#localism — Public Fediverse posts

Scotland became the first country in the world to pass national Community Wealth Building legislation. The bill passed unanimously on February 10, 2026, 103 votes for, zero against. And the viral video covering it, watched by millions of people across the world, was cited on the floor of Holyrood during the final vote, reframing for the people inside the room what they were actually doing.

The five pillars this operates through
Progressive procurement means public spending strengthens local supply chains and prioritises social value over lowest cost.

Fair employment expands living wage jobs and improves work quality through anchor institutions.

Plural ownership grows cooperatives and social enterprises that keep wealth local instead of extracted.

Democratic land use promotes community ownership that generates local wealth and stewards environments.

Local finance redirects investment to recirculate in communities rather than flow to distant shareholders.

https://connectioning.substack.com/p/scotland-writes-community-wealth?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

#localism #communitywealthbuilding #NoBillionaires #community

In Southern California the phrase "coffee shop" used to mean "diner", but now it means a place that you can lounge around in with espresso drinks. See e.g. the pictured sign: Jack's started up in 1933. Does anyone have any idea when this changed? I feel like it was sometime in the 90s but don't really know.

I'm also curious how widespread this usage was (or is, if it's still used anywhere). Just Southern California? All of California? Elsewhere?

#LosAngeles #SouthernCalifornia #California #CoffeeShop #Diner #Localism #Dialects #Vernacular

A political scientist found that people who loved their town were more likely to attend city council meetings, contact local officials, volunteer for campaigns, and discuss local issues with friends.
#democracy #localism
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/local-patriotism-loving-your-hometown

I've just been reading up on the municipality of Vega, in #Norway:

"Vega Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities."

Population of Vega? 1,208

Why can't mainland #Scotland trust this sort of power to populations less than 50,000?

#ScotPol
#Localism
#Devolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_Municipality#Government

@harryomvlee
It may be an outcome it's not the only one, nor is it natural. It adds, as you allude to separateness, which does not exist in the natural world. #Interbeing is normal
#localism #cosmolocalism #UnityInDiversity
https://youtu.be/OG0UJ2SIXrY?si=8XNgZrdE2gX0zy7j

@harryomvlee
It may be an outcome it's not the only one, nor is it natural. It adds, as you allude to separateness, which does not exist in the natural world. #Interbeing is normal
#localism #cosmolocalism #UnityInDiversity
https://youtu.be/OG0UJ2SIXrY?si=8XNgZrdE2gX0zy7j

@harryomvlee
It may be an outcome it's not the only one, nor is it natural. It adds, as you allude to separateness, which does not exist in the natural world. #Interbeing is normal
#localism #cosmolocalism #UnityInDiversity
https://youtu.be/OG0UJ2SIXrY?si=8XNgZrdE2gX0zy7j

@harryomvlee
It may be an outcome it's not the only one, nor is it natural. It adds, as you allude to separateness, which does not exist in the natural world. #Interbeing is normal
#localism #cosmolocalism #UnityInDiversity
https://youtu.be/OG0UJ2SIXrY?si=8XNgZrdE2gX0zy7j

#Solarpunk: Off the grid and into the future- Inside the movement transforming #ClimateAction

by Ebin Gheevarghese, 28/11/2025

"The dominant narrative of our time scrolls endlessly toward catastrophe, each headline a confirmation that we’re locked into systems designed to fail, but #solarpunk emerges as something different entirely: a movement blending art, literature, activism, and tangible real-world projects that dares to ask not 'what’s the worst that could happen?' but rather 'what’s the best we can actually build?'

"At its core, solarpunk envisions a world reorganized around #RenewableEnergy, genuine #cooperation, and #SustainableDesign that doesn’t sacrifice beauty or dignity in the process. The key themes include #AntiConsumerism, #CommunityAction, #localism, and what activists call #PrefigurativePolitics, which is essentially the idea that we should live the change we wish to see starting immediately, not someday when conditions magically align.

"The 'punk' in solarpunk carries real weight. The movement is fundamentally #countercultural, resisting both technological determinism and the business-as-usual [#BAU] thinking that’s driving us toward ecological #collapse. Solarpunk centers #decolonial values, #PostCapitalist ideals, and genuine #SelfSufficiency rather than the performative sustainability of #CorporateGreenwashing."

