How does a growing, national nonprofit organization help homeowners complete the circle between clean energy ownership and policy advocacy? ... READ MORE
Contributions will primarily cover our scholarship fund, but also our networking reception, printed agendas/materials, and other direct expe... READ MORE
ILSR is convening the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum in NYC next May. These events will bring together community compos... READ MORE
This fall, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders invited ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell to script and narrate two videos about Amazon for his social media chan... READ MORE
Municipal elections often fall off the radar during national ones, but cities retain a surprising amount of power over their energy future. ... READ MORE
What if your savings account could be put to use enabling clean energy investments from insulation to solar to electric vehicles? Starting t... 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
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
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.
