In the wake of the Tuesday election, 26 separate Colorado communities voted to reclaim their local authority over broadband networks bringing the grand total of communities that have opted out of the restrictive 2005 law, SB152, to 95. Below you can watch the segment of the show regarding this vote, however, the entire show is available at the YouTube link below.… Read More
In February of 2016, First Lady Michelle Obama visited ILSR project manager Linda Bilsens’ backyard urban farm to demonstrate the benefit of growing and eating local. The home gardening magazine Clever Root details this visit and the prominence of the White House Kitchen Garden.… Read More
Around the 2016 election, there were a number of state level ballot initiatives that would fundamentally change the landscape of local, renewable energy. For this, Bloomberg Markets reporters reached out to ILSR Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell for his feedback.… Read More
Research from ILSR’s Hannah Trostle on the amount of cooperatives across America that are delivering gigabit Internet service to their member-owners was featured by Joan Engebretson of Telecompetitor.… Read More
In a roundup of the best podcasts that are enabling the sharing economy, Shareable shared both our Broadband Bits podcast and our Local Energy Rules podcast, a wonderful honor for us.… Read More
Commercial rents have been rising, and pricing independent retailers out of neighborhoods, for a number of years now. Patrick Sisson of Curbed reached out to report co-author and ILSR research associate Olivia LaVecchia to discuss these trends.… Read More
In the wake of the release of our Is Bigger Best for Renewable Energy? report, Frank Jossi of Midwest Energy News covered the findings of the report, notably that small-scale renewable energy is a more economic outcome for renewables.… Read More
On October 14, 2016, Community Broadband Networks initiative director Christopher Mitchell was interviewed by Mike McIntee of AM950 in Minnesota. The subject of the conversation centered on Christopher’s recently released report – North Carolina Connectivity: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. He discussed the big difference in Internet infrastructure funding between rural and urban areas in North Carolina as well as in Minnesota. The barriers to greater connectivity vary between states but are typically an issue of a state’s authority over its communities.… Read More
Back in 2007, Institute for Local Self-Reliance co-founder David Morris spoke on CBS’ The Fan show. In his discussion, David spoke about and introduced ILSR, offered a bottom-up energy strategy, and proposed an effective populist strategy for reducing clima… Read More
