The 2023 Planet Local Summit held in Bristol, UK, was a great success with more than 1000 people attending in person and around 1700 joining via livestream. The Summit brought together people from over 70 countries and five continents to explore localization as a strategy for system change and celebrated a growing movement in support of ecological economies, local food systems, and healthy communities. Browse the website to view photos, video recordings, snapshot videos, our Planet Local Voices interview series, and more.
Cutting-edge thinkers, writers, policy makers, movement builders and activists:
Planet Local Voices
new interview series
Snapshots video series
Watch and share the short videos of our Snapshots series with highlights of the livestream recordings. Featuring Iain McGilchrist, Vandana Shiva, Charles Eisenstein, Eva Henje, Satish Kumar, Morag Gamble, Jack Harries, Jeremy Lent, and many more. Watch all livestream recordings by clicking the button below.
Gallery
View our selection of photos taken during the three-day Summit.
"Everywhere I go, I see a proliferation of small-scale, local and inspiringly beautiful alternatives to the dominant system."
Helena Norberg-Hodge - founder of Local Futures
In preparation for the Summit we produced a booklet called 'A Global Movement Comes of Age', in which Helena Norberg-Hodge explains the meaning and significance of the global-to-local message.
Summit themes
Rethinking food and farming ● The roots of depression ● Climate and carbon ● Corporate welfare ● Indigenous wisdom ● Human-scale economies ● The role of technology ● The role of education ● Activism ● Challenging corporate media ● Healing ourselves, healing our communities ● The future of finance ● Spirituality and personal transformation
Planet Local in Bristol!
