Planet Local Voices is video and podcast series featuring cutting-edge thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world, united by a planet local vision of ecological economies, healthy communities and local food systems.
The series includes 33 episodes and address topics such as food and farming, energy, mental health, education, economics, community, spirituality, activism, and more.
Part 1: Planet Local Voices Series (trailer)
Part 2: Insights from an economic hitman: from a death to a life economy | John Perkins
Part 3: A World Yet To Come | Adebayo Akomolafe
Part 4: Mental health crisis: blame the system, not the individual | Eva Henje
Part 5: Reimagining education: from deadlihoods to alivelihoods | Manish Jain
Part 6: A spiritual-political praxis | Alnoor Ladha
Part 7: Finding meaning in a world gone mad | Iain McGilchrist
Part 8: Connecting the circle: True progress and the cycles of time | Rutendo Ngara
Part 9: Creating the future our hearts know is possible | Rupert Read
Part 10: Localization: learning from indigenous communities | Thais Mantovani
Part 11: Car-free cities, corporate control and the power of people | Debra Efroymson
Part 12: Our North Star: towards tangible connections | Charles Eisenstein
Part 13: Connecting to the land: paving the way for young farmers | Ele Saltmarsh
Part 14: Agrarianism and the relocalization of farming | Chris Smaje
Part 15: Suicidal growth & the future of sustainable economies | Andrew Simms
Part 16: Grassroots movements & initiatives are changing the world | Juan del Rio
Part 17: Illusions of progress and their countertrends in Japan | Keibo Oiwa
Part 18: Re-embedding ourselves in the community of life | Liz Hosken
Part 19: Creating an economy of the common good | Diego Isabel la Moneda
Part 20: Re-nesting Humanity | Darcia Narvaez
Part 21: Small-scale on a large scale: Lobbying for local food | Jyoti Fernandes
Part 22: Go Local! How to beat the economists at their own game | Michael Shuman
Part 23: Climate, carbon and technocracy | Camila Moreno
Part 24: Learning for our lives: Localizing education in turbulent times | Ben Rawlence
Part 25: Community self-reliance and genuine happiness | Jon Jandai
Part 26: Permaculture and Localization: Cultivating an Ethic of Care | Morag Gamble
Part 27: Localization and the Collective Imagination | Rob Hopkins
Part 28: Creating Solidarity Economies | Ruby van der Wekken
Part 29: Living Simply, Slowly & More Intentionally | Bill Powers
Part 30: Localization and direct democracy in Forest Row, UK
Part 31: Localization: Rootedness, Beauty and Wellbeing | Satish Kumar
Part 32: A rightful place in the web of life | Nathalie Kelley
Part 33: Strategizing the local food economy | Christian Jochnick
Part 34: A review of history, future and self: Towards deep transformation | Jeremy Lent
Produced by Local Futures https://www.localfutures.org/
Based on interviews conducted by Alex Jensen and Henry Coleman Filmed by Adam Laity, with the help of Jonathan Eve, Tim Crawley and Esme Wallace.
Planet Local Voices had its inception at last year´s Planet Local Summit. Here we interviewed diverse voices to create a living record of insights and experiences from all around the world.
For more information about the summit, visit: https://planet-local-summit.localfutures.org