Feeding Detroit
The Detroit People's Food Cooperative represents a vital step towards fostering food sovereignty in a neighborhood historically affected by food apartheid. … Read More
View ArticleStatement on FTC lawsuit to block Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons
“Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing,” Stacy Mitchell says in the statement… Read More
View ArticlePublic Comments on EPA’s Waste Reduction Model (WARM)
Help us improve E.P.A.'s measurements to compare the climate impacts of materials management practices. They are accepting public comments on the Waste Reduction Model (WARM), a tool that influences...
View ArticleSmarter Rules for Smart Meters — Episode 204 of Local Energy Rules
Michael Murray explains the many capabilities of smart meters, his critique of a Rhode Island utility proposal to expand advanced metering, and how state and federal regulators can establish best...
View ArticleIn The Atlantic: Amazon’s Big Secret
Amazon has long cultivated the idea that it runs its shopping platform at razor-thin margins, relying instead on AWS for its profits. In fact, Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace is enormously profitable....
View Article$100,000 Funding Opportunity for BIPOC-Led and BIPOC-Serving Composters
ILSR is partnering with 11th Hour Racing to provide $100,000 in sub-grants to selected BIPOC-led or BIPOC-serving composting projects in New England. … Read More
View ArticleFinanciación de $100,000 para compostadores dirigidos por BIPOC o que prestan...
El Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) lanzará el Programa de Minisubvenciones para Compostadores Comunitarios que pertenezcan a la agrupación de personas negras, indígenas y de color....
View ArticleDetroit Has No Time to Waste Food
A Detroit entrepreneur explains how her pilot projects are building community, local self-reliance, and resilience. … Read More
View ArticleTown Hall Featuring FTC Chair Lina Khan Draws Hundreds of Small Businesses
Hundreds of independent businesses from across the country tuned into a virtual town hall — featuring Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan — to mark the progress and build momentum to rein in...
View Article$100,000 in Grants Going to BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving Community Composters
“This dedicated focus on BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving community composters is long overdue,” said Brenda Platt, director of ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative, about the grant program.… Read More
View ArticleArizona’s High Stakes Utility Election — Episode 205 of Local Energy Rules
Charlie Fisher discusses the upcoming Salt River Project election and how clean energy advocates could flip the public utility's board and reverse anti-solar and anti-democratic policies.… Read More
View ArticleThe 2024 Community Power Scorecard
Communities can do a lot to advance energy democracy, but some tools must be granted by state policy. This annual scorecard from ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative surveys a suite of 18 policies that...
View ArticleIt Takes an Avalon Village
Avalon Village is a testament to the resilience of communities and the transformative power of collective action.… Read More
View ArticleResponse to FTC report on grocery supply chain disruptions during COVID-19
We hope that this study will be followed in short order by renewed enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act,” Stacy Mitchell says in the statement.… Read More
View ArticleOn More Perfect Union: What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You to Know
Dollar General is stealing from its customers. It’s a major scam that’s siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars from the poorest people in America. In a new More Perfect Union video, Stacy Mitchell...
View ArticleNew Power Generation Quarterly: 2023 Q4
14 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Over eight gigawatts of this fourth quarter surge was large-scale solar, with distributed solar contributing...
View ArticleDIY Community Composter Screener
Do It Yourself Trommel is a step-by-step guide by Bruno Navarro of Nexus Bau to building an electric trommel compost screener intended for use at community gardens, schools, urban farms, and other...
View ArticleIn The American Prospect: Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying
In a new study, the Federal Trade Commission found that big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs on food and household goods during the pandemic. Ron Knox explains it in...
View ArticleA San Diego Solar Takeover — Episode 206 of Local Energy Rules
Dorrie Bruggemann and Bill Powers discuss how a publicly-owned San Diego electric utility would be more supportive of distributed solar, offer lower rates thanks to that solar, and what it will take to...
View ArticleSponsor Info: 8th Annual National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Support the 9th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. Contributions will primarily cover our scholarship fund and prioritize equitable access to forum events, as well as our networking...
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