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  • noun The act of relocalizing

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  • The word relocalization is the term used to describe the idea of getting back to sourcing your needs locally.

    Printing: Going Local For Some Great Reasons 2007

  • The word relocalization is the term used to describe the idea of getting back to sourcing your needs locally.

    Going Local For Some Great Reasons 2007

  • The mass migration that followed, known as the relocalization, produced the sprawling, informal growth that has become Cochabamba's Zona Sur.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • It goes by the moniker "relocalization," and if that's a bit of an awkward mouthful for you, it really means that your most basic security is in the hands not of distant officials in Washington but of neighbors who believe that self-reliance is safer than dependence.

    Chip Ward: After the Green Economy, Green Security 2009

  • The Transition Towns are communities that have adopted the concepts of the Transition Network, which views itself as "a social experiment on a massive scale" and advocates "relocalization" as a practical model where ordinary people can respond to peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis.

    Adele Israel: Economic Roads Less Traveled 2009

  • There are now dozens of "relocalization" working groups scattered from Maine to Southern California pushing for people to spurn cars, buy local produce and work where they live.

    In a World Short 2008

  • Those changes will be the "relocalization" of production, bringing consumers and producers closer together.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • I am referring to the strategy of "relocalization" as promoted by the Post Carbon Institute, a think tank, media outlet, and networking and support organization for local citizens 'groups around the world.

    The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future Jason Bradford 2009

  • "relocalization," and if that's a bit of an awkward mouthful for you, it really means that your most basic security is in the hands not of distant officials in Washington but of neighbors who believe that self-reliance is safer than dependence.

    MoJo Blogs and Articles 2009

  • Home gardening and home livestock will continue to grow whether to save money or as part of a larger relocalization movement.

    2010 Predictions from the Canadian Silver Bug Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2010

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