Read more:
https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/solarpunk-off-the-grid-and-into-the-future-inside-the-movement-transforming-climate-action/

#SolarPunkSunday #Decolonize #BuildingCommunity #LtG #ABetterWorld #StabilizedWord #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation

#Solarpunk: Off the grid and into the future- Inside the movement transforming #ClimateAction

by Ebin Gheevarghese, 28/11/2025

"The dominant narrative of our time scrolls endlessly toward catastrophe, each headline a confirmation that we’re locked into systems designed to fail, but #solarpunk emerges as something different entirely: a movement blending art, literature, activism, and tangible real-world projects that dares to ask not 'what’s the worst that could happen?' but rather 'what’s the best we can actually build?'

"At its core, solarpunk envisions a world reorganized around #RenewableEnergy, genuine #cooperation, and #SustainableDesign that doesn’t sacrifice beauty or dignity in the process. The key themes include #AntiConsumerism, #CommunityAction, #localism, and what activists call #PrefigurativePolitics, which is essentially the idea that we should live the change we wish to see starting immediately, not someday when conditions magically align.

"The 'punk' in solarpunk carries real weight. The movement is fundamentally #countercultural, resisting both technological determinism and the business-as-usual [#BAU] thinking that’s driving us toward ecological #collapse. Solarpunk centers #decolonial values, #PostCapitalist ideals, and genuine #SelfSufficiency rather than the performative sustainability of #CorporateGreenwashing."

Read more:
https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/solarpunk-off-the-grid-and-into-the-future-inside-the-movement-transforming-climate-action/

#SolarPunkSunday #Decolonize #BuildingCommunity #LtG #ABetterWorld #StabilizedWord #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation

#Solarpunk: Off the grid and into the future- Inside the movement transforming #ClimateAction

by Ebin Gheevarghese, 28/11/2025

"The dominant narrative of our time scrolls endlessly toward catastrophe, each headline a confirmation that we’re locked into systems designed to fail, but #solarpunk emerges as something different entirely: a movement blending art, literature, activism, and tangible real-world projects that dares to ask not 'what’s the worst that could happen?' but rather 'what’s the best we can actually build?'

"At its core, solarpunk envisions a world reorganized around #RenewableEnergy, genuine #cooperation, and #SustainableDesign that doesn’t sacrifice beauty or dignity in the process. The key themes include #AntiConsumerism, #CommunityAction, #localism, and what activists call #PrefigurativePolitics, which is essentially the idea that we should live the change we wish to see starting immediately, not someday when conditions magically align.

"The 'punk' in solarpunk carries real weight. The movement is fundamentally #countercultural, resisting both technological determinism and the business-as-usual [#BAU] thinking that’s driving us toward ecological #collapse. Solarpunk centers #decolonial values, #PostCapitalist ideals, and genuine #SelfSufficiency rather than the performative sustainability of #CorporateGreenwashing."

Read more:
https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/solarpunk-off-the-grid-and-into-the-future-inside-the-movement-transforming-climate-action/

#SolarPunkSunday #Decolonize #BuildingCommunity #LtG #ABetterWorld #StabilizedWord #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation

#Solarpunk: Off the grid and into the future- Inside the movement transforming #ClimateAction

by Ebin Gheevarghese, 28/11/2025

"The dominant narrative of our time scrolls endlessly toward catastrophe, each headline a confirmation that we’re locked into systems designed to fail, but #solarpunk emerges as something different entirely: a movement blending art, literature, activism, and tangible real-world projects that dares to ask not 'what’s the worst that could happen?' but rather 'what’s the best we can actually build?'

"At its core, solarpunk envisions a world reorganized around #RenewableEnergy, genuine #cooperation, and #SustainableDesign that doesn’t sacrifice beauty or dignity in the process. The key themes include #AntiConsumerism, #CommunityAction, #localism, and what activists call #PrefigurativePolitics, which is essentially the idea that we should live the change we wish to see starting immediately, not someday when conditions magically align.

"The 'punk' in solarpunk carries real weight. The movement is fundamentally #countercultural, resisting both technological determinism and the business-as-usual [#BAU] thinking that’s driving us toward ecological #collapse. Solarpunk centers #decolonial values, #PostCapitalist ideals, and genuine #SelfSufficiency rather than the performative sustainability of #CorporateGreenwashing."

Read more:
https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/solarpunk-off-the-grid-and-into-the-future-inside-the-movement-transforming-climate-action/

#SolarPunkSunday #Decolonize #BuildingCommunity #LtG #ABetterWorld #StabilizedWord #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation

#Solarpunk: Off the grid and into the future- Inside the movement transforming #ClimateAction

by Ebin Gheevarghese, 28/11/2025

"The dominant narrative of our time scrolls endlessly toward catastrophe, each headline a confirmation that we’re locked into systems designed to fail, but #solarpunk emerges as something different entirely: a movement blending art, literature, activism, and tangible real-world projects that dares to ask not 'what’s the worst that could happen?' but rather 'what’s the best we can actually build?'

