Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

In 2022, Hawai’i enacted HB1992 HD3 SD1 CD1 (Act 131) to allow composting in agricultural districts by designating it as a permissible land use. The Act also establishes and funds new staff capacity ...

The 8th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum (CCC24), hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in partnership with Rust Belt Riders, took place from October 17 – 19, 2024 in ...

On October 25th, 2024, ILSR participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Composting Education Hub (CEH) at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CEH is the ...

Enough is enough! It’s finally time to break up with Amazon.

The first bookstore Danny Caine fell in love with was a suburban Cleveland outpost of a mega-chain. Since then, he has not only fallen in love with independent bookstores and other local businesses ...

Hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in partnership with Rust Belt Riders, over 160 composters, haulers, farmers, regulators, researchers, public servants, industry leaders, and allies from ...

In the fall of 2023, ILSR launched the CPR Campaign: Resuscitate the Climate in coalition with Zero Waste USA and the National Recycling Coalition to uplift waste reduction and materials conservation ...

On America Recycles Day, November 15th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 25 selectees to receive over $33 million in Recycling Education and Outreach grants. These grants, ...

Food deserts are an entrenched problem across the country, including in Virginia. The cause is clear: price discrimination by big grocery chains is forcing independent grocers to close their doors. In ...

The destruction of Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio isn’t just a story of physical destruction; it’s about the dismantling of crucial social infrastructure that once allowed residents to communicate, ...