Localism as used here is about local needs met locally.
What communities can do
- develop Community currencies
- develop community energy schemes
- encourage local and collaborative enterprise
- encourage local purchasing, recycling and sharing via for example skill-sharing schemes and other community resources
- local directories and maps
- ownership surveys and websites promoting local and independent shops and suppliers
- promote local food, via
- local food challenges such as a 100 mile diet
- local food directories and maps
- local food weeks or other food events
- supporting local farm shops, farmers' markets and pick your own schemes, perhaps encouraging car sharing to these
- support local crafts, such as basketmaking, or crafted (non-plastic) shopping bags which can replace plastic bags
- support local markets, including farmers' markets and WI (Women's Institute) markets
- surveys of the local economy to find out what proportion of spend is local
Campaigns
Why it matters
Resources
Citizens data initiative
See also
- more local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
- Food Sovereignty
- World 5.0
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Localism (politics), Fiscal localism
External links
References