“Where do we go from here?”

This question has been on the lips of concerned people around the world since the election of Donald Trump as the 45th US President. The air remains thick with speculation and uncertainty. Some of us are confused, some are frightened, and some remain cautiously hopeful – but above all, many of us are simply feeling overwhelmed.

We offer this webinar as an antidote to the paralysis. We will go beyond the minutiae of the election campaign and explore the bigger picture, including:

• The increasingly corporatized and globalized economic system which has led to the rise of Donald Trump and counterparts in Europe
• The implications of Trump’s election for the international movement for trade justice, climate action, human rights, and localization
• Why it’s important to differentiate between progressive resistance to free trade and the authoritarian nationalism of Trump
• Most importantly, where do go from here? And how do we move forward with an agenda for positive systemic change?

Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and one of the world’s foremost advocates for a shift away from fossil fuels, will join Local Futures’ Director Helena Norberg-Hodge to tackle these issues one by one. We cannot promise easy answers, but we can identify some promising strategies, particularly on the local level, for grappling with the world in which we now find ourselves, and for rediscovering the political power of community.

Global to Local Webinars are online events organized by Local Futures as part of the International Alliance for Localization (IAL) initiative. The webinars are free for IAL members. We request donations on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis for non-members.

Image by Indy Kethdy via Flickr.