Local Futures

Local Futures is an international non-profit organization dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies. Together we’re building a worldwide localization movement.

The Local Futures team works from four continents, with main offices in the USA, Australia and the UK.

Founder and director Helena Norberg-Hodge is a widely-respected analyst of the global economy’s impacts on communities, local economies, and personal identity around the world.

What we do

• Share the big picture: We illuminate and explore the systemic root causes of our current global crises with our books, films, campaigns, ‘education for action’ tools, and worldwide activist-oriented events.
• Unite and connect: We focus on root causes, not symptoms, to create common ground among activists, small farmers, indigenous communities, main street business owners—and everyone else.
• Show a path forward: We promote economic localization—shifting our economies towards place-based, human-scale activity—as a strategy for change that simultaneously addresses our many crises.

https://www.localfutures.org/about-local-futures/

Key People

Helena Norberg-Hodge, Founder & Director

Learning Resources

Many good resources for both grassroots and policy action, e.g. Localization Action Guide; Maps of Alternatives; Recommended Readings and much more: https://www.localfutures.org/learn-take-action/