Local Futures / Economics of Happiness
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Strengthening communities and local economies worldwide. Building the Economics of Happiness.
Joined November 2010
With roots in the peace movement and social justice struggles, Michael Shuman is a Harvard-trained lawyer and economist who has spent his career going against conventional economic dogmas to champion the local. Listen to the second episode in our series.
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Listen to the second episode of The Bristol Conversation series with Michael Shuman, world's leading expert on local finance and business.
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"Empire has always feared this: the power of the majority united. It’s why they didn’t just assassinate Sankara, Lumumba, Nkrumah, and Cabral — they tried to kill the very dream of Pan-Africanism.".
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Blog 'He Who Feeds You, Controls You' by A Growing Culture - In 1984, a young African president stood before his people...
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We are extremely pleased to report that this week, Local Fututes' founder and director, Helena Norberg-Hodge, received a Special Appreciation award from Ladakh's regional government in a ceremony and procession attended by 10,000 people in Leh.
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In the second episode of the Bristol Conversations, we hear from perhaps the world’s leading expert on local finance and local business, Michael Shuman. 🌎🌱⭐️. Listen now: .
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Listen to the second episode of The Bristol Conversation series with Michael Shuman, world's leading expert on local finance and business.
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We've launched The Bristol Conversations – a podcast and video series featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge in deep, soulful dialogue with global changemakers. ⭐️🌎🌱. We kick the series off with Darcia Narvaez. Listen now:.
localfutures.org
Listen to The Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series. Join us on this journey of ideas, stories, and transformation.
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Helena Norberg-Hodge shared five guiding words for personal and collective transformation at the 2025 Wisdom and Action Forum: reconnect, rethink, resist, renew, and rejoice. Listen here:.
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We've launched The Bristol Conversations – a podcast and video series featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge in deep, soulful dialogue with global changemakers. ⭐️🌎🌱. We kick the series off with Darcia Narvaez. Listen now: .
localfutures.org
Listen to The Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series. Join us on this journey of ideas, stories, and transformation.
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Join this event dedicated to bee-centric, natural approaches to beekeeping. ⭐️🐝. This all-ages gathering will focus particularly on natural varroa mite management techniques, featuring expert speakers and bringing you valuable networking opportunities.
naturalbeekeepingsummit.org
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"Localization is already re-emerging, in farmers’ markets, tool libraries, and community-owned energy grids. From Nairobi to Nova Scotia, from Barcelona to Bangalore, people are rediscovering the wisdom of small-scale, locally rooted economies." .
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Most climate responses continue to treat the symptoms, not the cause. But what if the solution isn't more, but less?
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Join the Seed Sovereignty third biennial (and first ever in-person) Seed Gathering, taking place at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Machynlleth, Cymru, on the weekend of the 17th – 19th October 2025.
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"It’s important to understand that ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are not persons or even person-like. They do not think in the human sense of the word, and probably never will.".
currentaffairs.org
As they become increasingly isolated, people are treating AI chatbots as friends and even lovers. We have to fix the broken society that made this possible.
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We've launched The Bristol Conversations – a podcast and video series featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge in deep, soulful dialogue with global changemakers. ⭐️🌎🌱. We kick the series off with Darcia Narvaez. Listen now:.
localfutures.org
Listen to The Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series. Join us on this journey of ideas, stories, and transformation.
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"Helena doesn't talk about going local like it's a lifestyle choice—she talks about it like someone who's spent 50 years watching globalisation systematically dismantle communities.".
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Join Helena Norberg-Hodge at the Totnes Consciousness Café where she'll be talking Local Futures: Recovering our Sacred Bristol Food Connections. Friday, 25th July 2025, 7:30 pm. Register: Cost: £5 Booking: Pay at door. To prebook contact Wendy at wendystt997@gmail.com
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We've launched The Bristol Conversations – a podcast and video series featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge in deep, soulful dialogue with global changemakers. We kick the series off with Darcia Narvaez. Listen now:.
localfutures.org
Listen to The Bristol Conversations, a new podcast and video series. Join us on this journey of ideas, stories, and transformation.
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Did you listen to the final episode in our WLD Podcast series?. This episode counters the “bigger, more complex and more violent” logic of the dominant system with a bottom-up approach built on peoplepower, local sovereignty and small-scale economies.
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The final episode in the World Localization Extravaganza counters the “bigger, more complex and more violent” logic of the dominant system with a bottom-up approach built on peoplepower, local...
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Against fast fashion, industrial ag, and cultural erasure, a small group in Mexico is reviving native colored cotton — proving local resilience can heal families, communities, and the land.
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Blog 'Native Colored Cotton Rescue Project in Mexico' by Margaret Mac Sems - Mexico is the country of origin of Gossypium hirsutum...
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The final episode in the World Localization Extravaganza is here! 🌎. You'll hear from six leaders practicing on-the-ground work as well as building coalitions for systemic change in Europe, Africa and Australia.
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The final episode in the World Localization Extravaganza counters the “bigger, more complex and more violent” logic of the dominant system with a bottom-up approach built on peoplepower, local...
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Join us in Ladakh for the Planet Local Summit marking 50 years since Helena Norberg-Hodge’s first visit to Ladakh and the beginnings of Local Futures on the Tibetan Plateau. 🌎.
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Join the Planet Local Summit 2025 on 3-7 September to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Helena Norberg-Hodge´s first visit to Ladakh.
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This year, The Gen Europe Gathering extends an invitation to return to the roots – the places of beginning and becoming. Celebrating 30 years of the Ecovillage movement and 20 years of Gaia education. 🌎⭐️. Register here:.
ecovillagegathering.org
In this changing world, coming back to roots means moving forward to connection.
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