3 Nov 2016

Powering a Political Revolution, North Dakota’s Non-Partisan League (Episode 4)

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In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews David Morris, the co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the director of the Public Good initiative about the history behind North Dakota’s Non-Partisan League. In this podcast, Morris goes into detail on the League’s political influence and how their policies set North Dakota on a trajectory of local ownership and a tradition of fighting concentrated economic power. He also notes that North Dakotans are still fending off challenges from major banks and pharmaceutical chains, and that the tradition of local ownership is strong throughout the state.… Read More
20 Oct 2016

Energy Democracy: Customer Control over Renewable Energy (Episode 3)

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In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews John Farrell, the director of our Energy Democracy initiative about the concept of energy democracy and about his latest report, Is Bigger Best in Renewable Energy? John specifically outlines some of the key concepts that make up the principles of energy democracy and how locally-owned renewable energy continues to shape our electric grid in new and exciting ways.… Read More
6 Oct 2016

The True Value of Recycling and the Waste Stream (Episode 2)

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In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Neil Seldman, ILSR co-founder and senior staff member of the Waste to Wealth initiative about the hidden value in our waste stream and, specifically, some recent comments made by the CEO of Waste Management, Inc. disparaging the value of recycling.… Read More
29 Sep 2016

Want to Subscribe to our Building Local Power Podcast? Here’s How

by | Date: 29 Sep 2016 | posted in: Building Local Power, Energy, From the Desk of David Morris, MuniNetworks, Retail, The Public Good, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In case you missed it, we launched a new podcast series last week. It’s called “Building Local Power” and it tells the story of how we at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, with our strong allies, are working to break the chains of monopoly power in all sectors of our economy and build local economies. There … Read More

1930s anti-chain cartoon
23 Sep 2016

The Dark Store Tax Dodge of Big-Box Retailers (Episode 1)

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In the first episode of our new podcast series, “Building Local Power,” Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Olivia LaVecchia, a research associate with our Community-Scaled Economy initiative, about her work on the “dark store” strategy that big-box retailers have been using to slash their property tax assessments.… Read More

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