The Centre for Local Prosperity has partnered with the Discovery Centre and Thinkers Lodge to bring together student representatives from Nova Scotia High Schools to an intensive two-day climate change retreat at the historic Thinkers Lodge, Pugwash, NS. From June…
Today, citizens and scientists alike are saying that humanity has missed the window for avoiding climate extremes and ecosystem decay. Our world has become an increasingly damaged habitat that threatens our civilization as we know it. How can we grapple…
A new economic vision for Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Canada is proposed by CLP Advisor Phil Ferraro.
During May and June, 2020, the Centre for Local Prosperity conducted its fifth Thinkers Lodge Retreat (virtually) on Pandemic, Climate Crisis and the Uncertain Future of Local Community. These discussions generated short videos on many essential topics. Please visit the…
Here in Atlantic Canada, indeed throughout the world, we believe the road to stability and resilience in light of both COVID-19 and the more complex consequences of climate change begins with food security.
Given the current awarding of “options for leases” for open-net aquaculture in our South Shore bays, it’s important to gain a higher perspective on the business and economic model being proposed, its effects on our local communities, and what alternatives…
Sept 30, 2018 – Another global crisis brings leaders to Pugwash: Centre for Local Prosperity issues a call to action on climate change Sept 30, 2018 – The Pugwash Declaration on Climate Change
From a local economy perspective, extraction is a win-lose scenario every time. The ordinary person might see a short-term job here, a new customer there, but their livelihoods and their communities are insecure; they are always at risk of disappearing…
For anyone who feels the buy-local movement has gone about as far as it can go, a contrasting view is presented in a report titled “Import Replacement: Local Prosperity for Rural Atlantic Canada”, released earlier this year by the Centre…