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
In September of 2016, Bloomberg Business reporter Patrick Clark wrote a story about the prevalence of bank chains and how they finance boring chain stores as opposed to dynamic small businesses. For his reporting Clark reached out to ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell.… Read More
In our latest update to our Community Power Map, Frank Jossi of Midwest Energy News covered the increase in community projects and the reasoning behind the inclusion. Check it out.… Read More
On August 17, 2016 David Morris was interviewed on the It’s Our Money radio show, hosted by PRN.FM (the Progressive Radio Network). This conversation was a follow-up on a piece written by David on the history of the Non-Partisan League in North Dakota. Here’s the link to the Public Banking Institute’s website, they run the It’s Our Money radio show.… Read More
Last week, Christopher was a guest on the Unanimous Dissent Radio Show. Sam Sacks and Sam Knight asked him to share information about the details on state barriers around the country. The guys get into the nitty gritty on state level lobbying and anti-muni legislation. They also discuss how a growing number of communities are interested in the local accountability, better services, and improved quality of life that follows publicly owned Internet infrastructure.… Read More
