Welcome to the Seed bank

Art and culture have the power to bring people together, challenge the status quo and create the imaginary and real spaces from which new ways of living together can emerge.

This seed bank gathers examples of people, projects and organisations from around the world doing just that. They are tagged in the following categories; well-being, democracy and sustainable livelihoods.

This is just a start – if you have a project for the seed bank, please send a link to rethink@missionmodelsmoney.org.uk

Nanowrimo

21st Jun 2011
Nanowrimo is an international mass-participation novel writing initiative that began in the United States. In 2010 ...read more
Nanowrimo is an international mass-participation novel writing initiative that began in the United States. In 2010 200,000 people signed up to write a novel in a month - 30,000 completed.read more

Next Stop

21st Jun 2011
Next Stop is a Danish lead peace movement that began in the 1980s which aims to foster human relations through direct ...read more
Next Stop is a Danish lead peace movement that began in the 1980s which aims to foster human relations through direct contact between people and artists in regions recovering from political repression and conflict. Next Stop has aimed to ...read more

Oh Comely Magazine

21st Jun 2011
Oh Comely is a magazine available in WHSmiths about the joys of making and doing.read more
Oh Comely is a magazine available in WHSmiths about the joys of making and doing.read more

One and Other

21st Jun 2011
One and Other was a public art project by Antony Gormley, in which 2,400 members of the public occupied the usually ...read more
One and Other was a public art project by Antony Gormley, in which 2,400 members of the public occupied the usually vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, for an hour each for 100 days.read more

Particle Falls

30th Apr 2012
Particle Falls is a public artwork that provides a real time visualization of particulate pollution in the San Fernando ...read more
Particle Falls is a public artwork that provides a real time visualization of particulate pollution in the San Fernando Corridor in the form of a large-scale projection on the side of the AT&T Building in San Jose California and on ...read more

People United

21st Jun 2011
People United is a creative laboratory. We explore how the arts and creativity can inspire kindness and social change.read more
People United is a creative laboratory. We explore how the arts and creativity can inspire kindness and social change.read more

Peoples Palace Projects

21st Jun 2011
People's Palace Projects is an arts organisation established at Queen Mary, University of London to advance the ...read more
People's Palace Projects is an arts organisation established at Queen Mary, University of London to advance the practice and understanding of art for social justice.read more

Power of Culture

7th Jun 2011
The Power of Culture is a website exploring the role of culture in development supporting the idea that the ideas, ...read more
The Power of Culture is a website exploring the role of culture in development supporting the idea that the ideas, ideals and creativity of people are the driving force behind development towards more political, economic and social freedom.read more

Project Pressure

4th Jun 2012
Project Pressure aims to generate the world’s first Glacier Atlas consisting of hundreds of images of the ...read more
Project Pressure aims to generate the world’s first Glacier Atlas consisting of hundreds of images of the world’s retreating glaciers from every continent on the planet.  read more

Radical Nature

21st Jun 2011
Radical Nature was an exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London which took place in 2008. It brought together key ...read more
Radical Nature was an exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London which took place in 2008. It brought together key figures from across different generations who have used nature as an inspiration for utopian works and inspiring solutions ...read more