Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it ...

ILSR has long recognized that stripping communities of their capacity and concentrating power in distant boardrooms would inevitably destabilize democracy. Along the way, that consolidation has also ...

You know why your local and state governments shouldn’t be buying from Amazon. Here’s what you can do about it. We would love to hear your experiences with Amazon’s role in public purchasing in your ...

Fifteen years ago, Western Massachusetts residents in the small hill towns that dotted the most rural parts of the state were faced with an increasingly stark choice. To stay where they and their ...

The Trump administration’s actions are making electricity more expensive for everyone. But this state is ramping up the fight for energy affordability and access. For this bonus episode of the Local ...

Across coastal New England and NYC, 37 organizations received grants of $10,000 each to support new or existing composting projects. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is proud to announce ...

At the New Mexico Infrastructure Finance Conference last week, the Pueblo of Jemez Tribal community was honored with a Project Excellence Award for its broadband project, building out a fiber network ...

ILSR’s Vermicomposting 101 Guide covers the fundamentals of composting with worms, including worm facts, managing a worm bin, and how to harvest vermicompost. This 12-page resource was developed to ...