"At its core, solarpunk envisions a world reorganized around #RenewableEnergy, genuine #cooperation, and #SustainableDesign that doesn’t sacrifice beauty or dignity in the process. The key themes include #AntiConsumerism, #CommunityAction, #localism, and what activists call #PrefigurativePolitics, which is essentially the idea that we should live the change we wish to see starting immediately, not someday when conditions magically align.

"The 'punk' in solarpunk carries real weight. The movement is fundamentally #countercultural, resisting both technological determinism and the business-as-usual [#BAU] thinking that’s driving us toward ecological #collapse. Solarpunk centers #decolonial values, #PostCapitalist ideals, and genuine #SelfSufficiency rather than the performative sustainability of #CorporateGreenwashing."

Read more:
https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/solarpunk-off-the-grid-and-into-the-future-inside-the-movement-transforming-climate-action/

#SolarPunkSunday #Decolonize #BuildingCommunity #LtG #ABetterWorld #StabilizedWord #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation

#localism #buylocal #blackfriday #buynothingday #democracy

@dnkboston
This is a great example of #localism in action. A growing movement within ordinary communities.
If you know of any in your community please share.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2024-02-16/malik-yakini-and-detroits-new-black-owned-food-co-op-aim-to-build-food-sovereignty

Having been part of a community build-out of world class broadband a decade ago I'm intrigued by Energy Local that seems to be doing something similar for small/local scale renewable energy generation - I would be interested if anyone out there in the fediverse has had any experience setting up a Energy Local group & whether they succeeded in getting a localised renewable energy source.

†hanks in advance...

#climate #RenewableEnergy #localism

https://energylocal.org.uk

Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/

Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/

Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/

Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/

Pluralistic: Blue Bonds (04 Oct 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/

@newyorktimes @politics-newyorktimes
A government "shutdown" an example of the failure of representative democracy. We are witnessing the unravelling, globally, of domination systems. The majority of us are already developing what could come next.   The challenge is identifying how we can work together we can then exit our silos, organisational & individual, and work together in developing a new ecological (planetary)
civilisation. It will happen, we can influence how it comes about through #unityindiversity & planetary citizenship.
If you have a better idea I'd like to hear. We spend too much time glancing at problems we need to examin possible solutions.
#universaleducation
#universalequality #subsidiarity #localism #Worldfederation

@newyorktimes @politics-newyorktimes
A government "shutdown" an example of the failure of representative democracy. We are witnessing the unravelling, globally, of domination systems. The majority of us are already developing what could come next.   The challenge is identifying how we can work together we can then exit our silos, organisational & individual, and work together in developing a new ecological (planetary)
civilisation. It will happen, we can influence how it comes about through #unityindiversity & planetary citizenship.
If you have a better idea I'd like to hear. We spend too much time glancing at problems we need to examin possible solutions.
#universaleducation
#universalequality #subsidiarity #localism #Worldfederation

@newyorktimes @politics-newyorktimes
A government "shutdown" an example of the failure of representative democracy. We are witnessing the unravelling, globally, of domination systems. The majority of us are already developing what could come next.   The challenge is identifying how we can work together we can then exit our silos, organisational & individual, and work together in developing a new ecological (planetary)
civilisation. It will happen, we can influence how it comes about through #unityindiversity & planetary citizenship.
If you have a better idea I'd like to hear. We spend too much time glancing at problems we need to examin possible solutions.
#universaleducation
#universalequality #subsidiarity #localism #Worldfederation

@newyorktimes @politics-newyorktimes
A government "shutdown" an example of the failure of representative democracy. We are witnessing the unravelling, globally, of domination systems. The majority of us are already developing what could come next.   The challenge is identifying how we can work together we can then exit our silos, organisational & individual, and work together in developing a new ecological (planetary)
civilisation. It will happen, we can influence how it comes about through #unityindiversity & planetary citizenship.
If you have a better idea I'd like to hear. We spend too much time glancing at problems we need to examin possible solutions.
#universaleducation
#universalequality #subsidiarity #localism #Worldfederation

