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

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 ...

Every year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance publishes a Community Power Scorecard that shows how state laws and regulations can help make the energy system more equitable and democratic, and ...

Can you imagine a future where you’re earning money helping to support the electric grid? Where a network of your distributed assets (from a smart thermostat to solar to an electric car), your ...

We provide community members with the research and advocacy tools they need to reclaim power over local decision making and hold corporations and government accountable. We believe that democracy can ...

Locally owned clean energy projects are helping communities grow jobs, build wealth, and make their own decisions — even as the federal government cuts support for clean energy. In spring 2025, three ...

Ever wonder how Walmart, Amazon, dollar chains or other big retailers are able to set their retail prices lower than independents? You are invited to join a virtual briefing detailing how mega ...