“Dividing Lines” Docu-Series Shows the Reality of Rotten Rural Connectivity
18 May 2018

“Dividing Lines” Docu-Series Shows the Reality of Rotten Rural Connectivity

by | Date: 18 May 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

If you have fast, affordable, reliable Internet access, there’s a good chance you don’t live in rural America. With the exception of areas served by local municipal networks, cooperatives, and a few small independent ISPs, businesses and residents in rural areas suffer along with aging, slow, and often expensive connections. In a docu-series by Maria L. Smith, titled “Dividing Lines,” viewers get the opportunity to hear firsthand what it’s like for people who live in places where there is no high-quality connectivity. … Read More

Webinar Resources: Using Bokashi in Community Composting — What, Why, How, Who
30 Apr 2018

Webinar Resources: Using Bokashi in Community Composting — What, Why, How, Who

by | Date: 30 Apr 2018 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Bokashi is a Japanese term meaning “fermented organic matter.” Bokashi fermentation utilizes a variety of by-products – such as leaves, sawdust, husks, bran, other grains – inoculated with beneficial microbes to ferment kitchen waste. It is an anaerobic (without oxygen) process, akin to pickling. Often mistakenly considered a form of composting, it results in a very different product. However, as a pre-processing step to composting, it has several benefits including ability to handle meat and dairy, repelling rats, speeding up the composting process, and cutting frequency of food scrap collection.

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Screening Guide: Learn About Municipal Networks, Connect With Neighbors, Share This Film in Your Community
12 Apr 2018

Screening Guide: Learn About Municipal Networks, Connect With Neighbors, Share This Film in Your Community

by | Date: 12 Apr 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Generate conversation about broadband access in your community with a screening of the short film, “Do Not Pass Go.” We have created a helpful guide on how to host a screening of the film in your community. Spend some time connecting with others who share your questions about local options and want to learn more. Documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback traveled to Pinetops, North Carolina, to experience firsthand the battle between municipal networks and private providers. Pinetops is a rural small town that receives high-speed Internet service from the nearby City of Wilson, North Carolina. The large ISPs have tried to put a stop to this with a state law, and all the red tape might kill the small town.… Read More

Leaked Draft Bill Confirms Xcel Energy’s Priority for Profits Over Community Solar
30 Mar 2018

Leaked Draft Bill Confirms Xcel Energy’s Priority for Profits Over Community Solar

by | Date: 30 Mar 2018 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A newly-released parody video makes Xcel Energy’s top priority clear: maximize profits for shareholders, even if that comes at the expense of the country’s most successful community solar program. Supporting analysis of a leaked draft bill from Xcel lobbyists illustrates this further and points out the company’s nasty habit of trying to make its own rules.… Read More

ILSR Video Parody Lampoons Xcel Energy’s Ask for “Blank Check” in Minnesota Legislature
16 Mar 2018

ILSR Video Parody Lampoons Xcel Energy’s Ask for “Blank Check” in Minnesota Legislature

by | Date: 16 Mar 2018 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

To honor Xcel Energy’s successful introduction of legislation to give itself a “blank check” for its anticipated Prairie Island nuclear power plant retrofit, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Community Power today released a video to tell the truth about what’s really in the “red box” that’s prevalent in Xcel’s widespread televised advertisements. For more information about Xcel’s power plant bill and where decisions will be made about it, visit ilsr.org.… Read More

Idaho Municipal Network Touts Local Improvement District in New Video
16 Feb 2018

Idaho Municipal Network Touts Local Improvement District in New Video

by | Date: 16 Feb 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The city of Ammon, Idaho, has used its open access publicly owned network to create an environment that encourages competition for residents and businesses. In addition to giving them control over which services they use and which companies they patronize, the city is doing its best to share information. In this video, the Ammon Fiber Optic Utility explains information financing for those who decide to connect to the network.… Read More

Reduce and Reuse Before You Recycle: Delivering Ourselves from Over-Packaging
14 Feb 2018

Reduce and Reuse Before You Recycle: Delivering Ourselves from Over-Packaging

by | Date: 14 Feb 2018 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This video from Vox and the Climate Lab at UC-Berkeley is an interesting look at the over-packaging of items throughout our economy and how we can use source reduction as a critical tool to fight waste in our economy and increase recycling prevalence. … Read More

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