To commemorate David Morris's life and work after his sudden passing, we're re-releasing a 2017 interview about local power ...

We are deeply saddened to share that David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice ...

Members Adirondack Worm Farm — Hudson Falls, NY AJ’s Compost Collective — Richmond, VA AhGrow! – Trinidad & Tobago Akron Cooperative Farms — Akron, OH Alianza Cero Basura BCS A C —Todo Santos, BCS ...

How We Work We help people aspire and argue for what they need: clean, local, affordable energy and the chance to own it, individually or collectively. We help people understand why those in power won ...

Dr. Chandrasekher’s paper, “The ‘Good’ Starbucks: Consumer Redlining in Large American Chain Stores” aims to find the cause of this phenomenon. Inspired by her own experience shopping at two Target ...

Podcast (buildinglocalpower): Play in new window | Download This episode is the first in our new season of Building Local Power, The New Class, where we are talking to interesting changemakers among ...

American’s Monopoly Problem: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It Covid-19 has laid bare fractures in our society that have been deepening for decades. While the fortunes of the few have reached ...

Where are community composters operating? Which cities, counties, and states support a distributed composting infrastructure through their policies and programs? ILSR’s Composting for Community Map ...

Click on image to download the fact sheet. This factsheet details the ways in which Amazon abuses its market dominance to harm smaller competitors, and what Congress needs to do. View it as a PDF.

Speaking Gigs & Media Interviews The Community Broadband Networks team is often called on to speak, moderate, or serve as panelists at broadband conferences and events across the nation. We also avail ...

NSR Composter Training Program Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and ...

Policy tools to advance community-based, local composting. The primary goal of our Composting for Community Initiative is to support and grow diversified local composting capacity that rises to meet ...