Think Global Act Local for World Localisation Day with the EETG
Tue 25 Jun 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Description
Come and hangout with your Guild to celebrate World Localisation Day! Find out more about how we all work together in solidarity with each other and with the planet and enjoy excellent food, company and fellowship after the short talks. To celebrate World Localisation Day we will hear from our member panel followed by a Q&A + social with delicious local food and drink from E5 Bakehouse.
SPEAKER BIOS:
Margaret Asare, EyeLondon Opticians.
Margaret has sustained the successful and much-loved EyeLondon Opticians over the last two decades. It is testament to her strong relationships built through personalised care and investment in customer satisfaction that local customers have stayed with her and grown in number through a recession, the riots, a global pandemic, and a global optician chain setting up shop next door.
Ella Doran, Ella Doran Design
Ella is a designer, an artist, and a photographer and expert in sustainability. A fellow of the RSA, she is a champion of the circular economy and a founder member of the URGE collective which works to harness the Design industry's power to envision and enact radical responses to the climate emergency.
Ben Mackinnon, E5 Bakehouse
Ben is owner and founder of E5 Bakehouse. He studied Aquaculture, Conservation Biology and holds a Master’s in Advanced Energy and Environmental Studies from the University of Aberdeen. From 2002 he worked for the EU as a fisheries observer and coordinator re-training as a baker founding E5 Bakehouse and Fellows Farm to animate his passion for sustainability in a meaningful and entrepreneurial way.
Jennifer Gwiazdowski, London Bike Kitchen.
Jenni is Director at the London Bike Kitchen, a DIY bike workshop and education space. She is the Founder and Trustee of the Women of Colour Cycling Collective UK and Author of How to Build a Bike as well as Wheel Suckers Podcast co-presenter. London Bike Kitchen is currently crowdfunding to bring the workshop back to life!
WHAT IS WORLD LOCALISATION DAY?
World Localisation Day, is an annual celebration, convened by the international NGO Local Futures. Together community groups and grassroots networks are joining forces to raise awareness about the need for a global to local shift and to celebrate the worldwide localisation movement. A myriad of events and campaigns are hosted all over the world, not just on June 21 – the day itself, but throughout the whole month.
Localisation is about shortening the distance between producers and consumers - encouraging diversified production for local needs, instead of mass production for export. Combined with a regenerative circular economy practice, small businesses and their customers can make a big impact on the health and prosperity of people and planet.
The EETG is an alliance of small businesses working together on shared issues and values for the common good of the local community.