Reading List on Justice & Sustainability

This collaborative reading list brings together book recommendations at the intersection of justice and sustainability.

Open to contributions, the list features a wide range of materials—from educational books to fiction, and everything in between. It is designed as a living document that evolves with the insights and suggestions of its contributors. We warmly invite you to add your recommendations via this form: https://forms.gle/qHRxrxeKPvzencEu9

Whether you're new to these topics or an experienced researcher, this reading list offers a platform to explore, share, and engage with literature that shapes our understanding of just and sustainable societies.

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

• Malm, Andreas. (2021). How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire. Verso Books.

This book is a lyrical manifesto questioning why, despite the high stakes of climate collapse, the climate movement has not moved beyond peaceful protest. Drawing on historical examples of transformative change, Malm discusses the politics and ethics of pacifism versus violence, advocating for escalated tactics, including property destruction, as a necessary response to the booming fossil fuel industry and ecological crisis

• Wahl, Daniel Christian. (2016). Designing regenerative cultures. Triarchy Press Limited.

Daniel Wahl explores how to address the issues in our societies, organizations, worldviews, and cultures, offering insights into reframing these crises and creating regenerative cultures. Drawing from fields like finance, agriculture, ecology, and design, Wahl emphasizes collaboration, resilience, and life-affirming approaches to education, community, and sustainability, contributing to the discussion on redesigning businesses, economies, and technologies to be regenerative rather than destructive.

• Albrecht, Glenn A. (2019). Earth emotions: New Words for a New World. Cornell University Press.

In this book, Glenn A. Albrecht explores the emotional crisis triggered by climate change and environmental destruction, introducing the concept of solastalgia—the homesickness felt while still at home. The book examines both positive and negative emotions related to the Earth, including biophilia and topophilia, and argues for the creation of a hopeful vocabulary to reignite humanity's love for the planet. Albrecht proposes a shift from the Anthropocene to the "Symbiocene," an era rooted in symbiotic science, where future generations can overcome environmental desolation and create a regenerative future.

Academic Books

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Podcasts

• Voer voor Verandering (in Dutch): https://pod.link/1620541433

The 'Voer voor verandering' podcast explores how fundamental societal change works and how we can radically shift course amidst the climate crisis, biodiversity collapse, and growing inequality. Hosted by Wouter Mulders and colleagues, the podcast features discussions with experts on sustainability and justice transitions, aiming to understand and accelerate real change. Through examining transition science and practice, the podcast highlights the challenges of achieving lasting impact despite many sustainability innovations, and introduces the X-curve model as a tool for understanding these transitions.