Back when ILSR was just getting started, the staff put out a newsletter called “Self-Reliance” that addressed sustainability and economic development issues across a variety of sectors.   We’ve scanned them in and present the complete archive here. Enjoy.

Self-Reliance Newsletter Archive

Self-Reliance – Issue 1 – April 1976
Cover Story:  Why Self-Reliance?

Self-Reliance – Issue 2 – June 1976
Cover Story:  A Word From the Staff

Self-Reliance – Issue 3 – September 1976
Cover Story:  Sweat Equity Housing: Self-Help in the City

Self-Reliance – Issue 4 – December 1976
Cover Story:  Neighborhood Planning Designing the Future

Self-Reliance – Issue 5 – January 1977
Cover Story:  Neighborhood Preservation for Whom?

Self-Reliance – Issue 6 – April 1977
Cover Story:  Small-Scale Manufacturing Name-Brand Tyranny

Self-Reliance – Issue 7 – June 1977
Cover Story:  Community Gardens Sowing Citizenship

Self-Reliance – Issue 8 – August 1977
Cover Story:  Congress Discovers Neighborhoods

Self-Reliance – Issue 9 – October 1977
Cover Story:  Solar Technology Transfer Theory Into Practice

Self-Reliance – Issue 10 – December 1977
Cover Story:  After the Baby Boom Recycling Old Schools

Self-Reliance – Issue 11 – February 1978
Cover Story:  Neighborhood Power: More Shadow Than Substance

Self-Reliance – Issue 12 – April 1978
Cover Story:  Last Year’s Work, This Year’s Plans

Self-Reliance – Issue 13 – June 1978
Cover Story:  Forcing Action on Local Credit Needs

Self-Reliance – Issue 14 – August 1978
Cover Story:  Small Scale Sewage Options Gain in Chicago

Self-Reliance – Issue 15 – October 1978
Cover Story:  Native Americans Look to Their Own Resources

Self-Reliance – Issue 16 – December 1978
Cover Story:  Conservation Strategies That Do More Than Save Energy

Self-Reliance – Issue 17 – February 1979
Cover Story:  Neighborhoods Target Insurance Redlining

Self-Reliance – Issue 18 – April 1979
Cover Story:  Energy Self-Reliance for Washington, D.C.

Self-Reliance – Issue 19 – June 1979
Cover Story:  Neighborhood Solutions for Crime Prevention

Self-Reliance – Issue 20 – 1979
Cover Story:  New Opportunities for Community-based Energy Audit Programs

Self-Reliance – Issue 21 – 1979
Cover Story:  Financing and Regulating the Transition to Energy Self-Reliance

Self-Reliance – Issue 22 – April 1980
Cover Story:  Alcohol Fuel From Municipal Waste

Self-Reliance – Issue 23 – August 1980
Cover Story:  Methods for Measuring Community Cash Flows

Self-Reliance – Issue 24 – October 1980
Cover Story:  Teaching Skills in Community Organizing

Self-Reliance – Issue 25 – February 1981
Cover Story: District Heating: Choice Between “Hard” and “Soft” Path Technology

Self-Reliance – Issue 26 – July 1981
Cover Story:  Neighborhood Government Through Special Districts

Self-Reliance – Issue 27 – November 1981
Cover Story:  Community Controlled Cable Television

Self-Reliance – Issue 28 – February 1982
Cover Story: The Emerging Municipal Solar Utility