The new paradigm of cooperative and decentralized development
Ravi Logan and Jason Schreiner, of the Prout Institute, explain, to Peak Moment TV, an integrated vision for economic and social development, that is distinguished from a pure localist approach, by stressing ‘balance’ between the global and the local:
“Ravi Logan and Jason Schreiner’s model is based on valuing our interrelatedness and interdependency within the natural world. It replaces profit-driven with cooperative enterprises, and emphasizes a balance between local self-reliance and bioregional networks, with some global structures to meet global needs like telecommunications. They describe applying permaculture principles like the zone approach in on-the-ground projects in Eugene, Oregon.”
