Here is our recommended reading list. This collection includes different articles, reports, methods, tools and solutions as well as expert organisations to follow that support the transition to ways of living that respect the life on Earth and the rights of the future generations.
Biodiversity
IPBES www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
The Dasgupta Review The Economics of Biodiversity
Children, youth and future generations
Designing for Children’s Rights d4cr.org
UN Pact for the Future www.un.org/pact_for_the_future_adopted
UNICEF Innocenti, Global outlook 2023 children in polycrisis www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/prospects-children-polycrisis-2023-global-outlook
UNICEF Innocenti, youth centered journey to the future www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/designing-youth-centred-journey-future
UNICEF Innocenti, An agenda for future by youth www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/our-future-pledge-agenda-futures-youth
Voices of Future Generations www.vofg.org
Circular economy
circulareconomy.europa.eu/circulab-toolbox-apply-regenerative-economy-principles
www.circularity-gap.world
www.circularitydeck.com
circulardesign.tools
circulab.academy/circular-economy-tools/circular-design-toolkit
www.circulardesignguide.com
ddc.dk/themes/green-transition
Cities and city planning
7 gen cities www.7gencities.org
Living cities www.livingcities.earth
Climate crisis & solutions
IPCC www.ipcc.ch
Climate NASA climate.nasa.gov
Drawdown www.drawdown.org
www.2030calculator.com
footprintcalc.org
10insightsclimate.science
Future-proof economics and business
dothemath.ucsd.edu/can-economic-growth-last
doughnuteconomics.org
weall.org
www.regenerat.es
regeneratechange.com/resource-library
www.r3-0.org
www.wbcsd.org
www.degrowthjournal.org
futurefitbusiness.org
www.businessfornature.org
www.ecogood.org/common-good-matrix
TED Talk: Sandrine Dixson-Declève, 5 keys to shifting to a Wellbeing economy and the cost of inaction
Futures
14 potential dead ends for humanity www.stockholmresilience.org/14-potential-evolutionary-dead-ends-for-humanity-and-ways-to-avoid-them
BIOS: Ecological reconstruction bios.fi/en/we-have-a-plan-ecological-reconstruction
Moral imaginations www.moralimaginations.com
Reimagined futures www.reimaginedfutures.org
The great simplification www.thegreatsimplification.com
Zak Stein www.zakstein.org
Inner development
Inner development goals www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org
Plum village: Zen and the art of saving the planet Zen and the art of saving the planet
Presencing www.presencing.org
Metacrisis, polycrisis
Metacrisis metacrisis.org/Start-Here
Polycrisis community map polycrisis.org/community-map
Cascade institute cascadeinstitute.org/polycrisis
Planetary boundaries
Planetary boundaries framework Planetary boundaries
Stocholm Resilience Center www.stockholmresilience.org
Pollution
IPCP www.ipcp.ch
Systems, complexity, change
Bateson institute batesoninstitute.org
Presencing institute www.presencing.org
System awareness systemsawareness.org
System change lab systemschangelab.org
Tools and standards
Behaviour change tools www.makeit.tools
Behaviour change wizard www.behaviorwizard.org
Behaviour change model behaviormodel.org
Biomimicry design principles biomimicry.net/designlens-lifes-principles
Circular design tools ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-design/tools
Circular design toolkit www.circulardesign.it/toolkit
Disruptive design strategies Disruptive-design/quick-guide-to-sustainable-design-strategies
Doughnut business tools doughnuteconomics.org/tools
Environmental management standards asq.org/quality-resources/iso-14000
Footprint calculator getgoodlab.com/solutions/product-footprint-calculator
Life-centered design school lifecentereddesign.school
Life-centered design principles lifecentereddesign.school/principles
Sustainable design handbook www.sustainabledesignhandbook.com
Sustainability standards iso26000.info/sustainability-standards-from-iso
Science based targets sciencebasedtargets.org
UN Sustainability standards unfss.org
Transition towns and networks
Ecolise ecolise.eu
Permaculture www.permaculture.org.uk
Resilience www.resilience.org
Transition network transitionnetwork.org
Other expert organisations, networks and alliances
Bios BIOS
The Club of Rome www.clubofrome.org
Earth for All earth4all.life
Future Earth futureearth.org/publications/science-insights
UNEP www.unep.org