-in-ladakhRead more about our work in Ladakh:localfutures.org/programs/ladakhlocalfutures.org
Final Snapshots Planet Local Summit Local Futures 2023-12-28 | Watch our last short video with snapshots of the livestream recordings of the Planet Local Summit, held on September 29-October 1, 2023 in Bristol, UK, featuring Satish Kumar, Seetha Ananthasivan, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Bayo Akomolafe, Diego Isabel La Moneda, Jyoti Fernandes, Charles Eisenstein, Jon Jandai, Jeremy Lent and Vandana Shiva. Music by Jurgis DID.For more information:planet-local-summit.localfutures.orgWatch all livestream recordings:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/livestreamView photo gallery:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/galleryHosted by Local Futures:localfutures.org
More Snapshots Planet Local Summit Local Futures 2023-12-07 | Watch our second short video with snapshots of the livestream recordings of the Planet Local Summit, held on September 29-October 1, 2023 in Bristol, UK, featuring Andrew Simms, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Jeremy Lent, Poppy Okotcha, Morag Gamble, Eva Henje, Thais Mantovani, Daniel Christian Wahl, Iain McGilchrist and Bayo Akomolafe. Music by Jurgis DID.Watch our first Snapshot video here: youtu.be/gAou07Z6i_8For more information:planet-local-summit.localfutures.orgWatch all livestream recordings:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/livestreamView photo gallery:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/galleryHosted by Local Futures:localfutures.org
Snapshots Planet Local Summit Local Futures 2023-11-13 | Watch our first short video with snapshots of the livestream recordings of the Planet Local Summit, held on September 29-October 1, 2023 in Bristol, UK, featuring Charles Eisenstein, John Perkins, Jack Harries, Zac Goldsmith, Michael Shuman, Bayo Akomolafe, Iain McGilchrist, Vandana Shiva, Satish Kumar and Helena Norberg-Hodge. Music by Jurgis DID.For more information:planet-local-summit.localfutures.orgWatch all livestream recordings:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/livestreamView photo gallery:planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/galleryHosted by Local Futures:localfutures.org
Local Food Can Save the World Local Futures 2023-11-03 | Food systems impact every aspect of our world. But too often, the debate around food focuses only on consumption – e.g. veganism vs. meat-eating – or production – e.g. organic, regenerative. While all these lines of argument are important, this short video introduces a holistic way to think about production, distribution AND consumption, and build whole food systems that nourish people and nurture the planet: It's about structures, it's about scale – it's about global versus local.Produced by:localfutures.orgWatch more videos and films:localfutures.org/films
Planet Local Summit Livestream Friday 29 September (morning and afternoon) Local Futures 2023-10-04 | Welcome to the Planet Local Summit live-stream from St Georges Bristol, UK. You're now watching the livestream of Friday 29 Sept - morning and afternoon programme sessions.In this livestream you can watch and listen to the following programme sessions:- Welcome and Opening with Nathalie Kelley, Helena Norberg-Hodge and Dolma Tsering (timestamp: 12:31)- Global or Local? - Two Paths to our Future with Vandana Shiva (recorded talk, timestamp 39:14), Satish Kumar and Rupert Read. Moderated by Rupert Read (timestamp: 36:37)- Rediscovering Humanity: Community, Nature and Us with Darcia Narvaez and Alnoor Ladha. Moderated by Alnoor Ladha (timestamp: 1:23:44)- Food & Farming Revolutions with Patrick Holden, Chris Smaje, Jyoti Fernandes, Nelson Mudzingwa and Margarita Barcena Lujambio. Moderated by Patrick Holden (timestamp: 2:19:40)- Video Local Food Can Save the World produced by Local Futures (timestamp: 2:20:23)- Living Cultures, Old and New with Daniel Christian Wahl, Keibo Oiwa and Morag Gamble. Moderated by Daniel Christian Wahl (timestamp: 3:27:15)- In Search of Wisdom for a Broken World with Iain McGilchrist and Bayo Akomolafe (timestamp: 5:18:00)- A transformation so Mythic, it Breaks our very Language with Andri Magnason and Rupert Read (timestamp: 6:14:19)- Strategies to Strengthen Local Economies with Jay Tompt, Carla Denyer and Diego Isabel La