Local Peace Economy

WHAT'S A LOCAL PEACE ECONOMY?
Every transaction we make in our daily lives ultimately contributes toward building a peace economy or a war economy, a world of compassion and well being, or a world of indifference and violence. The peace economy model encourages us to reinvest in our local communities.

It calls for creating cultural, social and economic models that cultivate a sense of respect, and uplifts all people... not just a select few. We cannot make these changes without the foundational building blocks of the very peace we are seeking. The first step is taking the macro problem to the micro. Visit AlterNet partner CODE PINK's Local Peace Economy Page to get involved.

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  • How Do We Transition from a World of Domination and Extraction to a World of Resilience and Regeneration?

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  • How Lady Buggs Farm Is Bringing Healthy Food and a New Urban Landscape to the Rust Belt

    Sarah Lazare / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 08/10/2016 - 14:00

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    Christopher Cheung / The Tyee  

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  • How One Teenager Is Improving Access to Affordable, Healthy Food to One of Boston's Food Deserts

    Stephanie Fenton / Seedstock  

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  • How an Indigenous Community Is Boosting Crop Productivity While Conserving the Rainforest (Video)

    Laura Jamison / Rainforest Alliance

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  • Britain and the EU: Beyond the False Dichotomy

    Helena Norberg-Hodge / AlterNet

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  • Here's One Way You Can Get Rid of Most of the Damning Information About You on the Web

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 07/01/2016 - 11:29

  • Corporate Globalization Has Been a Wrecking Ball to the American Dream

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/10/2016 - 13:05

  • This U.S. City Is a Sustainable Utopia—Here's What They Have Accomplished & Where They Are Headed

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  • Detroit Activists Launch Innovative Crowdfunding Effort to Solve Urban Blight Problems

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/27/2016 - 14:09

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 05/23/2016 - 09:00

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/20/2016 - 12:23

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  • Robert Scheer Talks About Disrupting America's War Machine and Building a Local Peace Economy With CODEPINK’s Jodie Evans

    Robert Scheer / Truthdig  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 05/16/2016 - 08:33

  • Our Fossil-Fuel Economy Destroys the Earth and Exploits Humanity - Here's the Shift We Need to Be Sustainable

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    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/06/2016 - 14:06

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