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 ...

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 other members of the public in ...

The need to decentralize economic power and reinvigorate democracy is stronger than ever. Join us in building an economy driven by local priorities.

Community leaders have good reason to be concerned about chain dollar stores. Here's an explanation of 17 ways dollar stores can hurt communities.

Paola Santana, founder of G-Commerce, talks to BLP about using a human-centered approach to fix a broken government purchasing system.

Amazon claims that it has “a mutually beneficial relationship” with the small businesses that depend on its platform. This fact sheet tells the real story.

Amazon has extended its tentacles across our economy. In this report, we pull back the curtain on the company, and find that it’s at the center of increasing inequality and diminishing opportunity, ...

Ohio Statehouse Rep. Tristan Rader joins the Building Local Power podcast to discuss Cleveland, labor, energy, and thinking local from the statehouse.

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.