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 28 – February 1982
Cover Story: The Emerging Municipal Solar Utility
Self-Reliance – Issue 27 – November 1981
Cover Story: Community Controlled Cable Television
Self-Reliance – Issue 26 – July 1981
Cover Story: Neighborhood Government Through Special Districts
Self-Reliance – Issue 25 – February 1981
Cover Story: District Heating: Choice Between “Hard” and “Soft” Path Technology
Self-Reliance – Issue 24 – October 1980
Cover Story: Teaching Skills in Community Organizing
Self-Reliance – Issue 23 – August 1980
Cover Story: Methods for Measuring Community Cash Flows
Self-Reliance – Issue 22 – April 1980
Cover Story: Alcohol Fuel From Municipal Waste
Self-Reliance – Issue 21 – 1979
Cover Story: Financing and Regulating the Transition to Energy Self-Reliance
Self-Reliance – Issue 20 – 1979
Cover Story: New Opportunities for Community-based Energy Audit Programs
Self-Reliance – Issue 19 – June 1979
Cover Story: Neighborhood Solutions for Crime Prevention
Self-Reliance – Issue 18 – April 1979
Cover Story: Energy Self-Reliance for Washington, D.C.
Self-Reliance – Issue 17 – February 1979
Cover Story: Neighborhoods Target Insurance Redlining
Self-Reliance – Issue 16 – December 1978
Cover Story: Conservation Strategies That Do More Than Save Energy
Self-Reliance – Issue 15 – October 1978
Cover Story: Native Americans Look to Their Own Resources
Self-Reliance – Issue 14 – August 1978
Cover Story: Small Scale Sewage Options Gain in Chicago
Self-Reliance – Issue 13 – June 1978
Cover Story: Forcing Action on Local Credit Needs
Self-Reliance – Issue 12 – April 1978
Cover Story: Last Year’s Work, This Year’s Plans
Self-Reliance – Issue 11 – February 1978
Cover Story: Neighborhood Power: More Shadow Than Substance
Self-Reliance – Issue 10 – December 1977
Cover Story: After the Baby Boom Recycling Old Schools
Self-Reliance – Issue 9 – October 1977
Cover Story: Solar Technology Transfer Theory Into Practice
Self-Reliance – Issue 8 – August 1977
Cover Story: Congress Discovers Neighborhoods
Self-Reliance – Issue 7 – June 1977
Cover Story: Community Gardens Sowing Citizenship
Self-Reliance – Issue 6 – April 1977
Cover Story: Small-Scale Manufacturing Name-Brand Tyranny
Self-Reliance – Issue 5 – January 1977
Cover Story: Neighborhood Preservation for Whom?
Self-Reliance – Issue 4 – December 1976
Cover Story: Neighborhood Planning Designing the Future
Self-Reliance – Issue 3 – September 1976
Cover Story: Sweat Equity Housing: Self-Help in the City
Self-Reliance – Issue 2 – June 1976
Cover Story: A Word From the Staff
Self-Reliance – Issue 1 – April 1976
Cover Story: Why Self-Reliance?