Moneda (timestamp: 7:17:12)Watch the Planet Local Summit Livestream on Friday 29 Sept and Saturday 30 Sept here:- Friday evening: youtube.com/live/t9L-GSSP_ZQ?si=5kn7KZgPqcxxbDbn- Saturday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/Xb9nPvu3ykI?si=Bvg-32Y-Abx0-j6m- Saturday evening: youtube.com/live/YHF3U2udPC8?si=l7tJokUC1wlvkoBwAll program sessions taking place at the Main Hall of St George's Bristol on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September will be live-streamed. View the full program here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/programmeYou can find more information about each speaker here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/lineupFor more information about Local Futures, the hosts of the Planet Local Summit, please visit: localfutures.org
Planet Local Summit Livestream Friday 29 September (evening) Local Futures 2023-10-04 | Welcome to the Planet Local Summit live-stream from St Georges Bristol, UK. You're now watching the livestream of Friday 29 Sept - evening programme sessions.In this livestream you can watch and listen to the following programme sessions:- Systems Change - How to Get There? with Zac Goldsmith and Roger Hallam. Moderated by Heydon Prowse (timestamp: 12:07)- Small, Slow and Connected with Bill Powers, Thais Mantovani and Eva Henje. Moderated by Bill Powers (timestamp: 1:02:37)- Rapid Fire Presentations with activists from across the world: Ruby Reed, Franco Augusto, Priya Joshi, Diego Isabel La Moneda, Ruby van der Wekken, Benjamin Christie, Ele Saltmarsh. Moderated by Ruby Reed (timestamp: 1:41:32)Watch the Planet Local Summit Livestream on Friday 29 Sept and Saturday 30 Sept here:- Friday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/IJ6lm_ACYLk?si=CVhuhXVMhF6P2lBp- Saturday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/Xb9nPvu3ykI?si=Bvg-32Y-Abx0-j6m- Saturday evening: youtube.com/live/YHF3U2udPC8?si=l7tJokUC1wlvkoBwAll program sessions taking place at the Main Hall of St George's Bristol on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September will be live-streamed. View the full program here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/programmeYou can find more information about each speaker here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/lineupFor more information about Local Futures, the hosts of the Planet Local Summit, please visit: localfutures.org
Planet Local Summit Livestream Saturday 30 September (morning and afternoon) Local Futures 2023-10-04 | Welcome to the Planet Local Summit live-stream from St Georges Bristol, UK. You're now watching the livestream of Saturday 30 Sept - morning and afternoon programme sessions.In this livestream you can watch and listen to the following programme sessions:- Welcome and Opening with Aubrey Yee and Andrew Simms (timestamp: 12:49)- The Matrix of the Global Economy withInsights from an Economic Hitman - John Perkins (timestamp: 25:53 - cut short due to technical failure)Carbon Colonialism - Camila Moreno (timestamp: 31:54)Tech Dictatorship - Mika Tsutsumi (timestamp: 40:43)Escaping the Apocalypse - Andrew Simms (timestamp: 56:14)Moderated by Andrew Simms- Beyond Progress: The Economics of Life (part 1) with Local Finance: Creating Self-reliant Communities - Michael Shuman (timestamp: 1:11:20)The Way Back - Nathalie Kelley (timestamp: 1:24:46)Economic Solidarity - Jason Nardi (timestamp: 1:48:41)Moderated by Michael Shuman- Beyond Progress: The Economics of Life (part 2) with (timestamp: 2:31:55)Ecological Civilisation - Jeremy Lent (timestamp: 2:14:17)Cultivating Regenerative Lifeways - Liz Hosken (timestamp: 2:26:53)Economies of Happiness - Helena Norberg-Hodge (timestamp: 2:38:10)Moderated by Michael Shuman- Community-Driven Music with Jurgis Didžiulis (aka Jurgis DID) (timestamp: 2:59:21)- Going Local - International Examples & Perspectives with (timestamp: 3:08:31)Jon Jandai (timestamp: 3:09:17)Patricia Moguel Viveros (timestamp: 3:20:05)Tiziana Alterio (timestamp: 3:30:26)Rema Kumar (timestamp: 3:40:42)Moderated by Anja Lyngbaek- Inheriting a World in Crisis with Poppy Okotcha, Jack Harries, Ele Saltmarsh, Thais Mantovani and Henry Coleman (timestamp: 4:56:00)- Inheriting a World in Crisis (continued) with Poppy Okotcha, Jack Harries, Ele Saltmarsh, Thais Mantovani and Henry Coleman - Political Hope with Charles