Building Local Power

Building Local Power brings you thought-provoking stories and new ideas for breaking the hold of corporate monopolies and expanding the power of communities to chart their own futures.

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Building a Zero Waste World, One Community at a Time

Posted December 14, 2017

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/zero-waste-blp-episode-35. Zero waste activist Paul Connett joins ILSR's Neil Seldman and Nick Stumo-Langer...

Internet Connectivity in Indigenous Communities

Posted November 30, 2017

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/indigenous-internet-blp-episode-34/. Matt Rantanen, Director of Technology at the Southern California Tribal...

Supporting Family Farming in the Age of Monopoly with Joe Maxwell

Posted November 16, 201700:33:45

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/family-farming-blp-episode-33/. Joe Maxwell of the Organization for Competitive Markets details how our economy...

This Ag Economist Preached Bigger is Better. Now He Says the Evidence Favors Small Farms.

Posted November 2, 201700:46:15

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/sustainable-agri…e-blp-episode-31. John Ikerd, an agricultural economist, sits down with Stacy Mitchell to...

San Francisco Breaks the Chain Stores, Strengthens Neighborhood Economies

Posted October 19, 201700:32:54

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/san-francisco-chain-stores-episode-31-of-the-building-local-power-podcast. San Francisco has one-third as many...