Understanding community credit (we also published a blog post on the topic at localscale.org/blog/post.jsp…)

Which committed actors in your local area could you cooperate with? 🥖 An association organizes food drives and is looking for new partners to supply unsold goods. Just a few miles away, a community grocery store and an agricultural cooperative are searching for outlets for their surpluses. ♻️ A company daily manages end-of-life materials that it wants to recycle. In the neighboring department, a DIY association and inspired creators are searching for these exact resources to give materials a second life. Two examples illustrating the same realization: everywhere, actors share common living areas and complementary needs, but they cannot communicate effectively to work together. 💪🏻 Across many regions, initiatives already exist to identify and highlight these actors: directories, mappings, and local networks. This is valuable work, often driven by dedicated individuals playing an essential initial role. But in an accelerating world, local stakeholders also need solutions to transition from cataloging to making connections, and from making connections to active cooperation. 💡 This is where LocalScale comes in. Complementing these initiatives, LocalScale offers a vibrant and dynamic map of the area: every actor or organization can feature on it along with their activity, location, the products or services they offer, their events, and opportunities to cooperate with them. This mapping opens the door to practical uses: 🌾 a producer showcases their expertise and offers their products online 🤝 a cooperative highlights its members and the services they provide 🌀 a movement unites associations around a shared cause 🏘️ a resident quickly identifies services, initiatives, and events near them 🏛️ a local authority catalogs, energizes, and connects its region's resources Our conviction: the resilience of a region relies on its ability to identify its resources and make them work together. This mutual awareness is the first step toward more advanced forms of cooperation. 👉 Follow the page on LinkedIN to stay up to date with LocalScale news: tps://www.linkedin.com/company/localscale/

New blog post and paper: Quantifying and Financing the Positive Externalities of Agroforestry localscale.org/blog/post.jsp…

Examples of nature-based solutions that can help build climate resilience

Hello Localscalers! A lot of the information about the LocalScale network will now be shared in our @HyphaAO "Intelligent Organisation" dashboard. The capabilities are immense, the information is contextualized and connected to our economic value chain. If you do not have an account yet, please create one at app.hypha.earth/en/dho/local… (Sign In, and Request an Invite). See you there... !

Hello all! Here are the 10 steps to launch a community currency in a #bioregion - part 2, which includes an optional consultation with The Regenerative Currency Federation (regenerativecurrencyfederati…). Feel free to contact us if you're interested in getting started with your community.

Hello all! Here are the 10 steps to launch a community currency in a #bioregion - part 1. Feel free to contact us if you're interested in getting started with your community.

What does it take to coordinate a bioregional economy? Not just technology. Not just community. Not just place. LocalScale brings together four layers: geography, networks of people and institutions, bioregional systems, and interoperable technology — with shared governance, trust, funding, learning, and exchange at the center. From neighborhood-scale action to global collaboration, the aim is to make local economies more connected, regenerative, and capable of coordinating a #bioregion at scale.

Today is International Repair Day - LocalScale is dedicated to promoting and supporting the process of repairing goods, to fighting planned obsolescence and global waste. We humbly try to make this process more streamlined. Kudos to all the volunteers who devote their time in helping this circularity.

The Crosspollinate v0.2 architecture overview - see open.crosspollinate.org/

Hello all! Here are the 10 steps to launch a community currency in a #bioregion - part 3. Feel free to contact us if you're interested in getting started with your community. You can download the LocalScale Mobile Application from apps.apple.com/us/app/locals… (Apple) or play.google.com/store/apps/d… (Android)

The @LocalScale Producer Private Network creates a trusted digital environment where local producers can connect directly with approved buyers. On the producer side, farms and local businesses create a profile, list the products they have available, and share useful information such as quantities, seasonality, certifications, and availability. They can then receive enquiries or orders through the network, communicate directly with buyers, and coordinate fulfilment and delivery. This gives producers greater visibility while helping them build longer-term relationships with buyers in their region. On the buyer side, approved organisations can discover local producers and search for products that match their needs. Buyers can contact producers, request information or quotes, place orders, and coordinate delivery or collection through the platform. The LocalScale network sits between both sides as a shared trust and coordination layer, helping verify participants, organise communication, and maintain a transparent record of interactions and transactions. By making local supply and demand easier to see and connect, the network can strengthen local supply chains, create new market opportunities for producers, and improve buyers' access to reliable local products.

How to get your #bioregion started on @LocalScale - Part 3 (steps 9 and 10) #regenerative #economies cc @BioRegion @bioregionalism @BioregionalSA @BioregionalAus @Eco_BioReg