Relocalise Northern Rivers

Relocalise NR seeks to engage the communities of the Northern Rivers to increase the economic resilience and self-sufficiency of our region for a more prosperous future.

From this overarching goal, we examine many of the challenges faced by our economy and consider what prosperity would look like for this region. Specifically, we focus on the main features of a local economy, e.g., food security, affordable housing, energy security, transport, business investment, health and wellbeing, and business mentoring.

We'd love your help with envisioning & realising our goals.
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Why Relocalise?

Once upon a time, this region had a very localised economy, having grown much of the food we consumed here. The region was dotted with farms and small businesses that provided food and employment for the population. It wasn't all perfect, but this region used to have far greater independence from the global trading economy than we do now.

Let's relocalise our community. As times get tougher and job opportunities harder to come by, we're needing community cohesion and collaboration now more than ever. Together we can make all sorts of dreams come to life.

Meeting the Challenges

We are building on Enriching Byron’s Local Economy as part of the Localisation Weekend 2023, in which participants workshopped tailored exercises lead by Michael Shuman. Specifically geared towards the economics of our local economy, we considered what we could collectively do to help strengthen, support, sustain and develop a more prosperous future for our region. The event was organised by Local Futures & Byron Local Pegs (join) and hosted by The Farm. Following on from our localisation workshops, participants keep the discussion going through weekly online meetings and monthly in person gatherings.