by localisewm | Sep 2, 2019 | EU, Urban
As part of the USE-IT! project, a group from Birmingham attended a conference in Toulouse called by URBACT. The group included Localise’s Karen McCarthy, who reports on the trip below. While part of the time was spent on sharing experiences from our own cities,...
by localisewm | Jun 6, 2019 | Economics, Economy, EU, Recycling, Sustainability
Here at LWM we advocate a more locally focused and sustainable approach to how we structure our society and economy, the ‘Circular Economy’ (read more about it as a theory here) is one of the many emerging models of economic activity that can help achieve this by...
by localisewm | Nov 16, 2017 | City council, Devolution, Economy, Employment, EU, Finance, Food, Local economies, Localisation, People power, Procurement, Regional economies, Transition, Urban
Preston’s skyline: Carl Ji, a Chinese student, at the University of Central Lancashire Austerity has been devolved to local councils and, perversely, areas with higher levels of poverty have been hit hardest, councils have on average faced 40% cuts in their budgets....
by localisewm | Oct 30, 2017 | Economics, Economy, EU, Food, Globalisation, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Planning, Procurement, Regional economies, Trade, Transition, Transport, Waste
LWM’s co-founder Colin Hines, in his latest book, Progressive Protectionism, asks: “In a sustainable system, would not each country aim to produce its own staple food? Surpluses and exotics could be exported, speculation in food by unproductive middlemen would be...
by localisewm | May 3, 2017 | Co-operatives, Economy, EU, Food, Government, Localisation, Procurement, Retail, Trade, Transition
The Romanian parliament has passed a law requiring large retailers with a turnover of 2m euros to allocate a minimum of 51% of existing space for fresh produce to products sourced locally, from a short supply chain. The law, which came into effect last month,...
by localisewm | Mar 15, 2017 | Economics, Economy, Environment, EU, Globalisation, Local economies, Localisation, Trade, Transport
The Brexit vote and the election of Trump have been hailed as marking the reversal of the long trend towards increased globalisation. These changes possibly also mark the end of neoliberalism as the dominant ideology of our times. For opponents of what globalisation...