Eisenstein (4:51:04)Watch the Planet Local Summit Livestream on Friday 29 Sept and Saturday 30 Sept here:- Friday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/IJ6lm_ACYLk?si=CVhuhXVMhF6P2lBp- Friday evening: youtube.com/live/t9L-GSSP_ZQ?si=5kn7KZgPqcxxbDbn- Saturday evening: youtube.com/live/YHF3U2udPC8?si=l7tJokUC1wlvkoBwAll program sessions taking place at the Main Hall of St George's Bristol on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September will be live-streamed. View the full program here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/programmeYou can find more information about each speaker here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/lineupFor more information about Local Futures, the hosts of the Planet Local Summit, please visit: localfutures.org
Planet Local Summit Livestream Saturday 30 September (evening) Local Futures 2023-10-04 | Welcome to the Planet Local Summit live-stream from St Georges Bristol, UK. You're now watching the livestream of Saturday 30 Sept - evening programme sessions.In this livestream you can watch and listen to the following programme sessions:- Visions of the Future: A Short Play in Two Acts with Nathalie Kelley and Aubrey Yee (timestamp: 6:19)- Understanding a World Gone Mad with Iain McGilchrist and Helena Norberg-Hodge in conversation (timestamp: 13:58)- Community-Driven Music with Jurgis Didžiulis (aka Jurgis DID) (46:10)- Rethinking Everything with Charles Eisenstein, Bayo Akomolafe and Manish Jain. Moderated by Camila Moreno (timestamp: 54:36)- Rapid Fire Presentations - Activists from across the world. Jack Harries, Nelson Mudzingwa, Thais Mantovani, Juan del Río, Ruth Potts, Christian Jochnick, Lars Veraart and Keri Hopeward. Moderated by Jack Harries (timestamp: (1:50:31)- Community-Driven Music with Jurgis Didžiulis (aka Jurgis DID) (timestamp: 2:22:47)Watch the Planet Local Summit Livestream on Friday 29 Sept and Saturday 30 Sept here:- Friday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/IJ6lm_ACYLk?si=CVhuhXVMhF6P2lBp- Friday evening: youtube.com/live/t9L-GSSP_ZQ?si=5kn7KZgPqcxxbDbn- Saturday morning and afternoon: youtube.com/live/Xb9nPvu3ykI?si=Bvg-32Y-Abx0-j6mAll program sessions taking place at the Main Hall of St George's Bristol on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September will be live-streamed. View the full program here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/programmeYou can find more information about each speaker here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/lineupFor more information about Local Futures, the hosts of the Planet Local Summit, please visit: localfutures.org
Planet Local: Cicha rewolucja Local Futures 2023-08-08 | Planet Local: Cicha rewolucja, film autorstwa międzynarodowej fundacji Local Futures, pokazuje losy cichej, ale potężnej rewolucji, jaka przechodzi obecnie przez świat.Z dala od kamer mainstreamowych mediów, coraz więcej ludzi decyduje się rzucić wyzwanie prymitywnej maksymie „im więcej, tym lepiej”, która przez stulecia dominowała nad światową ekonomią. Gdy wre globalna praca mająca na celu ochronę i odnowę lokalnych rynków, społeczności i ekosystemów, niezliczone różnorodne inicjatywy wskazują ludzkości drogę ku przyszłej epoce. Jest to droga lokalności zamiast globalizacji, jedności zamiast podziału, droga, która pokazuje, że rodzaj ludzki nie musi być dla swojej planety wyłącznie problemem – że może być rozwiązaniem.Film Planet Local: Cicha rewolucja, w którym występują aktywiści ze wszystkich kontynentów, a także postaci takie jak Russell Brand, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Naomi Klein, Jane Goodall i Gabor Maté, to aktualne i przekonujące wezwanie do działania.Data Premiery: Światowy Dzień Lokalności, 21 czerwca 2022. worldlocalizationday.orgWięcej informacji:localfutures.org
Nathalie Kelley - Planet Local Summit Bristol Local Futures 2023-08-04 | Do you have nightmares about our global food system? Or maybe you’ve never connected the dots between the global food system the loss of biodiversity and our subsequent decline in health. If magnesium is not going to cut it for you, consider learning about and supporting our movement.In September we are hosting the Planet Local summit in Bristol UK, to showcase our alternatives to a global food system that’s making us and the planet very sick.
