Biological life is necessarily local. Which is why ‘Think Globally, Act Locally” makes so much sense…

It is through localism that we take back our lives, stolen from us by soulless corporations and corrupt governments that care little for citizen health and happiness. It is localism that connects us to our neighborhoods and communities. It is localism that provides the antidote to globalism, the system designed for corporate profits and not human health.

Within the World5 Platform, The plank of localism is crucial. By building a local economy that strives to source and sell it’s goods and services locally we strengthen our local economies. Because they are our most common needs beyond air and water, food and energy must be at the top of the localism effort. Not far behind can be a host of products and services that are not a part of the Walmart World. Localism provides a far more healthy and entertaining alternative.

Voting with dollars

While corporate media spends vast amounts of time on electoral politics, mostly pimping ‘the horserace’ or the egregious Donald Trump, there is another sort of voting we do most every day. We vote with every dollar we spend.

If you spend that dollar at McDonald’s or Walmart or with any global corporate interest, you’re inadvertently supporting the whole corporatist agenda. You’re helping its success.

If you spend that same dollar at a local restaurant or general goods store, you are in some small way supporting your community and resisting globalization. As we connect the dots between our values and our spending, we’ll see shifts in our culture. Just as we’re beginning to see the results of resisting the fossil fuel industry, we’ll see wonderous and powerful results as we pull ourselves away from profiteers, and pull ourselves toward our neighborhoods and local communities.