Sustainability & Environmental Justice

A reading list of books relating to sustainability and environmentalism in creative arts, business and technologies. This list is not exhaustive but may provide a starting point for research, inspiration or interest in areas such as sustainability, environmentalism, climate change, anthropocene and ecology.

Updated January 9, 2024
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Art and Climate Change
Fowkes, Maja ; Fowkes
Paper Book
An overview of ecologicallyconscious contemporary artthat responds to today'senvironmental crisis, fromspecies extinction toclimate change. Art and Climate Change collects a wide range of artistic responses to our current ecological emergency. When the future of life on Earth...
Bio art : altered realities
Myers, William (Curator)
Paper Book
In an era of fast-paced technological progress and with the impact of humans on the environment increasing, the concept of "nature" itself seems called into question. Bio Art explores the work of "bio artists," those who work with living organisms and life processes to address the possibilities and...
Circular fashion : making the fashion industry sustainable
Blum, Peggy
Paper Book
Creating sustainable fashion has never been more important. Circular Fashion provides an accessible, practical, and holistic approach to this key topic for anyone studying fashion or who just loves clothes and wants to make better choices. This introductory text to sustainability...
Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things
McDonough, William.
Paper Book
A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach...
Ethical theory and business
Arnold, Denis Gordon
Paper Book
For forty years, successive editions of Ethical Theory and Business have helped to define the field of business ethics. The 10th edition reflects the current, multidisciplinary nature of the field by explicitly embracing a variety of perspectives on business ethics, including philosophy, management,...
Framing the world explorations in ecocriticism and film
Willoquet-Maricondi, Paula
Paper Book
The essays in this collection make a contribution to the greening of film studies and expand the scope of ecocriticism as a discipline traditionally rooted in literary studies. In addition to highlighting particular films as productive tools for raising awareness and educating us about...
The future we choose : the stubborn optimist's guide to the climate crisis
Figueres, Christiana
Paper Book
A cautionary but optimistic book about the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity, from Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac--who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. The authors outline two possible scenarios for...
Green screen : environmentalism and Hollywood cinema
Ingram, David
Paper Book
This book combines film studies with environmental history and politics, aiming to establish a cultural criticism informed by 'green' thought. David Ingram argues that Hollywood cinema has largely perpetuated romantic attitudes to nature and has played an important ideological role in the...
Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Fay, Jennifer
Paper Book
In recent years, environmental and human rights advocates have suggested that we have entered the first new geological epoch since the end of the ice age: the Anthropocene. In this new epoch, humans have come to reshape unwittingly both the climate and natural world; humankind has caused mass...
Radical matter : rethinking materials for a sustainable future
Franklin, Kate
Paper Book
A must-have for professionals focused on innovation in design, Radical Matter presents the ten "Big Ideas" that will shape and inform the choices of materials, design methods, and manufacturing processes made by designers in the years to come. This timely paperback edition includes the...
Regenerative fashion : a nature-based approach to fibres, livelihoods and leadership
Minney, Safia
Paper Book
As our climate, ecological and social crises converge, urgent action is needed to maximize our chances of survival. A new commercial approach is possible but it requires a systemic shift, with companies learning to operate as part of a wider 'ecosystem', allowing fashion to restore what it has taken...
Sustainable graphic design : principles and practices
Fine, Peter Claver
Paper Book
There is little appreciation for what happens to graphic design artifacts after their useful life has ended. Sustainable Graphic Design outlines graphic design's relationship to production and consumption, demonstrating how designers can contribute solution-oriented responses to...
This changes everything : capitalism vs. the climate
Klein, Naomi
Paper Book
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.
You Can’t Make Money from a Dead Planet: The Sustainable Method for Driving Profits
Shayler, Mark
Paper Book
Doing good is no longer a luxury or a 'nice to have', it's a necessity. While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, only they can solve these issues at scale. You Can't Make...

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