# Recommended Reading

#### Learn and grow from those that have come before us.

## Resources

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#### Regenerative Systems' Change

* [Future Humans Trilogy ](https://www.futurehumans.world/the-quest-of-rose)by Anneloes Smitsman and Jean Houson - This movement and the Regenerative Renaissance is mentioned in the series
* [The Commons Social Change Library](https://commonslibrary.org/resources-for-decentralised-organising/)
* [Iroquois Great Law of Peace](https://www.thegreatpeacemakers.com/iroquois-great-law-of-peace.html)
* The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk - A beautiful rendition of Regenerative Civilizations

#### Consciousness Expanding 

* Book “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” by Tyson Yunkaporta 
* Book "Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy" by Joanna Macy
* Book “The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible” by Charles Eisenstein 
* Book “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
* Book “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson 
* Book "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" by Arundhati Roy
* Book “The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection” by Michael Alan Singer 
* Book "Manual for the Peacemaker: An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self" by Jean Houston
* [**Archives Buckminster Fuller**](https://www.bfi.org/trimtab/archive)

#### Social & Economic Design - Thinking as a Whole Community 

* Book “Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg 
* **Free** [**Workshop**](https://youtu.be/nWb2B2uPfMo) Nonviolent-Communication-Workshop: Marshall Rosenberg 
* Book "Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist" by Kate Raworth
* Book "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber & David Wengrow
* Book “Governing the Commons” by Elinor Ostrom 
* Book "Sacred Economics" by Charles Eisenstein 
* Book “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz 
* Book “A Different Drum - Community Making and Peace” by M. Scott Peck 
* Book “Creating a Life Together” by Diana Leafe Christian 
* Book “Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy” by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and Ted J. Rau 
* Book “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High” by Patterson, Kerry, Grenny, Joseph, McMillan, Ron, Switzler, Al, Roppe, Laura 
* Book “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brené Brown 
* Book “Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation” by Adam Brock 
* [Talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en) "The Power of Vulnerability" by Brene Brown 
* Book "The Surprising Power Of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash a Culture of Innovations" by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless
* Book "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" by David Graeber 

#### Ecological Design - Thinking as ecology to mirror our systems from

* Book “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability” by David Holmgren 
* Book “Biomimicry” by Janine Benyus Book “Thinking in Systems: A Primer” by Donella H. Meadows 
* Book “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” by Paul Stamets (Mirroring Mycology) 
* Book “Designing Regenerative Cultures” by Daniel Christian Wahl

#### Organisational Design - Thinking as social and coordination systems 

* Book “Punished by Rewards” by Alfie Kohn Book “Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness” by Frédéric Laloux 
* Book “Better Work Together” by many authors, edited by Susan Basterfield, Anthony Cabraal 
* Book “We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy” by Buck, John, Villines, Sharon (A Guide to Sociocratic Principles) 
* Book “The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups” by Starhawk 
* Book “Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism” by John Elkington 
* Book “Exponential Organizations: Why New Organizations are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (and what to Do about It)” by Michael S. Malone, Salim Ismail, and Yuri van Geest 
* Book “The Regenerative Business: Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes” by Carol Sanford 
* [Library of Decentralised Patterns ](https://decentpatterns.xyz/library/)
* Book “Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society” by Eric Posner and Glen Weyl 
* Book “More Equal Animals - The Subtle Art of True Democracy” by Dan Larimer 

#### Human Design - Bio-Hacking / Designing the self / Flow States 

* Book “Self Organisation Counter-Economic Strategies” by Will Bradley, Mika Hannula, Cristina Ricupero, Superflex 
* Book “Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones” by James Clear 
* Book “Recapture the Rapture” by Jamie Wheal

#### Regenerative Movement Building 

* Book “Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything” by Becky Bond and Zack Exley 
* Book “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek