The space we operate in can be challenging, depressing and filled with with emotions like fear, anger or frustration. But there is hope to be found, inspiration and joy too.
The personal journeys the Blue Futures team have been on have taken us through every emotion possible - and we still feel these every day. They drive us on to connect with people, share our journey and make a difference, imagine and create together a better place where humanity will thrive within a thriving planet.
Here below you will find links, summaries and books, blogs and a network of people that we have found inspirational in our personal growth. We hope you find this information as helpful as we do.
Books and Articles
A selection of books and articles that will inspire you, challenge your views and support your journey
Report: IPCC Climate Assessment Reports, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Book: Doughnut Economics by Kate Rawlings
Book: Elegant Simplicity by Satish Kumar
Article: Going Deeper, Inner Development Goals research report
Book: The Divide, by Jason Hickel
Book: Less is More, by Jason Hickel
Book: Ancient Futures by Helena Norberg-Hodge
Book: Post Growth - life after capitalism, by Tim Jackson
Book: Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
Book: The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg
Book: The Limits to Growth, by The Club of Rome
Book: Small is Beautiful, by E. F. Schumacher
Book: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence, by H. H. the Dalai Lama
Book: Biodiversity and Climate Change, by Lee Hannah
Book: Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia by Stephen Harding
Article: Exploring degrowth policy proposals: A systematic mapping with thematic synthesis by Nick Fitzpatrick, Timothee Parrique and Ines Cosme
Article: The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism by Jason Hickel
Article: COP15: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal by Carbon Brief, Clear on Climate
Article: Why whale poo matters by George Monbiot
Article: Could 2024 be the year nature rights enters the political mainstream...? by Johnathan Watts
Article: Human "behaviour crisis" at root of climate breakdown by John Crace
Article: The behaviour crisis driving ecological overshoot by Joseph J Merz et al
Quick Article: Isolated Indigenous societies as happy as wealthy Westerners by Rupert Neathe, Wealth Correspondent, The Guardian
Quick Article: You don't want to be rich; you want to be free... by Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov
Article: The planetary commons: a new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene by Johan Rockström, Louis Kotzé, Svetlana Milutinović et al
A selection of inspiring, informative and powerful podcasts and films to help you on your journey
Interview, Stockholm Impact Week 2023: An Introduction to the Metacrisis, Daniel Schmachtenberger
Short film: Dr Stephan Harding: Learning to Value
Interview: Jason Hickel - Degrowth vs Green Growth
Film: La Buena Vida, by Jens Schanze
Interview: Tim Jackson - life after capitalism
Film: A Plastic Ocean, by Jo Ruxton
Film: Earthlings*, by Shaun Monson (*This video may be inappropriate for some users)
Film: Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom, by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Interview: Helen Norberg-Hodge. A Simpler Way: Crisis as Oportunity
Podcast: The Great Simplification by Nate Hagens
Podcast: Planet Critical by Rachel Donald
Presentation, Frontiers Forum 2023: Planetary Boundaries: scientific advances, Johan Rockstrom
Presentation, xCHANGE NOW2023: Exploring Degrowth and Sufficiency, Timothee Parrique
Podcast: Hidden Brain: The Snowball Effect with Damon Centola
Short Film: From Dreams to Dust, the dark side of a sustainable future, by Muhammad Fadli and Stephanie Tangkilisan
Podcast: Planet Critical: It's Them vs Us by Rachel Donald with George Monbiot
Short Film: Thank You, Sea Surfers Against Sewage
Short Film: Breaking the Cycle The Evolved Nest
Short Film: We need to change how we talk about climate change Kris De Meyer, TEDxLondon
Short Film: Seeds of our ancestors, seeds of life Winona LaDuke, TEDxTC
Podcast: LifeWorlds by Alexia Firmenich
“ ....you don't want to have a weak planet at a point of climate stress - so this is why we need to recognise that the journey we are on is not a journey of decarbonising the energy system, it's about a global sustainability transition: it's a total transformation. „ - Professor Johann Rockström, Environmentalist, Scientist, Pioneer