by localisewm | May 9, 2019 | Energy, Environment, Green New Deal
Climate change is now a global emergency and we are running out of time in the battle to protect the earth’s ability to support life. Meanwhile the continued effects of austerity mean that millions are crying out for a better economic future with worthwhile jobs that...
by localisewm | Oct 21, 2018 | Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Food, Globalisation, Government, Health, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Transition Network
In similar vein to a recent post on this site, Helena Norberg-Hodge writes: Ever since the Brexit referendum was first announced, we have been bombarded by an array of starkly contradictory pronouncements – from the Leave camp’s now infamous claim that withdrawal from...
by localisewm | Oct 7, 2018 | City council, Democracy, Devolution, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Finance, Procurement
. Introducing a fifteen-page paper ‘A REBIRTH OF MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM’ IN BIRMINGHAM? by RICHARD HATCHER Speaking to Labour Councillors in Nottingham on 3 February 2018, Jeremy Corbyn said ‘Labour councils are taking measures to bring services back in-house and reject...
by localisewm | Jul 31, 2018 | Banks, City council, Employment, Energy, Environment, Finance, Local economies, Low carbon, Manufacturing, Renewable energy, Tax, Transition
Voters in Los Angeles will be the first in the United States to choose whether to set up their city’s own public bank to serve the people instead of private interests. LA’s charter currently prohibits the creation of industrial or commercial enterprises by the city...
by localisewm | Jun 11, 2018 | City council, Council, Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Renewable energy, Transition
The Financial Times reports that the falling cost of renewables, advances in battery storage and the prospect of selling electricity locally are giving new impetus to community energy projects. Community energy projects, set up to generate renewable energy, are...
by localisewm | Oct 9, 2017 | Co-operatives, Economy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Food, Import substitution, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, People power, Procurement, Trade, Transition, Transport, Urban
Planet Local, which highlights examples of localization in action all over the planet, is a project of Economics of Happiness/Local Futures/The International Alliance for Localization. In March thumbnail sketches of three ethical local banks were published here. The...
