Composting education and outreach are key components of successful composting programs. On this page, you’ll find composting infographics and signage in one convenient spot, ready to share with your ...

Washington, DC (December 10, 2025) — Ron Knox, senior researcher and policy advocate at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), issued the following statement on the introduction of the “Fair ...

Newly unsealed FTC filing accuses PepsiCo of favoring Walmart while artificially inflating prices for local grocers and ...

Chain dollar stores are inundating America’s communities. In both small towns and urban neighborhoods, they are edging out locally owned businesses, freezing out entrepreneurs, and shifting profits ...

AI technology and large language models are growing in popularity. Also growing is the technology’s detrimental effect on the environment. Each query into ChatGPT, to use one example, requires ...

Composting cuts greenhouse gas emissions, enhances the ability of soil to act as a carbon sink, and builds community resilience to climate disruptions. Use our new graphic to share these benefits! It ...

Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It’s tempting to assume that these chains simply ...

Most of the economies of scale in producing wind electricity are from scaling up from one to two turbines to about ten turbines. Local delivery of distributed wind can compete with avoided costs at ...

Distributed solar, which can be owned by individuals, small businesses, and public entities, is turning the electricity industry upside down as individuals choose to generate their own solar power on ...

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 ...

ILSR has conducted a sweeping investigation that reveals Amazon has quietly become a major force in how cities, counties, and school districts purchase basic supplies — and that its tightening grip is ...

In 1974, in Washington D.C., amidst a backdrop of economic turbulence and social unrest, the seeds of the Institute for Local Self-reliance were sown. David Morris, Neil Seldman, and Gil Friend, ...