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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Mar 1, 2008

Community-Owned Stores: New Anchors for Older Main Streets

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/community-owned-stores-anchors-older-main-streets/

The success of the Powell Mercantile has inspired at least half a dozen other towns in Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada—all too small and remote to interest national or regional chains—to open their own department stores. The concept is now spreading to the much more populous Northeast, where local residents are seeking community-focused alternatives to big-box retailers. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Justin Dahlheimer | No Comments | Updated on Feb 21, 2008

Gift Cards that Keep on Giving

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

Sales of gift card are soaring, but most of the spending on gift cards is flowing to chain retailers. A growing number of independent retailers are offering their own giftcards now too, but the key to shifting a substantial share of this activity to the local economy may lie in developing gift cards that work at many local businesses, rather than just one. Continue reading

Article, Resource filed under General | Written by Neil Seldman | No Comments | Updated on Feb 20, 2008

Neil Seldman Presentation on Waste to Wealth Topics

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/neil-seldman-presentation-waste-wealth-topics/

Neil Seldman speaking on Waste to Wealth topics before the Alachua County Energy Conservation Strategies Commission on February 20, 2008.  Format is a Windows Media Stream. Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Feb 15, 2008

New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/new-antiethanol-studies-reach-wrong-conclusion-greenhouse-gases/

A new policy brief from Institute for Local Self Reliance criticizes the authors of two recent studies published in Science for advancing a conclusion not supported by their own studies. ILSR’s paper notes that the vast majority of today’s ethanol production comes from corn cultivated on land that has been in corn production for generations. Continue reading

Article filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Feb 13, 2008

312 Projects Given Go-Ahead to Issue Clean Renewable Energy Bonds

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/312-projects-given-goahead-issue-clean-renewable-energy-bonds/

Last month the Internal Revenue Service today announced 312 projects that are now eligible to be financed with tax-credit bonds under the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREB) program. Approximately, $477 million was available for this round of applications. The CREB program was created by the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 and expanded under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.

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Article filed under Waste to Wealth, Zero Waste & Economic Development | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Feb 12, 2008

Recycling is not Garbage: A Response to Alexander Cockburn

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/recycling-is-not-garbage-a-response-to-alexander-cockburn/

Commentary by Neil Seldman Published at E Magazine.com   Alexander Cockburn is a long-time firebrand in The Nation magazine, and before that the Village Voice. Lately he’s bent so far left he’s joined the right. In recent months, his column and online writing have attracted a great deal of controversy based on his assertions that the science of… Continue reading

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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | 1 Comment | Updated on Feb 5, 2008

Favoring Local Businesses in Government Purchasing has Economic Benefits, Study Finds

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/favoring-local-businesses-government-purchasing-has-economic-benefits-study-finds/

A new study commissioned by Local First Arizona reports that a purchasing contract with an independent local supplier recirculates three times as much money in the local economy as the same contract with a national firm. Local First Arizona is using the study to galvanize support for a legislative measure that would keep more of the public dollars spent on state contracts in Arizona. Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by John Bailey | No Comments | Updated on Jan 28, 2008

Carbon Caps With Universal Dividends: Equitable, Ethical & Politically Effective Climate Policy

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/carbon-caps-universal-dividends-equitable-ethical-politically-effective-climate-policy/

A new policy brief from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance concludes that universal dividends are a critically important tool to create the political will and public acceptance for a carbon cap. Universal dividends have the potential to hold harmless a large segment of consumers while we move to a low-carbon economy. Moreover, the universal dividend honors the principle that the sky belongs to all of us equally. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Jan 23, 2008

Survey Finds “Buy Local” Campaigns Boosted Holiday Spending at Independent Stores

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/survey-finds-buy-local-campaigns-boosted-holiday-spending-independent-stores/

As major chains report weak holiday sales, a nationwide survey of 1,382 independent retailers has found that a desire to support locally owned businesses is emerging as a factor in people’s shopping choices. Continue reading