Favela da Paz is a project situated in Jardim Ângela, one of the favelas (slums) of São Paulo, Brazil, which the UN declared in the 1990s to be one of the most brutal neighborhoods of the world. At a time of daily shootings in the neighborhood, creativity was the alternative to violence and fear the founder found. Through music, he started offering the youth the chance to get to know a life beyond drugs and violence, building community and serving ethical values. Nowadays they are a cultural project providing education in music, media production, sports, entrepreneurship, social equity, urban permaculture, renewable energy solutions (e.g. solar and biogas) vegetarian kitchen, and more, aiming to turn their neighborhood into an urban model for sustainability and nonviolence, creating the possibility to thrive in the slums.