Community Composters - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBCommunity-scale composters serve an integral and unique role in both the broader composting industry and the sustainable food movement. They are often social innovators and entrepreneurs. Many collect food scraps with bikes. Others employ youth and marginalized individuals. A growing number utilize cooperative ownership structures.
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Fighting Corporate Control. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is a national research and advocacy organization that partners with allies across the country to build an American economy driven by local priorities, accountable to people and the planet. The annual Arts and Crafts Street Fair — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
8 Policy Strategies Cities Can Use to Support Local Businesses
WEBAug 28, 2017 · 8 Policy Strategies Cities Can Use to Support Local Businesses. Aug 28, 2017. Stacy Mitchell. Fact Sheets and Guides. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance produced this policy brief for Local Progress, a network of elected officials organized by the Center for Popular Democracy. We’ve reproduced the text of the brief below, and it’s also ...
Small Schools vs. Big Schools - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBMar 19, 2012 · Small Schools vs. Big Schools. Mar 19, 2012. ILSR. Policy Topic. One of the most effective ways to improve student achievement and curb school violence is to reduce the size of the nation’s schools. Hundreds of studies have found that students who attend small schools outperform those in large schools on every academic measure from grades to ...
Podcasts - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBLocal Energy Rules. A project of the Energy Democracy initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Local Energy Rules is a twice monthly podcast featuring ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell (formerly Matt Grimley and Karlee Weinmann), sharing powerful stories of successful local renewable energy and exposing the policy and practical barriers to its expansion.
Community Broadband Networks - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBAug 26, 2024 · A community broadband network, we define, as a publicly-owned, locally-controlled broadband network, which can include public-private partnerships. The most common kinds of community networks are municipal networks and cooperatives. There are more than 1000 localities across the nation served by a community broadband network with many more in ...
About ILSR - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBMay 2, 2024 · The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has a vision of thriving, diverse, equitable communities. To reach this vision, we build local power and fight corporate control. Over the past 50 years, the growth of ILSR and its mission to build local power and fight corporate control has become a story worth …
Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
WEBDec 10, 2012 · 1. Local Character and Prosperity. In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage. 2. Community Well-Being. Locally owned businesses build strong communities by sustaining vibrant town centers, linking neighbors in …
Issue Brief: How Amazon Exploits and Undermines Small …
WEBJun 16, 2021 · Public Support for Regulation of Big Tech: Analysis of Survey Findings,” Lake Research Partners, Feb. 2021. “Congress Is Leaning Towards a Big Tech Breakup,” Hal Singer, ProMarket, Mar. 9, 2021. “Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets,” U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, 2020, at 15 ...
Infographic: Compost Impacts More Than You Think
WEBApr 2, 2018 · Resources/More Information: Compost: Impacts More Than You Think. Brenda Platt, Nora Goldstein, Craig Coker, and Sally Brown, The State of Composting in the U.S.:What, Why, Where, & How, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), June 2015.. US EPA, Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013, June 2015, pp. 12, 46. Brenda Platt, Eric Lombardi, and David Ciplet, Stop ...
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