Presentation: Iowa Town Looks to City-Owned Utility
4 Apr 2018

Presentation: Iowa Town Looks to City-Owned Utility

by | Date: 4 Apr 2018 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy, John Farrell, provided a presentation to a forum of Decorah Power, the local advocacy organization favoring city utility ownership to discuss several advantages from local ownership. First, there’s an abundant local wind and solar energy resource. Second, Decorah isn’t alone, and over 2,000 other cities chart their own course with municipal ownership. Finally, getting power locally returns more dollars to the local economy.… Read More

Presentations: 2018 Community Composting Workshop & Forum
31 Jan 2018

Presentations: 2018 Community Composting Workshop & Forum

by | Date: 31 Jan 2018 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In January 2018, ILSR convened two events in conjunction with the USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show, COMPOST2018, in Atlanta: the Best Practices in Community Composting Workshop and the National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. These events brought together composters to network, share best practices, and build support for community-scale composting systems and enterprises. The Cultivating Community Composting Forum 2018 is the 5th national forum convened by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.… Read More

Neil Seldman Speaks to Green America in Webinar on “Recycling in the U.S.”
13 Nov 2017

Neil Seldman Speaks to Green America in Webinar on “Recycling in the U.S.”

by | Date: 13 Nov 2017 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On November 8th, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s co-founder and researcher for the Waste to Wealth initiative Neil Seldman presented to the Green America audience for their webinar, Recycling in the U.S. here.You can stream the presentation from Green America’s website The … Read More

Webinar Resources: Two Business Models for Community Composting
26 Sep 2017

Webinar Resources: Two Business Models for Community Composting

by | Date: 26 Sep 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On Wednesday, September 20th, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the community composting network is hosting a webinar on “Two Business Models for Community Composting: Worker-Owned Cooperative & Social Enterprise.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Pp0p1KV7Q… Read More

Watch Video From Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit
20 Jul 2017

Watch Video From Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit

by | Date: 20 Jul 2017 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

If you weren’t able to make it to the Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit in Marietta, Ohio, on July 18th or if you’re just interested in learning more about improving connectivity in rural areas, you can still almost be there. Video … Read More

Webinar Resources: Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting
12 Jun 2017

Webinar Resources: Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting

by | Date: 12 Jun 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On Monday, June 5th, ILSR and the community composting network hosted a webinar on “Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting.” The webinar covered rat biology and behavior, and explored compost best management practices (BMPs) that help projects avoid rats. BMPs covered included: rat-resistant composting systems, proper data collection … Read More

Watch: How Cities Can Create a Built Environment Where Local Businesses Thrive
9 May 2017

Watch: How Cities Can Create a Built Environment Where Local Businesses Thrive

by | Date: 9 May 2017 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Cities are changing to become increasingly inhospitable to locally owned businesses. In this 20-minute talk, ILSR’s Olivia LaVecchia discusses what’s causing the problem, why it matters — and six policy strategies that cities are using to address it.               … Read More

John Farrell Debates in Favor of Distributed Solar at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
21 Mar 2017

John Farrell Debates in Favor of Distributed Solar at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

by | Date: 21 Mar 2017 | posted in: Energy | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On February 13, ILSR’s John Farrell participated in a debate on the value of small-scale distributed generation at the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in Washington, D.C. with utility-scale renewable energy advocate Brian Potts. … Read More

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