Within the framework of the RE4GREEN EU Project, our colleagues Lucy Sabin, Natalie Evans, and Rosie Hastings have developed a thoughtful and engaging zine titled Sustainability and Eco-Justice in Everyday Research.
This resource invites researchers and innovators to pause and reflect on a fundamental question: how do our everyday research choices shape the environment, the climate, and broader questions of justice?
Rather than offering prescriptive rules, the zine provides guidance and inspiration. It highlights key knowledge, skills and values that can support more sustainable and equitable research practices, while encouraging readers to critically examine their own work. From the questions we ask and the methods we choose, to how we share and apply our findings, research is never neutral—it carries real-world impacts.
Structured around themes such as Embodying Sustainability Values, Embracing Complexity, Envisioning Sustainable Futures, and Acting for Sustainability, the zine combines practical insights with reflective questions. These prompts encourage consideration of environmental impacts, fairness across communities and generations, and the responsibilities researchers hold towards both human and non-human systems.
Importantly, the zine acknowledges that there are no simple solutions. Instead, it creates space for exploration, dialogue, and continuous learning—supporting researchers to connect their work with wider societal and environmental priorities, and to imagine more responsible and just alternatives.
We invite you to explore the zine, engage with its questions, and consider what sustainability means within your own research practice.
Find and download the zine from the new section dedicated to RE4GREEN Publications here.