Empowered by our federalist system, states can and often do play a crucial role in antitrust leadership and enforcement. Leaders at the state level are better attuned to the needs of small businesses, ...

Podcast (buildinglocalpower): Play in new window | Download On this week’s episode of Building Local Power, we continue our series honoring ILSR’s co-founder David Morris, who passed away in June. One ...

To commemorate David Morris's life and work after his sudden passing, we're re-releasing a 2017 interview about local power and the power of cities ...

We are deeply saddened to share that David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice for community-scaled economics and local self-determination, passed away ...

There arguably has never been a better time to consider how to grow food and compost at home — it’s an opportunity to support healthy local soils and protect local food production and distribution.

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 ...

The Compost and Soil Microscopy Mini-Course introduces the microbial life that exists in healthy soil and the basics of using a microscope and your senses for a relatively low-tech and inexpensive way ...

This Model Ordinance is a tool local governments can use to create a regulatory landscape that advances the establishment, operations, and achievements of community-based composters. Local governments ...

ILSR's Sean Gonsalves has a new piece in ProMarket on the continuing consolidation of telecommunication markets and why municipal broadband is a better option.

Note: In 2025 we changed the name of this quarterly series to Big Impact of Small Solar to better reflect its aim of showing just how much distributed, small-scale (community, residential, and ...