Cosmopolitan localism

Cosmopolitan localism or cosmolocalism is a social innovation approach to community development that seeks to link local and global communities through resilient infrastructures that bring production and consumption closer together, building on distributed systems.

The concept of cosmopolitan localism was pioneered by Wolfgang Sachs, a scholar in the field of environment, development, and globalization. Sachs is known as one of the many followers of Ivan Illich and his work has influenced the green and ecological movements. Other prominent cosmolocalism scholars include Ezio Manzini, Vasilis Kostakis and Michel Bauwens.