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 ...

A program of ILSR that fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for independent businesses.

Empowering households and communities to push for clean, locally-owned, affordable energy and challenge the excessive power of monopoly utilities.

A network of community composters building the movement by connecting early adopters, spreading lessons learned, and inspiring new operations. The Community Composter Coalition is a network of ...

How states and cities can counter corporate control and reconfigure their economies to better meet the needs and aspirations of their residents.

Explore an interactive map of 18 state policies that help or hinder local clean energy action and energy democracy.

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 ...

Amazon claims that it has “a mutually beneficial relationship” with the small businesses that depend on its platform. This fact sheet tells the real story.

Paola Santana, founder of G-Commerce, talks to BLP about using a human-centered approach to fix a broken government purchasing system.

Researching, documenting, and disseminating what communities across the U.S. are doing to improve access to high-quality broadband.