The Memory We Could Be — Resources

Roof of trees, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo Credit: Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik.

Note: The public resources listed below may be of interest to those interested in climate justice, complexity theory, economic systems thinking, intersectionality, and bold social transformation. The resources build on themes and ideas developed in the book The Memory We Could Be. Unfortunately these resources are only for English-speakers. Resources in other languages are coming soon. If you have any suggestions for the many resources absent in this list, please note in the comments below.

Atmospheric Science & Scientific Thought

• An Introduction to Climate Science, Andreas Schmittner.
• Carbon Brief.
• Climate Impacts at 1.5C & 2C
• Climate Interactive.
• Decolonising Science — Reading List, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• Skeptical Science.
• Tutorial: the basic science of human-induced climate change.

Climate and Environmental Justice

• Climate Fairshares.
• Environmental Justice — POC Classroom.
• Environmental Justice Atlas.
• Factsheet — Climate and Equity
• System Change, Matthew Stillwell.
• Twitter List — Climate Justice Voices.
• What is Climate Justice?, resources from Earth in Brackets.
• What Does Greta Thunberg Mean When She Says Equity, by Nathan Thanki.
• Young FOEE — Climate Justice Resources.

Complexity & Systems Thinking

• An animate guided to changing systems, Ashoka.
• Disrupt Design.
• Making Sense of Complexity, Sarah Firth.
• School of Systems Change.
• Systems Literacy.
• Systems Thinking & Race.
• Systems Thinking Resources.
• The Systems Thinking Playbook.
• Unschool — Circular Systems Thinking.

Crafting Alternatives

• Atlas of Alternatives.
• Atlas of Utopias.
• Building the Solidarity Economy, Emily Kawano.
• Emblematic Cases — Post-Extractive Solutions, Yes to Life — No To Mining.
• Global Tapestry of Alternatives.
• ICCA Registry.
• Next System Project.
• Radical Hope Syllabus.
• Real Utopias Project.
• The Commons Transition.
• Vikalp Sangam.

Decolonial Ecology & Thought

• If Not Us Then Who.
• Indigenous Climate Justice — Resources by Kyle White.
• PowerShifts.
• Twitter List — Southern Climate Voices.

Economics & Anthropology

• A Good Life Within Planetary Boundaries, University of Leeds.
• Contracorrientes/Countercurrents.
• Evonomics.
• Framing the Economy, NEON.
• Progressive Environmental Anthropology — Reading List.
• Post-Crash Economics, A Reading List.
• Post-Growth Institute.
• Rethinking Economics.
• The Rules.
• Think Like a 21st Century Economist (Kate Raworth).

Education & Pedagogy

• Ecoliteracy.
• How To Talk About Climate Change — A Cheat Sheet.
• Rethinking Schools, Climate Justice Pedagogy Kit.

Films and Partipatory Videos

• Conversations with the Earth.
• Counter Mapping, Go Project Films, 2018.
• Inuit Observations on Climate Change, IISD.
• Rising Sea, Rising Strength, IRV & APWLD.
• Sanctuaries of Silence, Adam Loften and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, 2018.
• The Right to Be Rescued, Rooted in Rights.

Intersectionality and Power

• Anti-Racist & Water Justice Resources
• Decolonial Reading List — HSPS Students.
• Facing Climate Change Through Justice and Intersectionality, Majandra Rodriguez Acha, 2015.
• Feminist & Anti-colonial science, Max Liboiron.
• Power & Privilege: A Handbook for Political Organisers, New Economy Organisers Network, 2015.
• Relinquishing the Patriarchy, Adrienne Maree Brown.
• Teaching for Black Lives.
• WEDO, Women and Climate Justice — Resources.
• White Supremacy and Environmental Justice, 350PDX.

Local Ecological Knowledge

• Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts

Newspapers, Magazines and Journals

• Climate Home.
• Down to Earth.
• Green European Journal.
• Intercontinental Cry.
• Open Democracy — Transformation.
• Quanta Magazine.
• Radical Ecological Democracy.
• The Guardian, Environment.
• Place.
• Voxdev.
• Zilient.

Organising and Campaigning

• Climate Resistance Handbook, Daniel Hunter.
• The Mobilisation Cookbook, Mobilisation Lab.

Policing & Punishment

• Resource Guide: Prisons, Policing, and Punishment

Repairing the Rift with Nature

• Center for Humans & Nature.

Transformative Conversations

• Harvard Negotiation Project.
• What Listening Means in a Time of Climate Crisis.

Visions & Theories of Change

• Movement Ecology — Ayni Institute.
• People’s Manifesto for Wildlife, Chris Packham.
• The Leap Manifesto, Canada.