AUDIO REPORTS AND PODCASTS

• About Parma, Italy. From NPR All Things Considered (2000). [Editor note: I would like to do a side-by-side, 400-year comparison, with Parma, Michigan. Parma, Michigan, is a small community just 20 miles from my home town. I believe there is a story to be told about more intentional communities surviving and thriving while less intentional communities face more downs and ups as the winds of the world bring changing conditions. — Tom Stanton]
• Austrailia. Outback indigenous community audio report. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/how-an-outback-community-took-control-of-its-power/103910402

FILMS AND VIDEO

• AurorasEyes Films. https://www.facebook.com/AurorasEye. This company is featured in the Facebook EcoVillage Design & Development Group. They have produced many videos about ecovillages. Website, contact information, and YouTube Channel links are here: https://www.facebook.com/AurorasEye/about.
• Bank of Dave (2023). http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/bank-of-dave/ This story, based on true events, chronicles the story of how a working class Burnley, England, man (Dave Fishwich), a self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community Bank.
  • FORTHCOMING: Bank of Dave 2 (sequel). https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/bank-of-dave-2-netflix-movie-everything-we-know-so-far/ and https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/bank-of-dave-the-sequel-the-real-dave-fishwick-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-at-new-netflix-film-the-bank-of-dave-the-sequel-4556307
• Barber of Little Rock (The), documentary film, 2023, nominated for 2024 Oscar for best short documentary. Review by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder, Marketplace Morning Report, March 7, 2024, Arlo Washington is the barber — and banker — of Little Rock, https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/07/arlo-washington-is-the-barber-and-banker-of-little-rock/ Internet Movie Data Base: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28627868/ Stream from The New Yorker Magazine Web site at https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/the-barber-of-little-rock
• Beyond Organic: The Vision of Fairview Gardens (2000). http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bo.html. A model of community supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.
• [A] Brief History of the Future. US Public Broadcasting System series, 2024. https://www.pbs.org/show/a-brief-history-of-the-future/
• Bullfrog Films..http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/ Bullfrog Films is a leading source of educational films — DVDs & Streaming — on environmental and related social justice issues, including:   Environment; Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Justice; and more.
• Hope in the Water. US Public Broadcasting System series, 2024. https://www.pbs.org/show/hope-in-the-water/
• Video Project. https://www.videoproject.org/ This is a documentary and educational film company, with focuses on: health; environment\; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and more.
  • Ryan's Well. https://www.videoproject.org/Ryans-Well.html See also the Ryan's Well Foundation https://www.ryanswell.ca/ and Return to Ryan's Well Documentary, https://www.ryanswell.ca/news-media/documentaries/

MAGAZINES

• Meggan Robinson. 2023. “The Italian Bank Where You Can Use Parmegiano-Reggiano Cheese as Loan Collateral” [Electronic Article], Tasting Table, https://www.tastingtable.com/1155099/the-italian-bank-where-you-can-use-parmigiano-reggiano-cheese-as-loan-collateral/

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

WEB RESOURCES

• Equity Trust. https://equitytrust.org/ "Equity Trust is a small, national non-profit organization committed to changing the spirit and character of our material relationships. We help communities to gain ownership interests in land and other local resources, and we work with people to make economic changes that balance the needs of individuals with the needs of the community, the earth, and future generations." Specialty program areas include community farming, an equity trust fund, and socially equitable forms of property ownership and economics.
• India women in agriculture case study report: https://www.timesnownews.com/good-news/meet-neha-upadhyay-indias-eco-village-lady-changing-lives-in-ladakh-with-her-solar-power-mission-article-110609783