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Steve Bosserman

 

Tue, 07 Apr 09 14:57:11 +0000 Steve Bosserman: The pathway to localization is through local agriculture, renewable energy, and distributed manufacturing because these are the three areas where people in a locality have a high degree of control over their circumstances and are less dependent on outside support.

It helps if the citizens of a locality complement their personal neighborhood connections by active participation in virtual social networks that are enmeshed within webs of broader social networks stretching around the globe so they can share circumstances, experiences, creative energy, and knowledge.

As people in a given community take responsibility for their agriculture, energy, essential products, and local-to-global socialization they can establish a local economy to build local value and equity using various mediums of exchange aside from money such as community currencies, credits for carbon, renewable energy, water, etc., and stock in local exchanges.

Collectively, these steps are quite effective in advancing localization. The good news is they don't require burdensome capitalization or academic credentials to initiate. The less than good news is they require commitment to action and follow-through, which seem to be in short supply.

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