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'''THE LOCALIZATION READER: ADAPTING TO THE COMING DOWNSHIFT'''<br />'''Raymond De Young and Thomas Princen (Eds.)'''<br />'''Cambridge, MA: [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/localization-reader The MIT Press] ''' | '''THE LOCALIZATION READER: ADAPTING TO THE COMING DOWNSHIFT'''<br />'''Raymond De Young and Thomas Princen (Eds.)'''<br />'''Cambridge, MA: [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/localization-reader The MIT Press] ''' | ||
Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption. But there is a | Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption. But there is a possibility—already being realized in communities across North America and around the world — of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. | ||
Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political power) to the centripetal forces of localization: distributed authority and leadership, sustainable use of nearby natural resources, community self-reliance and cohesion. While attention shifts to the local, there are crucial regional, national and international dimensions. | Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political power) to the centripetal forces of localization: distributed authority and leadership, sustainable use of nearby natural resources, community self-reliance and cohesion. While attention shifts to the local, there are crucial regional, national and international dimensions. |