@newyorktimes @politics-newyorktimes
A government "shutdown" an example of the failure of representative democracy. We are witnessing the unravelling, globally, of domination systems. The majority of us are already developing what could come next.   The challenge is identifying how we can work together we can then exit our silos, organisational & individual, and work together in developing a new ecological (planetary)
civilisation. It will happen, we can influence how it comes about through #unityindiversity & planetary citizenship.
If you have a better idea I'd like to hear. We spend too much time glancing at problems we need to examin possible solutions.
#universaleducation
#universalequality #subsidiarity #localism #Worldfederation

Une Champignonnière Urbaine !!!
Visite d'une initiative qui me redonne espoir. Des espaces cédés par la mairie, du local, bio (même si j'ai tiqué quand ils ont eu l'honneté d'avouer qu'il sont passé au bio pour l'argent), low tech, en urbain.
Voilà ce genre de hack qui pourrait insuffler d'autres initiatives resilientes, decentralisées et harmonieuse, ici ou ailleurs.

P.S: Si un jour, je quitte mon labo, je monte une initiative de ce genre à Blois, obligé.😆

youtu.be/G2zfgGEHQng
champipote.com

#lowtech #localism #champignon #fungus #rennes #mycology #mycologie #mycologieradicale #ecologie #ecologiesociale

Cc: @denissalem @GeoffreyDorne @from_Otterspace @damvfl @AntoineD @yannlaffont @fmartin1954

#wendellberry #localism #metacrisis #mentalhealth #ArtOfLiving

(2/2)

Among existing tech that could be used for a hyperlocal social service, maybe something like Hometown?

https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown

See also the keynote @darius prepared for the online-only #APConf in 2020;

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/lets-play-and-win-our-own-game/953

Or maybe Bonfire Community, or a @bonfire flavour specifically for the purpose?

https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/community/

#localism #NewUrbanism #5MinuteCities #Hometown #Bonfire #Neighbourly

#brennaquinlan #localism #eatlocal #metacrisis

The latest issue of my free newsletter, Shipping News, is now available.

Things of interest from the digital and analog worlds, with a focus on cool tools, books, tek and localism, landscape and history.

#reading #olives #garden #flashlight #Facebook #localism #surfing #cooltools #history

https://open.substack.com/pub/warrickwynne/p/shipping-news-94c?r=39zx7a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

This is obviously not 100% accurate as, for example, the farmers need to use transportation to bring their wares to Market, but the general idea of shortening one's footprint is nonetheless illustrated.
#localism #farmersmarket #carbonfootprint #climateaction #metacrisis

#vandanashiva #permaculture #lifeboatacademy #metacrisis #localism

Issue #21 of my free newsletter, 'shipping news' out now.

Reading, footy, the fediverse, localism, vinyl and my Kallax revival.

https://open.substack.com/pub/warrickwynne/p/shipping-news-12a?r=39zx7a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#reading #footy #Fediverse #Kallax #vinyl #localism

Local #Entrepreneurship Through a #Multistakeholders’ #Tourism #LivingLab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the #BasqueCountry

https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publication/local-entrepreneurship-through-a-multistakeholders-tourism-living-lab-in-the-post-violence-peripheral-era-in-the-basque-country

#Publication #ActionResearch #Localism #OpenAccess

The latest issue of my 'Shipping News' Newsletter Issue 14 now out ... Enjoy!

https://open.substack.com/pub/warrickwynne/p/shipping-news-a58?r=39zx7a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#tek #Omnivore #film #localism #history #ReadLater #Mornington

The latest issue of my 'Shipping News' Newsletter Issue 14 now out ... Enjoy!

https://open.substack.com/pub/warrickwynne/p/shipping-news-a58?r=39zx7a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#tek #Omnivore #film #localism #history #ReadLater #Mornington

"It takes a village to build a community" says -- of all people -- the European Commission @EUCommission social media feed.

Well, it does. Which is why we need to be empowering localities, driving actual democratic agency right down to the village level.

Who builds the housing? Who cares for the poor and the infirm? Who runs the school? Who maintains the roads? It should not be some distant bureaucracy. It should be the village.

#Localism
#Subsidiarity

https://mastodon.scot/deck/@EUCommissi[email protected]/112636980191469616

"It takes a village to build a community" says -- of all people -- the European Commission @EUCommission social media feed.

Well, it does. Which is why we need to be empowering localities, driving actual democratic agency right down to the village level.

Who builds the housing? Who cares for the poor and the infirm? Who runs the school? Who maintains the roads? It should not be some distant bureaucracy. It should be the village.

#Localism
#Subsidiarity

https://mastodon.scot/deck/@EUCommissi[email protected]/112636980191469616

"It takes a village to build a community" says -- of all people -- the European Commission @EUCommission social media feed.

