OUR MISSION: Bay Localize is building a more self-reliant, sustainable, and socially just Bay Area. We work  to catalyze a shift from a globalized, fossil fuel-based economy that enriches a few and weakens most, to a localized green economy that strengthens all Bay Area communities. We develop tools that identify local opportunities, connect grassroots groups and policymakers, and advance projects that enhance regional self-reliance, sustainability, and equity.

We are working to build a cooperative, inclusive movement toward regional self-reliance. To help prepare our region for the coming end of cheap oil — and the progressive decline in long-distance imports that will follow — we are developing flexible tools and models that area groups and municipal governments can implement in their own locales to bring the production of food, energy, and essential goods and services closer to home.

OUR GOAL: Our over-arching goal is to increase community livability and local resilience while decreasing fossil fuel use.

The following are Bay Localize's primary goals over the next 3-5 years:

• The principles of localization are broadly discussed and accepted as a strategy for achieving sustainability and equity throughout the Bay Area.
• Bay Localize serves as a clearinghouse of knowledge around localization strategies and practices.
• A diverse, multi-sectoral coalition advances localization at the local and regional levels throughout the nine-county Bay Area.
• Policies are enacted that improve vulnerable communities' access to local economic resources and enhance the local environment.
• Bay Localize's active team is comprised of people reflecting our region's diversity, including in positions of leadership.