Resources

Here are selected books, blogs, movies, websites, etc. that I believe are important for our current moment. Also, see the Notes in my book Collaborative Hardball. All entries are listed by topic and are not necessarily in order of priority. Please send any suggestions to susan@susancoleman.global.

Climate Change

  •  Bioneers. “Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature.” Bioneers Radio & Podcast Series. Bioneers, 2025.

  • Kim Stanley Robinson, “The Ministry for the Future”, Orbit, 2020. Book.

  •  McKibben, Bill, The Crucial Years, https://billmckibben.substack.com/. Blog.

  • The Dandelion Movement, founded by Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, https://www.projectdandelion.com

  • The Pocket Project, The Climate Consciousness Summit – Virtual annual summit held alongside the UN COP process. https://pocketproject.org/climate-consciousness/

Economics -- Life Economy v. Death Economy

  • Eisler, Riane, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007. Book.

  • Hawken, P., Carbon: The Book of Life, Viking, 2025. Book.

  • Perkins, John, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004. (The language “Life Economy v Death Economy is from John.)

Democracy

Facilitation, Mediation of Large Groups

• Janoff, Sandra. Don't Just Do Something, Stand There: A Guide for Leaders in the Helping Professions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

• Owen, Harrison, Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide, Berrett-Koehler (3rd ed)

• Weisbord, M.R., & Janoff, S. Future Search: Getting the Whole System in the Room for Vision, Commitment and Action, (3rd ed.) Berrett-Koehler, 2010

Feminism

 Masculinity

Money

 Negotiation

  • Fisher, R., Ury, W., & Patton, B. (2011). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (3rd ed.). Penguin Books, and other books in this series.

  •  Mandela, Nelson, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.

  •  Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, https://www.pon.harvard.edu/

  •  Urbaniak, Unbound: A Woman’s Guide to Power, Dial Press, 2021.

 Patriarchy

 Peace

Pre-History (Herstory)

Race/Racism

  • See Long Walk to Freedom above.

Society and Culture

• Eisler, R., & Fry, D. P. (2019). Nurturing our humanity: How domination and partnership shape our brains, lives, and future. Oxford University Press.

Systems Change Processes

The Body, Tantra and Sexuality

Trauma Healing