The quickest, easiest, most painless way to address the climate crisis - Helena Norberg-Hodge Local Futures 2023-08-04 | What's the best way to address the climate crisis? Putting an end to redundant trade could just be the easiest way to decrease emissions - all without harming anyone's quality of life. Let's make this a first point-of-call for the climate movement! www.localfutures.org
Thais Mantovani - Brazil is so big in localization Local Futures 2023-07-13 | On World Localization Day 2023, Thais Mantovani of EcoUniversidade in São Paulo shared an inspiring snapshot of grassroots initiatives across Brazil that are rebuilding community, local economies, and local food systems. In the face of the corporate cooptation of climate action, she asks "how can we localize regeneration in Brazil?" This clip is from the 'Localizing Globally' webinar, session 2. Full version available here: youtu.be/kgoNlfb1JM0
Salim Dara – Breaking the chains of poverty – Global to local in Benin Local Futures 2023-07-13 | On World Localization Day 2023, Salim Dara – farmer, agroecologist, educator – shared a powerful message from West Africa about how crucial it is for people's survival to change the economic system; towards prioritizing local needs above servitude to global corporations. He speaks with incredible clarity and conviction. This clip is from the 'Localizing Globally' webinar, session 2. Full version available here: youtu.be/kgoNlfb1JM0
Keibo Oiwa – Localization movement in Japan Local Futures 2023-07-13 | On World Localization Day 2023, Keibo Oiwa – an educator and grassroots leader from Japan – shared about the growing movement for healthy local food and alternative education in his country. He describes some of the inspiring citizens' movements that are emerging in Japanese towns and villages in response to concerns about health, food security, and future generations. This clip is from the 'Localizing Globally' webinar, session 1. Full version available here: youtu.be/bYXdFesPIF4
SESSION 2: Localizing Globally: Building a worldwide movement (full edit) Local Futures 2023-06-30 | On World Localization Day 2023 (www.worldlocalizationday.org), some of the world's leading localization activists came together in two conversations entitled 'Localizing Globally: Building a worldwide movement'. This is Session 2, featuring speakers from Europe, West Asia, Africa and the Americas: • Salim Dara, Benin – Solidarité Rurale & Classes Vertes Agroecology School• Thais Mantovani, Brazil – EcoUniversidade• Jay Tompt, UK – Totnes REconomy Project, Transition Towns • Jesus Iglesias Saugar, Spain – EU Climate Pact Ambassador• Juan Del Rio, Spain – Spanish Transition Network, co-director of documentary film 'Alter Nativas: Building possible futures'• Nelson Mudzingwa, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum, Shashe Agroecology School, member of La Via Campesina• Marija Uzunova Dang, Macedonia/UK – UWC (United World Colleges)• Chris Smaje, UK – Author of 'A Small Farm Future' and ‘Saying No to a Farm-Free Future • Saad Dagher, Palestine – Global Ecovillage Network, The Humanist Farm In a fast-paced, dynamic and inspiring discussion, the speakers shared about their own hands-on work to build local economies and cultures in their diverse places. They also gave a snapshot of the broader localization movement as it manifests in their respective regions, discussing the trends and challenges the movement faces. To take this conversation further, visit www.localfutures.org , and join the Planet Local Summit: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org
