Welcome to Sustainability LibGuide!
From this guide you will find a wide range of materials about sustainable development.
The tabs of this guide are divided into three levels of sustainability:
individual, organizational and societal.
Some of the scientific articles linked in the guide are licensed and require logging in with Laurea credentials.
You can identify open articles by the OPEN ACCESS label.
From this start page you can find information on sustainable development
training materials and tools, sustainability transition,
critical and systemic thinking, and basic books related to the topic.
We hope you find this guide useful!
Resources
CIRCULAR ECONOMY - An applied scholarly journal on circular economy (OPEN ACCESS)
Sustainability is an international, cross-disciplinary, scholarly, peer-reviewed and open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings.(OPEN ACCESS)
Sustainability - the United Nations
Sustainable Development Solution Network Northern Europe
Sustainability Mindset Indicator
Sustainability Unwrapped podcast series / Hanken School of Economics
Tools
- Planet centric design is a methodology for designing products and services that do not harm the planet.
- Method & tools
- The SDG Impact Assessment Tool is a free, online resource for research and educational institutions, companies, entrepreneurs, civic organizations, and public agencies to make self-assessments of impacts on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Time for Sustainability Transformation
Sustainability transformations are rapid and broad changes in all societal systems. The goal is to secure ecological sustainability and human wellbeing. We need to change our thinking, practices and policies, ecogically, socially and economically. (Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Policy Brief 2021.)
Articles about sustainability transformations:
- Geels, F. W. 2011. The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 1(1), pp. 24-40. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2011.02.002
- Kivimaa, P., Laakso, S., Lonkila, A. & Kaljonen, M. 2021. Moving beyond disruptive innovation: A review of disruption in sustainability transitions. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 38, pp. 110-126. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2020.12.001. OPEN ACCESS
- Lam, D. P. M., Hinz, E., Lang, D. J., Tengo, M., von Wehrden, H. & Martin-Lopez, B. 2020. Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research: A literature review. Ecology and society, 25(1), p. 3. doi:10.5751/ES-11305-250103. OPEN ACCESS
- Leventon, J., Abson, D. J. & Lang, D. J. 2021. Leverage points for sustainability transformations: Nine guiding questions for sustainability science and practice. Sustainability science, 16(3), pp. 721-726. doi:10.1007/s11625-021-00961-8
- Linnér, B. & Wibeck, V. 2021. Drivers of sustainability transformations: Leverage points, contexts and conjunctures. Sustainability science, 16(3), pp. 889-900. doi:10.1007/s11625-021-00957-4
- Olsson, P., Galaz, V. & Boonstra, W. J. 2014. Sustainability transformations: A resilience perspective. Ecology and society, 19(4), p. 1. doi:10.5751/ES-06799-190401. OPEN ACCESS.
Other materials:
- Research Approach - Sustainability transformations / Helsinki Institute of Sustainability science
- Sustainability Methods and Perspectives -book OPEN ACCESS.
Transition Design
Transition Design is an area of design research, practice and study which looks toward design-led societal transition toward more sustainable futures. (Social Design Sydney 2017)
Articles:
- Erdoğan Öztekin, E. and Gaziulusoy, İ. 2020. ‘Co-positioning design for sustainability transitions, practice theory and transitions theories: towards dialogue and collaboration’, J. Design Research, Vol. 18, Nos. 3/4, pp.196–223.OPEN ACCESS.
- Falay von Flittner, Z., Gaziulusoy, I., Nielsen, S. & Marttila, S. 2022. Design for Sustainability Transitions: Reflections on Practice. OPEN ACCESS.
- Garduño García, C., & Gaziulusoy, İ. 2021. Designing future experiences of the everyday: Pointers for methodical expansion of sustainability transitions research. Futures, 127, 102702. OPEN ACCESS.
- Gaziulusoy, İ., & Erdoğan Öztekin, E. 2019. Design for Sustainability Transitions: Origins, Attitudes and Future Directions. Sustainability, 11(13). doi:10.3390/su11133601. OPEN ACCESS.
- Irwin, T. 2015. Transition design: A proposal for a new area of design practice, study, and research. Design and Culture, 7(2), 229-246. OPEN ACCESS.
- Irwin, T., Tonkinwise, C., & Kossoff, G. 2022. Transition design: The importance of everyday life and lifestyles as a leverage point for sustainability transitions. Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios en Diseño y Comunicación. Ensayos, (105), 73-106.OPEN ACCESS.
Other materials:
The Transition Design Framework / Transition Design Seminar 2022
Transition Design Special Issue / Kossoff & Irwin 2022
Nordic Urban Mobility 2050 Futures Game / Nordic Innovation
Sustainable Futures Game / Hellon, Creatures-project
Video: Sitra Heräämö: Design as a tool for social change (video starts from 32:50)
Critical thinking, systems thinking
Critical thinking skills : effective analysis, argument and reflection by
ISBN: 978-1-137-55050-7Publication Date: 2017Systems thinking made simple : new hope for solving wicked problems by
ISBN: 978-0-9963493-0-7Publication Date: 2015
Librarian
Books about sustainability
Sustainability : if it's everything, is it nothing? by
ISBN: 978-0-8153-5716-2Publication Date: 2020
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