Careers - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Composting for Community Communications Internship — Full-time (Remote, U.S.) The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is hiring a communications intern to join our Composting for Community (C4C) Initiative team.
Kennedy Smith - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Kennedy Smith is a Senior Researcher for ILSR’s Independent Business Initiative. Her work focuses on analyzing the factors that threaten small businesses and on developing program and policy tools that communities can use to level the playing field for small businesses and to build thriving economies.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Dec 12, 2024 · What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses because it affects all of us.
Events - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Aug 12, 2024 · States and the Future of Antitrust: How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and Rebuild Local Economies in 2025 and Beyond. Wednesday, January 15 | 3 – 4:15 p.m. ET Join the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX), along with leading policymakers, experts, and advocates for a virtual event on how states can strengthen enforcement of existing ...
New Power Generation Quarterly: 2024 Q3
Dec 11, 2024 · More than 7.5 gigawatts of new power capacity went online in the third quarter of 2024 and most (90%) of this capacity was renewable. Seventy-four percent of new capacity was from solar generation, with 4 gigawatts of large-scale solar and 1.7 gigawatts of distributed solar.
ILSR's 2024 Annual Report - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
May 1, 2024 · Jessica Auer, Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst, Community Broadband Networks. Jordan Ashby, Advocacy & Communications Lead, Composting for Community. John Bailey, Development Director. Ingrid Behrsin, Senior Researcher, Energy Democracy Initiative. Linda Bilsens Brolis, Associate Director for Education & Advocacy, Composting for Community. Danny Caine, Multimedia Content Creator
Report: Most Americans Have No Real Choice in Internet Providers
Aug 12, 2020 · The 2020 edition of ILSR’s Profiles of Monopoly: Big Cable and Telecom report analyzes the latest data available from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate broadband competition in communities across the country. Thanks largely to the power of monopoly corporations like Comcast, Charter, and AT&T, millions of Americans still do not have a real choice when it comes to ...
Community Composting 101 Online Certificate Course
Cost & Enrollment. The cost of enrollment is $100 per person. Bulk discounts and individual scholarships are available. We are dedicated to making our resources accessible to those in need, including historically disenfranchised, frontline, and BIPOC communities.
Stacy Mitchell on the FTC’s Action Against Southern Glazer’s Wine …
Dec 12, 2024 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. For media inquiries, please contact: Reggie Rucker, ILSR Communications Director “Consumers will feel the benefits through greater choice, lower prices, and vibrant neighborhood business districts,” says Stacy Mitchell
Dollar Stores - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Apr 12, 2024 · Fixing the Food Gap. This virtual event featured Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya alongside community leaders, independent grocers, and advocates—to examine the ways dominant retailers exert their power, how community leaders are fighting back, and what federal leaders must do to cultivate fairness in our food system.