Localise West Midlands is a not-for-profit think-tank, campaign group and consultancy, which promotes localisation for social, environmental and economic benefit.
What’s New
To feed into the current Green Deal consultation, a two page summary version of our Solving Fuel Poverty research is now available: Green deal & fuel poverty briefing LWM 2011. This is written specifically to help those involved in designing the green deal, responding to consultations, tariff reform and so on.
We recently heard we have a small core grant for the next two years from Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation. We are very grateful to the Foundation for this as it bolsters our ability to deliver core activity considerably.
We are currently working on proposals for a Mainstreaming Community Economic Development project; an evaluation of Friends of the Earth’s empowerment activity; the communities strand of RIEP/SWM’s Low Carbon Economy programme; the final stages of a collaborative project researching the rural urban fringe with Birmingham City University; and numerous project proposals. For more information see the Activities page above and some quick links below.
Read our new report on Solving Fuel Poverty: opportunities for Green Deal and localisation - it was also launched at a discussion event at our AGM 11th Oct 2011. Slides from the presentation coming soon.
LWM now offers assistance for companies to achieve the internationally accepted environmental management standard, ISO 14001 (new website)
LWM supports the campaign to save Birmingham’s markets. Join us.
Annual Report for 2010-11 just completed
Support for communities – low carbon economy programme
LWM seeking communications volunteer – interested?
New LWM “Linked-In” networking group – for online discussion of localisation ideas
Big Society vs Big Economics: Can we really have localism without decentralising economic power? Sarah Longlands of CLES spoke on this theme at our AGM event, 29th Sept 2010 as reported on our blog.
Sign up to the excellent new European Food Declaration – NGOs across Europe acting together for a sustainable food and agriculture policy. LWM has signed – of course!
Odd stories and economic black humour and a video – Neoliberalism as Water Balloon (external link)