"Much of Walmart’s market dominance can be attributed to its use of this illegal and anti-competitive tactic," says Stacy ...

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 1986 Ronald Reagan removed the solar system Jimmy Carter had unveiled in 1979. It had operated flawlessly for 7 years.

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 ...

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 ...

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

ILSR’s Composting for Community Project supports distributed infrastructure and the growing community composting sector. Community-scale composters serve an integral and unique role in both the ...

In the 2025 legislative session, ILSR is working to pass a Maryland bill that would fund $14 million per year in grants to support local governments, small businesses, non-profits, farmers, schools, ...

Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and other members of the public in ...

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 ...

Hundreds of changemakers and activists attended States and the Future of Antitrust: How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and Rebuild Local Economies in 2025 and Beyond, a virtual event hosted ...