A Working Session on local institutional procurement. A study released by the Centre for Local Prosperity in January 2018 showed that 44% of the dollars generated in the Island economy leak away to somewhere else. Join us for this working session on re-localizing community wealth through ‘Import Replacement’, which is the process of plugging economic […]

The Town of Lockeport will be hosting a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect at 7:00 pm. The film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in the […]

A documentary by the CENTRE FOR LOCAL PROSPERITY Filmmaker Andrea Vandenboer Music and Sound Editing by Dillon Tonkin Will include a dialogue on climate change solutions by Warden Timothy Habinski and Municipal Councillor Gregory Heming Admission by donation We know there are no more chances. It is not going away and today is the time […]

The Town of Berwick will be hosting a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect at 6:30 pm. The film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in the […]

Lockeport, Nova Scotia, can be seen as a case-study in the issues faced by many smaller and rural communities, especially along our coastlines.  Sea level rise is particularly an issue for this Island community. Join us for a wide-ranging Town Hall discussion about the pressing issues for Lockeport's future, and the possibilities for addressing these […]

A screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect will screen at 7:00 pm. The film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of […]

Due to the forces of globalization, our economies today can be described as leaky buckets.  Nova Scotia has a 35% ‘leakage rate’ of dollars flowing out of the economy, resulting in a dramatic negative trade deficit. Robert Cervelli, Executive Director, Centre for Local Prosperity will present “Re-Localizing Prosperity in Rural Atlantic Canada”.  Working alongside community groups, […]

The Green Party of Nova Scotia will be hosting a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect between 6:00 and 10:00pm during an evening discussion on Forestry and Climate Change.  Bob Bancroft, NS Naturalist and Wildlife Biologist with also be speaking. The film documents the vision created […]

The Schoolhouse Cafe, Sandy Cove on Digby Neck, will be hosting a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect between 2:30 and 5:00 pm. The film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge […]

The Hall in Parrsboro, NS, will be hosting a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect beginning at 6:30pm. The film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in […]