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Article filed under Energy | Written by admin | 7 Comments | Updated on May 21, 2012

Technological Complications of Energy Storage

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/technological-complications-energy-storage/

In the long run, there’s no avoiding energy storage for a 100% renewable energy society.  The two major sources of renewable power are wind and sun, and they are either fickle or reliably not available at night. The problem is that the simplest energy storage option for electricity is batteries, and this image from Wikipedia… Continue reading

filed under General | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on May 8, 2012

Waste Diversion Options Report, Dubuque, IA

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/waste-diversion-options-report-dubuque-ia-2/

ILSR’s series of workshops, supported by the Community Foundation of Dubuque and the Four Mounds Foundation, in 2008 led to the scope of work for this technical report. The report was completed by Huls Environmental Management, LLC. under the direction of the Dubuque Office of Sustainability. Continue reading

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Resource filed under Broadband | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Apr 19, 2012

ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell Speaks With KYRS About Rural Broadband In Washington

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/ilsrs-christopher-mitchell-speaks-kyrs-rural-broadband-washington/

Christopher Mitchell spoke with Gavin Dahl about community broadband on KYRS, a community radio station in Spokane, Washington, on April 11. The discussion touched on legislation in Washington that could have encouraged rural broadband deployment by area public utility districts and why the private sector is not getting the job done. We also discussed the… Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Independent Business | Written by admin | 3 Comments | Updated on Apr 17, 2012

Top 10 Ways Walmart Fails on Sustainability

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/top-10-ways-walmart-fails-sustainability/

Since 2005, Walmart has been making splashy announcements and issuing slick reports to highlight its environmental and social responsibility efforts. In this new brief, Food & Water Watch and ILSR contend that the world’s largest retailer fails to live up to its promises and continues to ignore the fundamental problems with its business model that harm the environment, undermine healthy food choices, and exacerbate poverty. Continue reading

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Article filed under Biomaterials | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Apr 17, 2012

SBC Co-chair to Keynote the Biopolymer World Congress

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/sbc-co-chair-keynote-biopolymer-world-congress/

Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative co-chair, Jim Kleinshmit, will keynote the Biopolymer World Congress in Italy Monday, April 23, 2012. His talk will be on sustainable sourcing and the concerns about and opportunities for biopolymer feedstocks. Continue reading

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Featured Article filed under General | Written by admin | 3 Comments | Updated on Apr 2, 2012

What Happened to the New Rules Project?

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/what-happened-to-the-new-rules-project/

It’s all still here. We have reorganized the NewRules.org and ILSR.org websites to better coordinate and publicize our work. All of the project’s activity, research, and information continues here, on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s new web site. The New Rules Project’s primary focus areas — Energy, Banking, Broadband, Independent Business, and The Public Good… Continue reading

filed under General | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Mar 14, 2012

ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell One of Government Technology’s Top 25

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/ilsrs-christopher-mitchell-one-of-government-technologys-top-25/

2/29/2012 – Government Technology named Christopher Mitchell one of the Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers In Public Sector Innovation: In 2011, the battle for the right of local governments to build their own broadband networks raged on, and at the heart of the firestorm was Christopher Mitchell, director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative… Continue reading

filed under Banking | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Mar 12, 2012

Overview

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/overview-banking/

The financial crisis and its economic aftershocks have spawned the first serious examination of the structure of our current banking system and the public policies that have fueled consolidation over the last 30 years and untethered financial institutions from their communities. From the 1930s through the 1970s, state and federal policies nurtured a strong network… Continue reading

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filed under Waste to Wealth, Young Activist Club | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Mar 12, 2012

Overview and Progress – The Young Activist Club

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/overview/

The Young Activist Club started as an after-school PTA-sponsored club at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland. In fall 2008, student members decided to focus on their school’s disposable styrofoam lunch trays and work toward implementing an alternative solution. The students researched problems with polystyrene and found that their lunch trays are burned… Continue reading