SESSION 1: Localizing Globally: Building a worldwide movement (full edit) Local Futures 2023-06-30 | On World Localization Day 2023 (www.worldlocalizationday.org), some of the world's leading localization activists came together in two conversations entitled 'Localizing Globally: Building a worldwide movement'. This is Session 1, featuring speakers from Asia and Australia: • Arnold Padilla, Philippines – PANAP (Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific)• Seetha Ananthasivan, India – Bhoomi College, Prakriya Green Wisdom School, and the India-wide Bhoomi Network• Debra Efroymson, Bangladesh – Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh• Michelle Maloney, Australia – NENA (New Economy Network Australia) and AELA (Australian Earth Laws Alliance)• Keibo Oiwa, Japan – The Sloth Club• Shail Shrestha, Nepal – Digo Bikas Institute• Vicki Selwyn-Barnett, Australia – Community builder• Kunzang Deachen, India – Local Futures Ladakh• Vu Truong, Vietnam – VCIL Travel School In a fast-paced, dynamic and inspiring discussion, the speakers shared about their own hands-on work to build local economies and cultures in their diverse places. They also gave a snapshot of the broader localization movement as it manifests in their respective regions, discussing the trends and challenges the movement faces. To take this conversation further, visit www.localfutures.org , and join the Planet Local Summit: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org
Localization message from Debra Efroymson - Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh Local Futures 2023-06-27 | As part of the annual World Localization Day and Voices from the International Alliance for Localization, Debra Efroymson has created a powerful short video about the importance of localization in our current society. Watch and share!Debra Efroymson will also take part in the Planet Local Summit on 29 Sep-1-Oct, 2023, in Bristol, UK. The Summit will also be live-streamed. Get your ticket here: planet-local-summit.localfutures.org/book-ticketsFor more information, go to: planet-local-summit.localfutures.orglocalfutures.orglocalfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/international-alliance-localizationDebra Efroymson - Bangladesh:A committed advocate for localization, car-free cities, and the empowerment of young women, Debra is the co-founder and Executive Director at Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh. She is the author of Beyond Apologies, Defining and Achieving an Economics of Wellbeing, has worked closely with hundreds of international interns from the Asian University for Women and other institutions, and advises on economics, urban and transport planning, reproductive and sexual health, and the prevention of non-communicable diseases.
Uspořádejte slavnost lokálního jídla u příležitosti Světového dne lokálnosti Local Futures 2023-06-23 | Zveme vás, abyste v červnu při příležitosti Světového dne lokalizace – každoroční oslavy ekologických ekonomik, komunit a místních potravinových systémů - zorganizovali Hostinu na oslavu lokálního jídla.Připojte se k milionům lidí, kteří jako součást celosvětového hnutí za lokální jídlo dávají naději na lepší budoucnost.Ďalšie informácie:worldlocalizationday.orgworldlocalizationday.org/localfoodfeastslokalnost.org
Usporiadajte Hostinu lokálneho jedla pri príležitosti Svetového dňa lokálnosti Local Futures 2023-06-20 | Pozývame vás, aby ste v júni pri príležitosti Svetového dňa lokálnosti - každoročnej oslavy zelených ekonomík, komunít a miestnych potravinových systémov - usporiadali Hostinu na oslavu lokálneho jedla.Pridajte sa k miliónom ľudí, ktorí v rámci celosvetového hnutia za lokálne jedlo dávajú nádej na lepšiu budúcnosť.Ďalšie informácie:worldlocalizationday.orgworldlocalizationday.org/localfoodfeastslokalnost.org
Re-localize Italy, and the world. Local Futures 2023-06-16 | In this powerful message, Italian journalist and writer, Tiziana Alterio, calls for a shift towards localization. Until about 25 years ago, Italy like many countries was still mainly based on local artisanal economies of small-scale farmers and enterprises. The incursion of corporate globalization profoundly undermined these economies and led to today's economic crisis. The multiple crises we face today are not only crises of the neoliberal economic model, but of civilization itself. This crisis point, while disastrous, also presents opportunities to imagine and enact new, more courageous and visionary economic and civilizational possibilities based in feminine principles of cooperation, solidarity and sharing, and based in the re-localization of production and consumption. Such a re-localized economy would not only be more human, but would reduce wealth inequality.
