Why Localisation

Behind the idea that it is better to manage local affairs locally, and this includes self-governance as well as supplying most essential needs from within the community, is the assumption that people are very creative when set a challenge, the outcome of which will affect their quality of life.

So rather than surrender decision making to large (often inflexible, rule-driven, slow-to-respond) centralised organisations, people who engage with each other in respectful dialogue are likely to solve local problems in very creative ways. When people in a community know each other, and understand the broad pool of skills and resources that are available, they will often come up with solutions that use those people and resources in unusual ways.

Localisation will either be taken up by a community which understands the challenges that are likely to confront us in the coming years, or the community will be forced into localisation by necessity as dwindling natural resources are less abundantly available to support our energy intensive way of life.