In this episode of Building Local Power, host Nick Stumo-Langer sits down with Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell to discuss ... READ MORE
In the 1980s there were over thirty proposed garbage incinerators in California. By the middle of the decade all but four of them had been s... READ MORE
CNN coverage of Amazon's Prime Day cited ILSR's research on average hourly wage for Amazon workers. Stacy Mitchell, ILSR's Co-director and D... READ MORE
Locally owned businesses play a central role in healthy communities and are among the best engines that cities and towns have for advancing ... READ MORE
A recent contract opens the way for billions of dollars in local government spending to shift to Amazon. The good news is that, for concerne... READ MORE
The report, Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting Guide for Local Governments, profiles 11 home composting programs (10 in the United State... READ MORE
The United States Senate is gearing up to vote on a resolution to repeal the roll back of network neutrality protections by the Federal Comm... READ MORE
On May 1, 2018, Bill B22-0501 – Home Composting Incentives Amendment Act of 2018 unanimously passed the D.C. City Council. ILSR has supporte... READ MORE
Since 1974, ILSR has championed local self-reliance, a strategy that underscores the need for humanly scaled institutions and economies and the widest possible distribution of ownership. Through our work across the economy, we seek to empower communities to take charge of their own future.
