Henry Coleman is a writer, activist, and community organiser with the international NGO Local Futures. His work has been published online via Truthout, Kosmos Quarterly and the Local Futures blog, and in print in ‘Life After Progress: Technology, Community and the New Economy’ (2022).
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Humanity Is Not the Problem!
True climate action doesn’t require vast data centers, billions of liters of water, or mineral-intensive hardware. It requires shorter distances, stronger communities, healthy soils, local food webs, and diverse, place-based economies that reduce demand at the source.
February 13, 2026
How to Feed the World and Save the Planet – A View from the Ground
We need people to be involved, consumers to take a stand. We need a global, cross-sectoral movement for localisation.
October 29, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs = Localist Liberation?
So, yes, we need to condemn globalization loud and clear. And we need a cohesive strategy that moves us sensibly and sanely in the opposite direction.
May 2, 2025
Active networks for global-to-local rapid transition
Localisation is an economic strategy for rapid transition that could transform farming, business, finance, health, education, and industry for the better.
July 18, 2023
Local Food for Rapid Transition
By building the local food economy and adapting to place, nothing less than a new indigenous foodway is emerging. I am watching rapid transition take place before my eyes – and it’s beautiful.
June 28, 2023
Indigenous and feminine wisdom: an interview with Ella Noah Bancroft
Going local is remembering the old ways, the ways in which all our ancestors used to live. Going local is about reconnecting to place, people and self. It is the ultimate reconnection our planet is calling for. A slower pace and more gentle way of being on this planet.
November 3, 2021
