Local Futures / Economics of Happiness

Strengthening communities and local economies worldwide. Building the Economics of Happiness.

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Sign up to the Local Futures Newsletter and stay informed about upcoming events and inspiring localization initiatives, and get a ‘big picture’ perspective on current events. 🌎⭐️🌱

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Garden of Tomorrow presents Solstice Festival. This festival brings together an extraordinary group of musicians, creators, storytellers and thinkers, including Local Futures director, Helena Norberg-Hodge.

19th-22nd June, Trematon Castle, Cornwall.

https://t.co/hDevs0Jxvp

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The Real Economy, Local Futures, Fund Your Mother, Skavet, Lodsten & Sally Doberman invites you to a screening of Local Futures iconic film The Economics of Happiness from 2011, followed by a panel with Dougald Hine, moderated by Isabelle McAllister.

https://t.co/w7J1Gw47Ka

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Cross-pollinate with folks from WEAll and Local Futures on World Localization Day and connect through stories of the local wellbeing economies sprouting near you.

📅 Date & Time: June 16th 2026 , 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm CEST

🔗 RSVP here: https://t.co/jIk12ON9Qh

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On World Localization Day, June 21, 2026, we invite you to join a special global gathering.

This online gathering will take you on a journey across six regions of the world through the voices of the people who helped create the magazine.

https://t.co/w7ujsfCNL8

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Have you checked out our latest podcast with Lars Veraart yet?

Listen to the 6th episode in our #PlanetLocalVoices series here:

https://t.co/qtYyauUQRL

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World Localization Day 🌎🌱 – 1st June - Netherlands
Terranauten starring Helena Norberg-Hodge.

Join this masterclass session with Helena and explore what it means in this moment, on this planet to be human on Earth.

https://t.co/p5oj8xdcuP

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As part of World Localization Day this gathering will take place in Parque Ibirapuera, one of São Paulo’s most iconic green spaces, hosted by UMAPAZ, the environmental education school located within the park.

https://t.co/VU081K1SCO

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Have you registered for our third Sharing Circle yet? It's a World Localization Day Special and the sharing circle is a space for listening, reflection and meaningful dialogue. A free recurring monthly gathering for connection.

Register here:
https://t.co/5h4oAj3Osr

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"Across the Far North of New Zealand, there is a growing sense that something fundamental has been lost. Towns that once supported thriving local economies now struggle to retain young people. Main streets have emptied and small farms have disappeared."

https://t.co/FhDgDHzNnS

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The California Localization Project – a joint project of Local Futures and the Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz – aims to increase visibility to the many California initiatives already building healthy, fair, and resilient communities.

https://t.co/mupABRM58R

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In this episode, Mattias Desmet explains how the poly-crises roiling the world today ultimately stem from a metaphysical crisis, a “de-souling” of the world produced by a rationalism in Western science that lost sight of its own limitations.

https://t.co/36tlkH94E5

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You are warmly invited to join the Planet Local Sharing Circle — a recurring monthly gathering for connection, reflection, and shared exploration around localization and the global-to-local shift. Join as we celebrate World Localization Day.

https://t.co/5h4oAj3Osr

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We believe that one of the prominent aspects of society which stands between us and a more peaceful and just world are the ideas of separation that underpin our global economic system.

https://t.co/Tdxwl8QIUt

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At a time when war, ecological collapse, and economic distress define our global reality, the very idea of “happiness” seems distant, even irrelevant.

Read the full article here
https://t.co/hCndYiYyXz

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Join our Planet Local Sharing Circle tomorrow (Tuesday, May 5).

In this session, we will explore a question many of us face: How do we talk about localisation in ways that resonate beyond our immediate circles?

https://t.co/D3151L7qti

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Join this 6-day festival featuring inspiring thinkers, doers and creatives from around the world exploring wild and kind ideas.

This event is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute.

https://t.co/gtOzISGoRa

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Thank you to everyone who joined our first Planet Local Sharing Circle.

In this session, we will explore a question many of us face:
How do we talk about localisation in ways that resonate beyond our immediate circles?

https://t.co/kkZAkvvxg0

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"As supply chain shocks rock the world yet again, we ask: is globalisation a failed experiment?"

Listen to Helena Norberg-Hodge on the Wardrobe Crisis Podcast.

https://t.co/DCDmSXrMq5

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In this episode of Planet Local Voices II, Shrishtee lays out the profound nature of indigenous worldviews rooted in collective care and respect for, and intimate relationship with the rest of the living Earth.

Listen here:

https://t.co/JXTLL3iuww

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In this episode, Jason defines the social and solidarity economy concepts and diverse practices including collective ownership, cooperation, sufficiency based production and exchange, and connects these to the localization and bioregionalist movements.

https://t.co/JxDHmdvcDX