Live Local. Live Small.

Live Local. Live Small. is EF Schumacher meets Ayn Rand. It is the marriage of liberal intentional community movements with rugged individualism. How did this come about? An unexpected protest in an office supply store November 2009 pushed Gwenyfar Rohler, a small independent bookstore owner (described as “one of the last places where you will still receive a hand written receipt with your purchase”), to pledge to refrain from shopping in a chain store, chain restaurant or on the internet for one year. She wanted to know if it was possible to invest her money locally to provide herself with food, shelter, clothing, and household necessities. For a year she chronicled her experiment in her local alternative weekly newspaper, Encore. Her community followed the successes, challenges and setbacks of her experiment and she tried to address the related issues. Hide full description

Live Local. Live Small. is EF Schumacher meets Ayn Rand. It is the marriage of liberal intentional community movements with rugged individualism. How did this come about? An unexpected protest in an office supply store November 2009 pushed Gwenyfar Rohler, a small independent bookstore owner (described as “one of the last places where you will still receive a hand written receipt with your purchase”), to pledge to refrain from shopping in a chain store, chain restaurant or on the internet for one year. She wanted to know if it was possible to invest her money locally to provide herself with food, shelter, clothing, and household necessities. For a year she chronicled her experiment in her local alternative weekly newspaper, Encore. Her community followed the successes,... Show full description