Scaled-back, out-sourced or privatised, there's no doubt that the Post Office - the hub of many rural communities - is in a sorry state. Is there a way that local communities can band together to preserve local facilities?
… Shaw | 13th July 2009 Comment Post Office Local Community Local Government Politics And Economics … - is in a sorry state. Is there a way that local communities can band together to …
What is to be done about reactionary localism? How can we keep fascism out of local politics? We need to foreground democracy and interdependence over local autonomy. The latest on our series on radical municipalism from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… 'Dark municipalism' - the dangers of local politics The Symbiosis Research … | 26th June 2018 Comment Radical Municipalism Local Global Climate Change Civil Rights New … crisis What is to be done about reactionary localism? How can we keep fascism out of local …
The aim of a dynamic, lottery funded project is to make it both physically and psychologically easier for people to engage with local food
… How we can make local food work for all Jennifer Smith | 27th December 2010 Comment Food And Farming Local Food Plunkett Foundation Making Local Food Work Lottery Fund communityshopw - …
Local, community-led testing and contact tracing must be built into an enhanced public health protection system.
… Editor’s Picks internationalnursesday-001.jpg Local, community-led testing and contact … campaigners are working out how to start local testing and tracing projects as building … strategy needed to combat Covid-19. The local initiatives come in response to the …
Has your local pub closed down? Is your high street turning into a drab strip of chain stores? Has Tesco boarded up your post-office and turned in into an 'express' store? If so, then you need to know about the Sustainable Communities Bill. Mark Anslow asks if this is the most important piece of legislation since Labour came to power
… News Sustainable Communities Bill Democracy Localism LocalLocalisation Government Politics UK Society …
How do you turn people on to local food and away from supermarkets? One way is to celebrate it through 'adventures', from wild food barbecues to scrumptious feasts of locally baked foods
… CASE STUDY: making local food sexy in Suffolk Kate Eshelby | 3rd … suffolk.jpg How do you turn people on to local food and away from supermarkets? One way … wild food barbecues to scrumptious feasts of locally baked foods Wearing a chequered cap, …
A tireless crusader for rural revitalisation, Kate Eshelby meets the septuagenarian who beat Tesco out of town and is now at the heart of Suffolk’s local food revival
… CASE STUDY: supporting local food Kate Eshelby | 19th June 2009 … Food Campaigner Lady Cranbrook Rural Tesco localhero_ladycranbrook.jpg A tireless … of town and is now at the heart of Suffolk’s local food revival A sea of eyes glint as I …
Don’t wait for Dave or Tony to give you a hug. If you are dissatisfied with your leaders, take control of your own
… 1st February 2007 Comment Cassandra Papworth Localism Democracy Society John Papworth … Democracy Network is a network of local people in different small localities seeking to create a local nucleus …
ClientEarth lawyers have put 100 local authorities across England on notice over climate inaction.
… Local authorities 'on notice' Brendan Montague … ClientEarth lawyers have put 100 local authorities across England on notice … Lawyers from ClientEarth are putting 100 local authorities across England on notice, …
Local currencies ensure that money spent at local shops gets reinvested in the community and fosters community spirit and involvement. Learn all you need to know to get one started in your area...
… 10 steps to creating your own local currency Phil England | 8th June 2010 … Stroud Pound Time Banking Lets BerkShares 05local-money-images-0311.jpg The … equivalent of $2 mln in circulation and 12 local banks issuing the money Local currencies …
Government energy policy is caught between apparently conflicting objectives, writes Mark Hackett. But there is a solution that is already working in the UK and abroad - to encourage the active participation of local authorities in delivering low carbon energy to the communities they serve.
… Local authorities are key players in our … - to encourage the active participation of local authorities in delivering low carbon … the energy trilemma they find themselves in? Local authorities to the rescue? In two policy …
The fight against TTIP is being picked up by local authorities across the UK and other EU countries, writes Kevin Smith. Even Brussels - where the European Commission has been negotiating the deal with its US counterparts - has joined the movement. And now, with the election of the anti-TTIP MP Jeremy Corbyn's as Labour Leader, it's time to drive the message all the way home.
