Part 6 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series featured a presentation from ILSR’s 2022 Community Composter Census lead author Clarissa Libertelli, followed by a moderated panel discussion addressing key challenges to growth and what’s needed to support future innovation and investment. The panel included representatives from local government and community composting.… Read More
This graphic lays out the investor-owned utility model and how utilities maximize profits at the expense of their customers, use money to gain political power, and then use power to defend their monopoly and make even more money.… Read More
Christina Hollenback and Joseph McNeil discuss how SAGE Development Authority has created a model for community-led wind development and why community ownership is so important to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.… Read More
ILSR’s Co-Executive Director Stacy Mitchell and American Economic Liberties Project’s Matt Stoller joined the Laura Flanders & Friends show to explain this pivotal antitrust moment. “Everybody is feeling this,” observed Mitchell. … Read More
This Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide is designed for advocates, policymakers, and curious minds to explore a menu of policy avenues to address the critical need to both build soil health and divert organic materials from disposal via compost.… Read More
Born and raised in DC, Kehmari Norman established her flower shop to bridge culture and floristry. The visionary behind Black Flower Market drew from her background as a stage designer at Temple University, transforming her skills into landscape design, and intertwining environmentalism with entrepreneurship. Throughout the episode, Kehmari highlights the significance of authenticity and cultivating connections … Read More
ILSR tracks community solar capacity in states with formal programs that allow non-utility ownership. This quarterly update (2023 Q4) shows the capacity built in nine states, with a focus on projects in investor-owned utility service territory.… Read More
Gregory Woodring discusses the ways that investor-owned utility DTE Energy has failed Ann Arbor customers and how the city could take over and provide better service.… Read More
A grassroots group in Detroit reimagines democracy and economic empowerment. … Read More
