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Local Futures founder, Helena Norberg-Hodge, at last week’s World Localisation Day. A community screening of Local Futures’ new film, Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution, will be held today, Friday, July 1, at The Farm from 6pm. Damon Gameau and Pacha Light will be joining Helena for a discussion afterwards. Photo Jeff Dawson

To celebrate World Localisation Day (WLD), non-profit organisation Local Futures held an event last Saturday at The Farm in Byron Bay.

The global day celebrates and creates awareness of localisation as a force for systemic change.

Local Futures founder, Helena Norberg-Hodge, says, ‘From farmer’s markets, and community gardens, to local business alliances, community land trusts and eco-villages, initiatives have taken off on every continent to reweave the fabric of local interdependence’.

‘What’s more, this is happening despite policies that overwhelmingly favour corporations and global supply chains.

‘From the blockage of the Suez Canal, to the covid pandemic, and the war in Ukraine, it is becoming clear that dependence on global supply chains is risky, especially when it comes to basic needs. Meanwhile, the climate crisis demands an immediate shift away from a resource-intensive, polluting global economy’.

The film Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution, will be held today, Friday, July 1, at The Farm from 6pm. Damon Gameau and Pacha Light will be joining Helena for a discussion afterwards.


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  1. If you stop dragging climate disasterism into it, the right wing will jump on board with your anti-globalism agenda.

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