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What if your community held the actual power to plan its own economy?
In Prout, that's not utopia — it's the starting point. #blocklevelplanning
#prout #economy

Proutist Universal 2d ago

View from the Philippines: local, decentralized energy and economy can address energy and fiscal crises. #energy #fiscal #Iranwar #debt #decentralized

Proutist Universal 2d ago

#economics #inequality #growth

Proutist Universal 4d ago

14 million Brazilian co-op members work for climate transition. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-05-01/brazils-cooperatives-show-how-local-communities-can-drive-the-climate-transition/?mc_cid=c62f10bd95&mc_eid=e4e95483d5 #Brasil #cooperatives #climate

Brazil’s cooperatives show how local communities can drive the climate transition

From low-carbon farming to community energy and Amazon restoration, Brazil’s cooperative sector is mobilizing millions to act on climate at a local level. The model highlights how existing co-op networks could be scaled to support a more just and resilient transition.

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Proutist Universal Apr 29

How to plan a local economy. Thoughts on 'block-level planning at our latest EDN substack. #purchasingcapacity #foodsystems #local #economy https://economicdemocracynow.substack.com/p/how-to-plan-a-local-economy?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F641e7b18-49a3-462d-9b16-627721bddbdf_1792x1024.webp&open=false

How to Plan a Local Economy

From Ideas to Implementation: Block-level Planning

Economic Democracy Now

Proutist Universal Apr 27

We agree completely - time for systems change. #systemschange #resilience #polycrisis #prout https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-15/human-nature-didnt-create-the-polycrisis-our-systems-did-and-they-can-be-redesigned/?mc_cid=54977a9960&mc_eid=e4e95483d5

Human nature didn’t create the polycrisis. Our systems did – and they can be redesigned

The drivers behind the polycrisis, including relentless extraction, extreme inequality, and environmental degradation, are often attributed to human nature, but evidence suggests they are products of historically conditioned systems.

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Proutist Universal Apr 25

How much real control does your community have over its own economy today? #proutglobal #sarkar #localeconomy #EconomicDemocracy

Proutist Universal Apr 24

Can neighbors plan their own destiny? In Venezuela, it’s a reality: thousands of projects decided and executed through community assemblies. Decentralized planning is the heart of economic democracy. Local planning is the first step. #DirectDemocracy #prout #localeconomy

Proutist Universal Apr 20

A seed never asks where the soil came from. It roots, absorbs, and gives back. The local person works the same way — not defined by origin, but by the depth of their commitment to this place. #local #economy

Proutist Universal Apr 19

Proutcast, a Prout-inspired interview with people in progressive economics, localism, ecology and justice. Here, we interview Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of the best-seller Ancient Futures, founder of Local Futures, director of Economics of Happiness. #sustainable #ecology #economics #happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZeB7Z5uo_w

Local Is the Future: Rethinking the Global Economy with Helena Norberg-Hodge | Ep. 7 | ProutCast

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