To commemorate David Morris's life and work after his sudden passing, we're re-releasing a 2017 interview about local power ...

We are deeply saddened to share that David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice ...

David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice in the movement toward community-based economics, has died at 79. His five-decade career positioned him as one ...

NSR Composter Training Program Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and ...

The Quiet Revolutionary Who Saw Corporate America's Monopoly Problem Coming David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice for community-scaled economics and ...

Download this list as a PDF you can print and distribute. 1. Local Character and Prosperity In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and ...

Citizens and civic leaders have very good reasons to be concerned about chain dollar stores and their impacts on their communities. Here are 17 of the most common problems that chain dollar stores ...

Podcast (buildinglocalpower): Play in new window | Download This episode is the first in our new season of Building Local Power, The New Class, where we are talking to interesting changemakers among ...

Dr. Chandrasekher’s paper, “The ‘Good’ Starbucks: Consumer Redlining in Large American Chain Stores” aims to find the cause of this phenomenon. Inspired by her own experience shopping at two Target ...

Click on image to download the fact sheet. This factsheet details the ways in which Amazon abuses its market dominance to harm smaller competitors, and what Congress needs to do. View it as a PDF.