Local Futures: Beyond the Global Economy

Synopsis: A sequel to the video ANCIENT FUTURES, LEARNING FROM LADAKH, this programmes gives examples of ISEC’s systemic approach to the problems of the global economy. It describes the cultural devastation of globalisation in traditional cultures - the poverty and pollution caused by industrialisation and urbanisation, for example. Globalisation destroys not only traditional cultures in the Himalayas but in Central America and central Wales as well. Challenges the commonly-held belief that globalisation is inevitable or "evolutionary" and argues that we need to be reducing the distance between consumers and producers to strengthen local economies and communities.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 1999
Year of production: 1998
Subjects: Development studies; Economics
Keywords: cultural influences; industrialisation; urban development; globalisation

Name: International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC)
Email: info@isec.org.uk
Web: http://www.localfutures.org/isec-online-shop External site opens in new window
Phone: (01803) 868650
Address: PO Box 239
Totnes
TQ9 9DP

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