Local FuturesinLocal Futures — Economics of HappinessA Tale of Localization in Two Cities by Debra EfroymsonAfter spending 30 years in Asia (mostly Bangladesh), I have recently begun spending most of my time in the small city of Santa Fe, New…5 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
Local FuturesinLocal Futures — Economics of HappinessWhy Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now by Richard HeinbergThe promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.6 min read·Apr 16, 2024----
Local FuturesFood Inflation by GRAINFood inflation: the math doesn’t add up without factoring in corporate power — Large farmers’ protests broke out in at least 65 countries…7 min read·Mar 25, 2024----
Local FuturesGlobalising Hope — the Courageous Journey of La Via Campesina — Local FuturesCollective work cannot succeed in homogeneity -the foundations for a better world lie in the power of plurality; of thought, of cultures…9 min read·Mar 14, 2024----
Local FuturesinLocal Futures — Economics of Happiness50,000 People Say Another World is Possible — Local FuturesWorld Social Forum Nepal 2024 — Local Futures reports from the World Social Forum, Nepal 2024:6 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Local FuturesGovernment Reforms Face Corporate Backlash in Honduras by Karen SpringSeven men, all dressed in suits, gathered at an undisclosed location in Honduras, sitting around a table covered in a white tablecloth and…9 min read·Jan 24, 2024----
Local FuturesThe Green Growth Delusion by Christopher KetchamIn the annals of industrial civilization, the Green New Deal counts as one of the more ambitious projects. Its scale is vast, promising to…18 min read·Dec 19, 2023--1--1
Local FuturesAfrica’s Forgotten Farmers by Million BelayRecently, renowned environmental and human rights advocate George Monbiot shared his perspectives on global food systems. Monbiot, once an…3 min read·Dec 13, 2023----
Local FuturesRegenerative agriculture: a good idea until corporations got hold of itby GRAINFood and agribusiness giants have coalesced around the term “regenerative agriculture” to signal their commitment to climate change and…9 min read·Dec 4, 2023----
Local FuturesinLocal Futures — Economics of HappinessA localized alternative to ‘disaster capitalism’ — Local Futures by Kristen StelLike many disasters, Covid-19 shocked the world; like some disasters it changed the world economy in ways most of us did not predict. But…9 min read·Nov 20, 2023--1--1