Well, it does. Which is why we need to be empowering localities, driving actual democratic agency right down to the village level.

Who builds the housing? Who cares for the poor and the infirm? Who runs the school? Who maintains the roads? It should not be some distant bureaucracy. It should be the village.

#Localism
#Subsidiarity

https://mastodon.scot/deck/@EUCommissi[email protected]/112636980191469616

"It takes a village to build a community" says -- of all people -- the European Commission @EUCommission social media feed.

Well, it does. Which is why we need to be empowering localities, driving actual democratic agency right down to the village level.

Who builds the housing? Who cares for the poor and the infirm? Who runs the school? Who maintains the roads? It should not be some distant bureaucracy. It should be the village.

#Localism
#Subsidiarity

https://mastodon.scot/deck/@EUCommissi[email protected]/112636980191469616

"It takes a village to build a community" says -- of all people -- the European Commission @EUCommission social media feed.

Well, it does. Which is why we need to be empowering localities, driving actual democratic agency right down to the village level.

Who builds the housing? Who cares for the poor and the infirm? Who runs the school? Who maintains the roads? It should not be some distant bureaucracy. It should be the village.

#Localism
#Subsidiarity

https://mastodon.scot/deck/@EUCommissi[email protected]/112636980191469616

Getting closer to the land is a simple way to improve your life. If you don't have the means to grow your own crops you can still make your local environment better by communicating with those who do! Protect wildlife, care for your surroundings, and enjoy those wild places!

#SimpleLiving #RadicalChange #Localism

Christmas is coming and you are still struggling to find the right book to give? This will keep him/her quiet for a while:
"A Viable Future",
Think of it as a detailed reader on the alternative to the decidedly unviable growth-obsessed society and economy that is fracturing and decaying before our eyes.
Affordable paperback (or free download).

https://steadystatemanchester.net/a-viable-future-contents/
#ViableFuture #ViableEconomy #book #ebook #degrowth #collapse #localism #ecosocialism #EcologicalEconomics
#Christmas

"A Viable Future",
Think of it as a detailed reader on the alternative to the decidedly unviable growth-obsessed society and economy that is fracturing and decaying before our eyes.
Read it free digitally or buy the very reasonably priced printed book.

https://steadystatemanchester.net/a-viable-future-contents/
#ViableFuture #ViableEconomy #book #ebook #degrowth #collapse #localism #ecosocialism #EcologicalEconomics
#Christmas

A Viable Future"
Think of it as a detailed reader on the alternative to the decidedly unviable growth-obsessed society and economy that is fracturing and decaying before our eyes.
Read it free digitally or buy the very reasonably priced printed book.

https://steadystatemanchester.net/a-viable-future-contents/
#ViableFuture #ViableEconomy #book #ebook #degrowth #collapse #localism #ecosocialism #EcologicalEconomics

"A Viable Future"
Think of it as a detailed reader on the alternative to the decidedly unviable growth-obsessed society and economy that is fracturing and decaying before our eyes.
Read it free digitally or buy the very reasonably priced printed book.

https://steadystatemanchester.net/a-viable-future-contents/
#ViableFuture #ViableEconomy #book #ebook #degrowth #collapse #localism #ecosocialism

#bibbystockholm I for one am tired of being held hostage in a broken system by "leaders" who dont listen to me. I'm sure I'm not alone right? What I want is #Unity #Justice #Equality #Love 2b seen as pillars for a 🌏 ary society. Built with local resources, customs, beliefs, communities at heart (#localism).
The future belongs to #WeThePeoples we are building it now. Our 'leaders' trying to keep us in the past r failing. #Justice #equality #Love #Unity #truepeace will prevail.

"once you give up on the notion that any singular solution can save a high-energy, urban-capitalist consumerism that can’t and shouldn’t be saved, endless small local vistas open up for supporting human communities, livelihood autonomies and wild ecologies." Chris Smaje

PDF READ HERE https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/sites/default/files/Precision%20and%20Prohibition%20-%20web.pdf

#Food #Farming #RegenerativeCulture #Agrarianism #Localism #RegenerativeFarming #Agroecology

"A network of more than 40 indigenous & local communities & farmer associations are developing agroecology schools across the country to promote the recovery of ancestral practices, educate communities on agroecology & teach them how to build their own local economies."

#food #agroecology #farming #community #indigenouspeoples #agroforestry #resilience #regenerativefarming #health #wellbeing #foodsovereignty #localism #agrarianism

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/agroecology-schools-help-communities-restore-degraded-land-in-guatemala/