… The fight against TTIP is being picked up by local authorities across the UK and other EU … up the political food chain via the power of local councils. In the UK and across Europe, … may be seen as a symbolic gesture to get your local council to declare itself a TTIP Free …
Exeter might be affluent and hungry for locally produced, sustainable food, but in common with other towns and cities across the UK, independent retailers, producers and food entrepreneurs face an uphill challenge, reports Charlie Taverner
… Food And Farming Comment Sustainable Food Local Food Consumer Food Matters … Exeter might be affluent and hungry for locally produced, sustainable food, but in … challenge, reports Charlie Taverner Buying local food is one of those things, like …
UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in fossil fuels, campaigners revealed today. Now they should re-invest it in solar energy, new housing and other areas that generate local and global benefits - as well as providing better security for pension holders.
… Fossil Fuels UK coal-mine-mongolia-cut.jpg UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in … new housing and other areas that generate local and global benefits - as well as … pension holders. Data released today shows UK local authorities have invested £14 …
Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins's new book, Local Food, is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in creating a local food group. Here's an extract to whet your appetite...
… 10 steps to creating a local food group Tamzin Pinkerton Rob Hopkins … Transition Town Tamzin Pinkerton Rob Hopkins Local Food Peak Oil Organic Farming … Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins's new book, Local Food, is an indispensable guide for …
Following the clashes in Bristol outside a newly opened Tesco store, Robin Whitlock investigates how a long-running campaign against the supermarket giant was tarnished by images of violence and destruction
… And Economics Green Living tescono.jpg Local opposition to the opening of a Tesco … by images of violence and destruction Local anti-supermarket campaigners in Bristol … started in February 2010 when an ‘inquisitive local’ discovered that workmen engaged on …
What can happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story
… Transition meets local government Transition Culture | 24th … happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud … in Liverpool. The delegates came from local authorities across England, and the …
The public interest is already derelicted by federal officials on the US's public lands routinely intimidated by aggressive local economic and political interests, writes George Wuerthner. And now it's only going to get worse, with media coverage of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge debacle uncritically promulgating the false narrative of over-zealous enforcement of regulations.
… lands routinely intimidated by aggressive local economic and political interests, writes … of environmental regulations. Though many local people in Harney County, where the … agrees with the Bundy gang assertions that local people should control management of …
With the global credit crunch grabbing all the headlines, issues concerning economies on a lesser scale are easily sidelined.
… 2008 News Communities Democracy High Street Local Council Campaigns Community Economics … Secretary of State for communities and local government, invited local councils to ‘opt in’ to the Sustainable …
Launching a major new report, the chair of the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum argues that local government can save £7 billion a year in running costs, cut carbon and improve services by better managing its property assets
… Sustainable Business Forum argues that local government can save £7 billion a year in … its property assets Over the next four years, local government will bear tight budgets while … 20 per cent in less than a decade. Never has local government needed to act sustainably …
Battling superstore monopolies needn’t be a lone crusade. Kate Eshelby looks at some of the resources available
… such as Caroline’s is invaluable, whether the local council is supporting or opposing a … the Suffolk district council’s work. Local authorities should properly have … researched retailing policies within their local development plans – yet few do. Suffolk …
Food co-ops are a way of buying fresh, locally grown food for less money. Sustain have produced an online resource, 'the Food Co-ops Toolkit', that explains how to start one up
… How to set up your own local food co-op Stephanie Wallis | 10th September 2009 Activism Green Living Local Food Food Co-ops Food And Gardening … Food co-ops are a way of buying fresh, locally grown food for less money. Sustain …
It's one of the most encouraging reports of the year, and the mainstream media totally ignored it. Think what you like about town hall politics: there's power in them there councils
… Forget Westminster: real green change is local Mark Anslow | 19th August 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Local Democracy Local Sustainable Communities Act edblog.jpg …
Indigenous communities hold a huge and unique source of ecological knowledge - study.
… 286 plant species. Waterbuck When comparing local knowledge with academic literature, the … 34 percent of interactions were known only to local people, compared to 22 percent of … said: “Comparing knowledge from local people with academic knowledge from …