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 […]

EconoUs2018 provides an exceptional opportunity to: connect with social innovation leaders from across Canada who share a passion for building strong, inclusive community economies; learn about strategies for generating positive local economic, social and environmental impacts; share your successes, challenges and questions on how to create inclusive communities, sustainable environments and local prosperity with an […]

A screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect will screen at 7:30 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 fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of […]

An import replacement strategy seeks to replace imported goods and services through local production.  Import replacement keeps money in the community. A key starting point is utilizing the procurement power of local public-sector anchor institutions for greater local procurement – spending a greater portion of their budgets back into the local economy. The Centre for […]

Robert Cervelli will present “Re-Localizing Prosperity in Rural Atlantic Canada”. Import replacement is a leading edge local economic development strategy that seeks to produce locally those goods and services that are currently imported into a community or region, as a way to keep money and wealth circulating in the region - 'producing within the community for the […]

The Municipality of the County of Kings 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 […]

A screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect will screen at 7:30 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 fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of […]

As part of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Fall Conference, a screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect will screen at 5:30 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 […]

A screening of the 40-minute documentary film by Centre for Local Prosperity Climate Change and the Human Prospect will screen 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 fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary […]

The Centre for Local Prosperity will be participating in a breakout session at the NSFM Fall Conference entitled: "Import Replacement as a Community Development Strategy."  The session runs from 10:10 to 11:15am.  Robert Cervelli will be presenting on behalf of CLP, with 3 other speakers representing communities active in import replacement.