WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14, 2025) – Christopher Mitchell, director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the ...

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 ...

What Is A Community Broadband Network? A community broadband network, we define, as a publicly-owned, locally-controlled broadband network, which can include public-private partnerships. The most ...

New Hampshire scored 8 out of 13 on the 2025 Community Power Scorecard. It passed its first community solar legislation in 2013 (SB 98). Successful and meaningful community solar policies prioritize ...

Composting helps enliven spaces – gardens, community hubs, and schoolyards; spaces where people of all ages come together. These sites are not just about growing plants, they are about growing ...

Individuals subscribe to a portion of a nearby solar garden and get credits on their utility bill for the electricity it produces. Community solar provides a way for people without the financial means ...

More than almost any other factor, a community’s planning and land use laws and policies affect its success — or failure — in cultivating and supporting small, locally owned businesses. Many civic ...

Ladybird Diner's Meg Heriford joins Building Local Power to talk pie, crisis, and how to build and nurture community during ...

ILSR’s Composting for Community policy team worked with Delegate Regina T. Boyce (District 43, Baltimore City) again to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and ...

Ron Knox's new zine Resist Monopolies! documents the battles and triumphs of the growing antimonopoly movement, and shows how ...