Growing a local peace economy starts with growing a local peace economy culture. Culture is where this work starts. Artists and culture workers plant the seeds of the peace economy in our hearts and spirits, inspiring us to cultivate it in our communities. Below is a list of cultural pieces that speak to the more beautiful future we’re creating when we grow our local peace economy. Dive in and get inspired!
Books
- Emergent Strategy- Adrienne Maree Brown
- The Next American Revolution - Grace Lee Boggs
- The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible (free) - Charles Eisenstein
- This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein
- Until the Streets of Hood Flood with Green - Kelly Curry
- Black Earth Wisdom - Leah Penniman
- Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
- The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
- Blueprint for Black Power - Amos N. Wilson
- A Little Taste of Freedom - Emilye Crosby
Music
- Sweet Honey in the Rock - All For Freedom
- We Are - Jon Batiste
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil-Scot Heron
- don’t wanna be machine - Trevor Hall
- Redemption Song - Bob Marley
- Beautiful Chorus -Brilliant Mycelium
- Everything Is Falling / Let It Fall - The Bengsons
- A List of Things That Grow - The Bengsons
Films & Shows
Community Land Trusts
- Arc of Justice: The Rise, Fall & Rebirth of a Beloved Community
- Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street
Co-ops
- Food for Change: A Documentary about Food Co-ops
- A Silent Transformation: A film about the Transformative Power of the Cooperative Enterprise Model
- Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces
- Power and the Land (1940); Rural Electrification Administration, USDA.
- The Co-ops Are Comin' (1941); Cooperative League.
- The Rural Co-op (1950); United States Information Service.
- All Together (1950): Tennessee Valley Cooperatives.
- Milk: The Co-operative Way (1953); University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service.
- List of Co-op Films from Cultivate.Coop
- Cooperative Community of New West Jackson: a grassroots, resident--led development model that seeks to revitalize West Jackson, MS through an inventive "inside out" strategy
Participatory Budgeting & Finance
- Public Money POV
- Money & Life: A Story About Money that will Change your Life
- Time As Money: A Documentary about Time Banking
Film Databases & Curated Lists
- Films For Action - search terms like “Cooperatives,” “Community Land Trusts,” etc.
- Letterboxd: The Cowr-Kola Strategic Viewing Series
- Letterboxd: Healthy Food Hub Strategic Viewing Series
- Letterboxd: Degrow US Strategic Viewing Series
- Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
- Freedom on My Mind
Other
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, Naomi Klein (Film)
- Briars in the Cotton Patch: The Story of Koinonia Farm (Farming, Civil Rights)
- Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Solutions-oriented)
- The Economics of Happiness (Solutions-oriented)
- Fixing the Future (Solutions-oriented)
- Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy
- Gift (Gift Economy)