உள்ளூர் உணவு உலகைக் காக்கும் Local Futures 2023-06-16 | உலக உணவுமுறையின் பிழைகள் என்ன? அனைத்தும். நாம் என்ன செய்வது? உள்ளூர்மயமாக்கல். உணவு தயாரிப்பவர், மற்றும் உண்பவரிடையே உள்ள இடைவெளியை குறைத்து, நிலையான உணவை, உள்ளூர் மக்களுக்கு வழங்குவது இன்றியமையாதது. இன்றே உள்ளூர்மயமாக்கும் இயக்கத்தில் சேருங்கள்.மேலும் விவரங்களுக்கு: www.localfutures.orgஇந்த காணொளியினை மொழிப்பெயர்தமைக்கு ஜெயஷ்ரீ அரசு அவருக்கு எங்களின் நன்றிகள்.
PLANET LOCAL: CUỘC CÁCH MẠNG THẦM LẶNG Local Futures 2023-06-01 | Bộ phim được thực hiện bởi Local Future, đã trình chiếu một phong trào thầm lặng nhưng có ý nghĩa quan trọng đang nổi lên trên toàn cầu. Rời xa màn hình của các phương tiện truyền thông chính thống, câu chuyện 'càng lớn càng tốt' đã thống trị tư duy kinh tế trong nhiều thế kỷ đang bị thách thức. Khi mọi người làm việc để bảo vệ và khôi phục nền kinh tế địa phương, cộng đồng của họ và thế giới tự nhiên, vô số sáng kiến đa dạng đang thể hiện một con đường mới cho nhân loại. Đó là con đường địa phương hóa thay vì toàn cầu hóa, kết nối hơn là chia rẽ và cho chúng ta thấy rằng con người không nhất thiết phải là vấn đề – chúng ta có thể là giải pháp. Bộ phim dài 50 phút này mang đến tiếng nói cho ngày càng nhiều người mong muốn xây dựng một thế giới tươi đẹp hơn. Với sự góp mặt của các nhà hoạt động xã hội từ mọi châu lục cùng với những nhân vật nổi tiếng quốc tế như Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Russell Brand, Naomi Klein, Jane Goodall, Gabor Maté và Helena Norberg-Hodge – bộ phim mang lại nguồn cảm hứng và hy vọng cho một thế giới đầy khủng hoảng.Phụ đề cho nhiều ngôn ngữ khác nhau: localfutures.org/films/planet-local-a-quiet-revolutionThông tin về Local Future: localfutures.org
Gaia Theory and Localization Local Futures 2023-05-09 | Stephen Harding, resident ecologist at Schumacher College in Devon,England, draws the connections between Gaia theory and localization inthis message for World Localization Day. Most species on the planet are"deeply local", but their interaction with one another and theirenvironments fosters emergent planetary self-regulation. Hardingcontends that if we can create networks of interconnected local humaneconomies that mimic the webs of Gaian ecosystems, we can in turnpromote and nurture biodiversity, human wellbeing, and our deepconnection with the Earth.
