Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBAug 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.
8 Policy Strategies Cities Can Use to Support Local Businesses
WEB8 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 ...
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 ...
How One State Escaped Wall Street's Rule and Created a Banking …
WEBSep 1, 2015 · Across the country, people are suffering the consequences of a banking system that’s dominated by a handful of giant banks. Local businesses can’t get the credit they need to grow. College graduates are stumbling under the weight of student debt with sky-high interest rates.
What is Community Composting? - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBWhat is Community Composting? Composting can take place at many levels – backyard, block, neighborhood, schoolyard, community, and regional – and in urban, suburban, and rural areas. There are many methods and sizes. Large-scale centralized facilities can serve wide geographic areas and divert significant quantities of organic materials ...
WEBAs the table below shows, Amazon’s wages average 15% lower than the prevailing wage for comparable work in 11 metropolitan areas, and 19% lower than the living wage in that region.6. Unreliable Employment. Amazon staffs its warehouses with large numbers of temporary employees. Although the company often calls these positions “seasonal ...
John Farrell - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBAug 30, 2023 · John Farrell is a co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs the Energy Democracy Initiative.Widely known as the guru of distributed energy, he has received accolades for his vivid illustrations of the economic and environmental benefits of local ownership of decentralized renewable energy. He hosts the Local Energy Rules podcast, discussing monopoly power, energy ...
How Monopoly Utilities Abuse Their Power - Institute for Local Self ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell summarizes ILSR’s recent report, Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power. The report details the true costs of the current utility model – to communities, the climate, and our democracy – and makes the case for breaking up the private monopoly, restoring competition to most of the electricity system ...
Team - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBIndia Gorden is the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Operations Director. India has managed day-to-day office operations for non-profit organizations since 2003 and maintains her professional relationship with various vendors. Her focus is in office management, finance and general human resources. Contact.
Energy Democracy Initiative - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
WEBSep 4, 2024 · How We Work. We help people aspire and argue for what they need: clean, local, affordable energy and the chance to own it, individually or collectively.; We help people understand why those in power won’t provide it for them by explaining the monopoly utility system, its perverse incentives, and the failure of public oversight.; We push those in power to act in alignment, either directly or ...
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