The Institute for Local Self-Reliance or ILSR, is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group that provides technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in broad areas such as Banking, Broadband, Energy, and Waste through local purchasing.
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“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
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