# COMMUNITY MAPPING Before embarking on a project to strengthen your local economy, understand the landscape of people and organizations already contributing to localization in your region, and the skills and passions that your community has to offer. As Donnie Maclurcan of the Post Growth Institute explains, “Harnessed fully, there are more talents and resources within any small group of passionate citizens than are actually needed to manifest deep social change. It is just a matter of how willing we are to step back and see things through a lens of strengths and possibilities, and how creatively we can bring our multitude of capabilities to light.”
# Mapping Actions
* [ ] Uncover your community’s interests, knowledge, and skills through Asset Mapping. (Expand Action)
* [ ] Learn Who’s Already Working on ideas that you’re passionate about. (Expand Action)
* [ ] Publish a map of your community’s Shared Resources. (Expand Action)
* [ ] Map out Organizations and Projects already working towards sustainable, local economies in your community.Expand Action
* [ ] Map out Local Food Systems. (Expand Action)
* [ ] Create a Campus Sustainability Map. (Expand Action)
# Voices from the field
In his talk Localisation Initiatives — An Overview from Australia 
at Local Futures’ 2013 Economics of Happiness Conference in Byron Bay (Australia), Donnie Maclurcan distills four lessons from his experience in community organizing, including the value of asset-based mapping.
VIMEO 66957361 Donnie Maclurcan: Localisation Initiatives — An Overview from Australia