About Local Future

Organization

Local Future is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization which is not affiliated with any religion, political party, or any other organization.  IRS.gov , Charity Navigator

Events

In 2008, Local Future sponsored or cosponsored 27 free community education events including films, discussions, and guest speakers; hosted two major conferences on energy, economy and environment with attendance of around 200 each; and published for free ten educational talks to the Internet.

In 2009, Local Future organized the second Conference on Michigan's Future; sponsoring various free community education events; organizing a "Training for Transition"; published for free ten full length videos on themes of energy, economy and environment; and published all audio recording and slide presentations from the conference to the Internet for free download.

In 2010, Local Future is organizing a speaking tour featuring finance researcher Nicole Foss of "The Automatic Earth" web site; organizing a conference on energy, economy, and environment; publishing free selected videos of talk to the Internet; and building an online education study network.

Board of Directors

• Aaron Wissner

• Thaddeus Owen

• Albert Bates

Advisors

• Christopher Bedford

• Thomas Greco

• Megan Bachman

• Stephanie Mills

• Stephen DeGoosh

• Dawn Moncrief

• Tom Quinn

Visioning Team

• Maryanne Lesert

• Cathy Strickland

• Kimberly Sager

• David Perkins

• Michael Evans