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The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024
The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024 The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years | Energy industry | The Guardian Homesteading 101: Regenerative Farming and the American Farmer. A Predicament With An Outcome […]
Rural gentrification Part II: Of localists and homesteaders
Rural gentrification Part II: Of localists and homesteaders In this post, I discuss some issues about gentrification, localism and homesteading or neo-agrarianism, following on from my last post and the wider debate I referred to there. Let’s begin with a word on gentrification, which is usually applied to urban situations where richer people avail themselves of cheaper […]
Beyond authenticity: the politics of agrarian localism, Part 1
Beyond authenticity: the politics of agrarian localism, Part 1 In this post and the next one I continue exploring the issue of protest, violence, class and the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement I raised in the last one. I engage with some of the responses to the previous post, including one from Peter Gelderloos on Twitter, but rather […]
Localism in the 2020s (Part 4) – Creating More Voluntary Unions
Localism in the 2020s (Part 4) – Creating More Voluntary Unions Disclaimer: I don’t have answers to everything. In fact, I probably don’t have answers to anything at all, just some thoughts on what’s wrong with the structure of governance around the world (it’s too centralized and authoritarian) and some general ideas about what direction we […]
Localism in the 2020s (Part 2) – Facial Recognition, Psilocybin and Beyond
Localism in the 2020s (Part 2) – Facial Recognition, Psilocybin and Beyond Contrary to popular opinion, I think a loss of faith in Washington D.C. and its institutions is entirely rational and healthy. Maintaining faith in something due to tradition or the fumes of hope won’t lead to anything productive, rather, it’s preferable to honestly […]
Speed and localism
Speed and localism This is an extract from Patrick Noble’s new book, Reclaiming Commons, which can be ordered online here. SPEED What of fossil-powered speed – the borrowed muscular lives of fossilised years? Do we forget ourselves in consequence? What of two people walking side by side? They are more or less equal until they […]
A Renaissance of Localism
A Renaissance of Localism The movement, once as small as the things it appreciates, is finding traction in our frenzied age. Town Hall meeting in Kentfield, CA, 2017.Photo credit: Fabrice Florin/Creative Commons People are at last beginning to pay attention to localism. The idea behind the term is old—ancient even—but it appears to be “having […]
Can ‘Localism’ Restore Sanity to Politics?
Can ‘Localism’ Restore Sanity to Politics? I live in one of those old towns that was not built for cars. Its Main Street is narrow, hedged in with historic stone houses and walls. As commuter traffic has intensified over the past several years, it’s become increasingly dangerous to walk along Main Street. The mayor of […]
The Currency of Localism
The Currency of Localism Image: Mark Simmons Two or three times a year, I drive back and forth between London and Valencia – a family responsibility that is no less pleasurable for being tiring. Whenever possible on these three-day journeys I try to spend at least one night at a remote inn I chanced upon […]
Mid-Sized Meditations #11: Thoughts on Localism and Resilience
Mid-Sized Meditations #11: Thoughts on Localism and Resilience [Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the “Resilience Group,” an informal gathering of environmentalists, activists, and interested others that meet regularly at the home of Wes Jackson, in Salina, KS. My short remarks–which were mostly inspired by the material in this post–gave […]
The Benefits of Localism
The Benefits of Localism Could you talk about your background and how you became involved in the “buy local” movement? Since 1982, after completing Stanford Law School, I’ve been trying to connect communities to the world. I spent my first ten years mobilizing cities to get involved in foreign policy through a nonprofit I started […]
