Helena Norberg-Hodge is the author of the book «The future is local» and founder of the NGO «Local futures». https://www.localfutures.org.
As an initiative of this NGO, this year World Localization Day on June 20 was celebrated with different activities and virtual workshops throughout the month and people and groups were encouraged to organize meals with local products in different places on the planet.
BBT took part in these celebrations and organized a delicious meal with local products in Jainko, Arrieta and after the meal we entertained ourselves with live music, poetry and readings related to the subject …
There are more and more people and groups who believe that another way of living is possible. Consuming and interacting with each other and with the planet is necessary so the slogan «Think global, act local» still makes sense. Localization is a movement that aspires to restore the community fabric on a human scale, ecological economic systems with a central focus on local food production systems and has the support of well-known personalities such as Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Jane Goodall, Vandana Shiva …
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