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The Resurgence of Local Shops Is a Great Strategy for Fighting Global Warming

Stacy Mitchell, New Rules Project. August 24, 2009.

So far, the public debate about cars and climate change has been dominated by fuel economy -- but what if we didn't have to drive to the store at all?

Buying Local Doesn't Hurt the Developing World

Frances Moore Lappe, YES! Magazine. November 22, 2006.

Critics of "go local" movements warn that buying local deprives people in developing countries of jobs that could lift them out of poverty. But the global economy isn't that simple.