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Emissions Accounting: Cooking the Books — Local Futures

Emissions Accounting: Cooking the Books — Local Futures

Ready for a quick climate change quiz? See if you can identify the climate hero in the scenario below:
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A Tale of Localization in Two Cities by Debra Efroymson

A Tale of Localization in Two Cities by Debra Efroymson

After spending 30 years in Asia (mostly Bangladesh), I have recently begun spending most of my time in the small city of Santa Fe, New…
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Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now by Richard Heinberg

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now by Richard Heinberg

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.
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50,000 People Say Another World is Possible — Local Futures

50,000 People Say Another World is Possible — Local Futures

World Social Forum Nepal 2024 — Local Futures reports from the World Social Forum, Nepal 2024:
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A localized alternative to ‘disaster capitalism’ — Local Futures by Kristen Stel

A localized alternative to ‘disaster capitalism’ — Local Futures by Kristen Stel

Like many disasters, Covid-19 shocked the world; like some disasters it changed the world economy in ways most of us did not predict. But…
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Water grabbing: squeezing communities dry — Local Futures

Water grabbing: squeezing communities dry — Local Futures

In 2023 the United Nations’ authority on water warned that a global water crisis was imminent. For many communities, this crisis is…
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The Green Revolution by Glenn Davis Stone

The Green Revolution by Glenn Davis Stone

Feeding a growing world population has been a serious concern for decades, but today there are new causes for alarm. Floods, heat waves and…
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What is ‘Energy Denial’? — Local Futures

What is ‘Energy Denial’? — Local Futures

The fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day of 1970 will be in 2020. As environmentalism has gone mainstream during that half-century…
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Farm-Free Folly

Farm-Free Folly

“Beware of simple solutions to complex problems. That is a crucial lesson from history; a lesson that intelligent people in every age keep…
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Why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit — Local Futures

In September this year, the United Nations will host a Global Food Systems Summit in New York. The organisers of this summit are pitching…
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The Real Economy — Local Futures

The Real Economy — Local Futures

An essential element of a functioning community is that all roles are filled, that people individually and together do what is necessary…
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Source Temple and the Great Reset — Local Futures

Source Temple and the Great Reset — Local Futures

I recently visited a spiritual community in Brazil called Source Temple. Drawing primarily on the teachings of Adi Da and A Course in…
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Local is Our Future — Local Futures

[The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness, a new book by Helena…
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Resist Globally, Renew Locally — Local Futures

Resist Globally, Renew Locally — Local Futures

A recent discussion forum among the members of The Great Transition Network focused on “The Promise and Pitfalls of Localism.” My friend…
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