WORLD LOCALIZATION DAY PODCAST EXTRAVAGANZA
WORLD LOCALIZATION DAY PODCAST EXTRAVAGANZA
21 June 2025
With an ear to the grassroots on every continent, this suite of upbeat podcast episodes offers the most up-to-date portrait of the localization movement, as it manifests in diverse areas of the globe. Listen to the three-part podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure not to miss it. Subscribe to the Local Futures Podcast here:
An awesome crew of localizers:
Ranging in age from twenties through seventies, these are people who are talking the talk and walking the walk. Their optimism is both informed and infectious. We can’t wait for you to get to know them.
Aimée Wallin
Keibo Oiwa
Margarita Barcena
Mexico/ Ethiopia - Food sovereignty storyteller with A Growing Culture
Laura Kaestele
Germany/ UK - Policy advocate and community networker, ECOLISE
Million Belay
Uganda/ Ethiopia – Food systems analyst and coordinator of Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Vu Truong
Rutendo Ngara
Debra Efroymson
Shail Shrestha
Nepal – Public policy advocate and co-founder, Digo Bikas Institute
Anisa Rogers
Michael Shuman
USA – Economist, lawyer, leading expert local finance
Ruby v/d Wekken
Finland – Food systems analyst and campaigner with Oma Maa and RIPESS
Morag Gamble
Australia – Permaculture leader and educator with Permaculture Education Institute
Juan del Río
Spain – Community networker and filmmaker, ECOLISE
Thais Mantovani
Podcast host:
Henry Coleman
Australia – Project coordinator Local Futures, co-founder of NGO Wildspace
Henry Coleman
Australia – Project coordinator Local Futures, co-founder of NGO Wildspace
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