Podcast (buildinglocalpower): Play in new window | Download On this week’s episode of Building Local Power, we continue our series honoring ILSR’s co-founder David Morris, who passed away in June. One ...

The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act represented one of the largest ever investments in broadband infrastructure. Many in the digital equity space believed the bill would go a long way to ...

Para esta información y solicitud en español, haga clic aquí. Applications Now Open for the Composting for Community Mini-Grant Program The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is launching year ...

Recast City's Ilana Preuss returns to Building Local Power to talk small scale manufacturing and the funding gap for historically marginalized entrepreneurs ...

Riverbank, CA mayor Rachel Hernandez tells Building Local Power about governing as a renter, a daughter of immigrants, and a political newcomer.

Find out how much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of small, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth in 2024.

Adriana Valdez discusses the inspiration behind the Secret Mall Apartment, a project she undertook in 2003 to protest unsustainable development in Providence, Rhode Island.

The 2025 scorecard grades each state on their adoption of policies related to energy democracy and utility accountability in 2024.

A study found California's rooftop solar saved non-solar customers over $1 billion in 2024, rebutting the utility industry's "cost-shift" myth.

UC Davis professor Andrea Cann Chandrasekher shares her research into consumer redlining, the practice of retail chains providing lesser service in poor or BIPOC neighborhoods.

Not only does AI technology have severe climate impacts, it exacerbates environmental inequity. UC Riverside professor Dr. Shaolei Ren joins us to explain.

Producer Mars Verrone shares stories about the creation of "Union," a new documentary about the fight to unionize an Amazon warehouse.