Sarojeni Rengam - Key to localization is a strong movement of farmers and consumers Local Futures 2023-05-09 | Sarojen Rengam, Executive Director of Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific, emphasizes that achieving food system localization will require strong mass people's movements of farmers, workers and consumers pushing for policies and programs that can dismantle corporate control of the food system.This clip was taken from a conversation between Sarojeni Rengam, Colin Tudge and Vandana Shiva titled "Want Change? Focus on Food", which aired in June 2021 as part of World Localization Day. View the full recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=n4iCKxvj3YYWorld Localization Day is a project of Local Futures www.localfutures.orgSign up for Local Futures’ email newsletter: https://www.localfutures.org/get-invo...Follow Local Futures: https://www.facebook.com/LocalFutures... instagram.com/localfutures_ twitter.com/localfutures_
Host a Local Food Feast for World Localization Day Local Futures 2023-05-04 | We invite you to organize a Local Food Feast in the month of June, as part of World Localization Day - an annual celebration of ecological economies, communities and local food systems.Join millions of people who, as part of the worldwide local food movement, are giving rise to a better future from the ground up. For more information:worldlocalizationday.org worldlocalizationday.org/localfoodfeastsMusic by bensound.com (License code: WHM9XBBKET5VLWXB)
Changing the economy for planetary and social healing Local Futures 2023-05-04 | Film-maker Damon Gameau's hard-hitting documentaries include That Sugar Film, exposing the impacts of sugar on the body and the role of Big Food in making us sick through junk food addiction, and 2040, exploring solutions to the ecological crisis. In this World Localization Day video-message, Gameau identifies a common thread running through his films, namely that the social and environmental problems we face today stem from the same dysfunctional economic system based on endless growth, extraction, competition and consumption. This model simultaneously ravages the global environment, and produces human misery. Therefore, Gameau shows that solving them requires tackling this root cause - changing the economy and its core values, from global profiteering to relocalized sufficiency, care and health. Finally, Gameau makes the important distinction between nationalism and localization, where the former can tend towards exclusion and chauvinism, and the latter is about contributing to a greater, solidaristic whole while returning power to the people and communities affected by political decisions.For more information:World Localization Day: worldlocalizationday.org
Stacy Mitchell: Level the playing field for local business Local Futures 2023-05-04 | Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance makes the case for policy shifts to support local economies. She highlights that local businesses tend to be more effective, efficient and profitable than global monopolies -- if only they are given a fair playing field. She cites the example of pharmacies in North Dakota to illustrate her points.
Relocalizing communities and economies through permaculture Local Futures 2023-05-03 | In this World Localization Day video-message, celebrated permaculturist David Holmgren discusses how the household economy of non-monetary exchange and reciprocity is the foundation for strong resilient communities that have a low ecological impact as well as rebuilding local economies. Permaculture - ecological growing, building and living in care of people and planet - has over the decades contributed to the movement for smaller, localized economies that radically reduce ecological footprints, helping reverse the increasing monetization and corporatization of the economy of the past few hundred years. Holmgren explains how permaculture empowers us to take everything from food production to education of our children back into our own hands, and how it fosters a culture of maintenance and care - urgently needed antidotes to unsustainable and unjust consumerism.Finally, Holmgren shares the vision he lays out in his book Retrosuburbia for retrofitting suburban landscapes from "lost" - energy-intensive, wasteful, unproductive - to agriculturally productive, biologically diverse landscapes. The pandemic starkly revealed how fragile and vulnerable current industrial modes of living are, such as in contemporary suburbia, and thus the vital importance of engaging in local production for local consumption once again.For more information:World Localization Day worldlocalizationday.org David Holmgren https://holmgren.com.au/
Thực phẩm địa phương có thể cứu thế giới Local Futures 2023-04-24 | Vấn đề của hệ thống thực phẩm toàn cầu ở đâu? Gần như toàn bộ hệ thống này có vấn đề. Vậy chúng tacó thể làm gì? Hãy quay trở lại với địa phương của mình - rút ngắn khoảng cách giữa người sản xuất và người tiêu dùng và sản xuất bền vững trước tiên cho nhu cầu địa phương. Hãy cùng tham gia phong trào thực phẩm địa phương!Thông tin thêm tại Local Futures: www.localfutures.orgWith a huge thanks to Thao Hoang for translation.
