Sustainability and Cooperation: Readings and Resources

Teaching materials and lessons

• Chimps or Children - who is better at sharing resources? (English, German)
• Exploring design principles for cooperation (English, German)

Recommended readings

• GlobalESD / EvoLeipzig Websites: 
  
• Sustainability & Behavior / Nachhaltigkeit & Verhalten
  
• Prosocial (English) / Prosocial (German)
  
• For some more background reading about cooperation, the tragedy of the commons, the design principles for cooperation and evolutionary theory: 
• https://www.prosocial.world/the-science
• https://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/
  
  
  
• Hanisch, S. & Eirdosh, D. (2021). Are humans a cooperative species? Challenges and opportunities for teaching the evolution of human prosociality. The American Biology Teacher, 83 (6). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2021.83.6.356   
  
• Shamus Khan / New Yorker (2016): When does equality flourish?