Nathalie Kelley - Local Futures Planet Local Summit Local Futures 2023-04-24 | A celebration of the worldwide localisation movement. Connect with like-minded people from five continents over a clear vision to change the world in Bristol - 29th September - 1st October 2023.planet-local-summit.localfutures.org
বিশ্ব স্থানীয়করণ দিবস Local Futures 2023-04-17 | 'বিশ্ব স্হানীয়করন দিবস' বিশ্বব্যাপী উদীয়মান স্হানীয়করন আন্দোলনের একটি বার্ষিক উদযাপন - আন্তর্জাতিক বেসরকারী সংস্হা (NGO) লোকাল ফিউচারস (Local Futures) এর আহবান। জুন মাসের মধ্যে, সারা বিশ্বের মানুষেরা স্হানীয়করন উদযাপন করে এবং অনেক প্রচেষ্টা ও উদ্যোগকে গুরূত্ব দেয় - পুরোনো এবং নতুন - যেটা প্রাকৃতিক অর্থনীতিকে, সমৃদ্ধ সমাজ এবং স্হানীয় খাদ্যব্যবস্থাকে উৎসাহিত করে ।Learn more: worldlocalizationday.orglocalfutures.org Translated by Sabiha Sharmin Shimiভাষান্তরসাবিহা শারমিন শিমি
John Perkins – Transforming the Death Economy of US and Chinese Empire Local Futures 2023-03-31 | John Perkins once worked as an 'economic hitman', delivering 'development' packages to Global South countries for the benefit of global corporations. Now, he speaks out against the 'Death Economy' promoted by both the US and Chinese governments, and encourages us all to stand up for life. John Perkins will be speaking at the Planet Local Summit, Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2023. More info and tickets: planet-local-summit.localfutures.orgJohn Perkins' work can be accessed here: johnperkins.org/economichitmanbook
Johann Hari tells the inspiring story of Kotti, and the power of the local Local Futures 2023-03-20 | Johann Hari shares the inspiring story of how the people of the Berlin neighborhood of Kotti came together to successfully protest rent rises. In so doing, they not only reformed city legislation, but also rebuilt the intergenerational bonds of community that supported their own mental health. Full conversation available here: youtube.com/watch?v=YXYJo3i2P9E
Dr. Gabor Maté speaks out for economic change – GLOBAL TO LOCAL Local Futures 2023-03-19 | Gabor Mate speaks with Helena Norberg-Hodge about the economy, happiness, community, and healing. They explore the systemic roots of physical and mental health epidemics, and how these could be remedied through moving away from a disconnecting, stress-inducing global economy, towards stronger localized economic structures.The full conversation is available to view here: youtube.com/watch?v=kwQmddwntMs Or listen to it as a podcast here: localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/episode-20-mental-health-in-the-global-economy-with-gabor-mate
Charles Eisenstein - Technology is not going to save us Local Futures 2023-03-01 | Without writing off technology wholesale, Charles relieves us of the pervasive idea that technological progress will save us from our social and ecological crises. Hear the full discussion with Charles here: localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/charles-eisenstein-towards-a-new-and-ancient-culture And join Charles and many other speakers this September at the Planet Local Summit: localfutures.org/planet-local-summit-bristol-2023
Alnoor - Not my tech-utopia Local Futures 2023-03-01 | Alnoor unpacks the ideology of 'longtermism', which is finding popularity among Silicon Valley tech billionaires. He calls for a pivot away from these highly abstract "overdeveloped left-brain ideologies". Hear more from Alnoor this September, at the Planet Local Summit: localfutures.org/planet-local-summit-bristol-2023
Camila Moreno - Aligning with a pro-human future Local Futures 2023-03-01 | Camila Moreno speaks with incisive clarity about the crossroads humanity now faces: will we choose to head towards a pro-human future, or a post-human technocratic dystopia? Hear the full conversation with Camila, which is centered on her unparalleled analysis of global climate governance and its link to digitalization, here: youtu.be/e0OFoVdxpuwOr find the conversation as a podcast here: localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/local-futures-podcast/cop-carbon-and-high-tech-who-is-setting-the-agenda Hear more from Camila this September, at the Planet Local Summit: localfutures.org/planet-local-summit-bristol-2023
Satish Kumar - Putting technology in its place Local Futures 2023-03-01 | Invoking the spirit of the appropriate technology movement, Satish Kumar helps us re-think technology and its role in human life from his uniquely wise perspective.The full conversation with Satish can be seen here: youtu.be/QjkZvXR5cQ4Join Satish and other thinkers and activists to chart a wiser path to our future this September, at the Planet Local Summit: localfutures.org/planet-local-summit-bristol-2023
