Sustainism is the New Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era, Michiel Schwarz, Joost Elffers.

Published in New York by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2010.

Distribution outside U.S.A.: Thames & Hudson, London.


This website presents background information on the 2010 manifesto, as well as information of subsequent work on ‘sustainism’ by Michiel Schwarz and others. 


How to get the manifesto

Order the book via Indiebound independent booksellers or amazon.com or amazon.co.uk (Europe)

In Holland the book is also available through American Book Center (online or in store) or bol.com

To connect with the authors

Contact the authors or comment on the book: share@sustainism.com


Three years after the Sustainism manifesto saw the publication of a new book:

SUSTAINIST DESIGN GUIDE: How sharing, localism, connectedness and proportionality are creating a new agenda for social design, Michiel Schwarz and Diana Krabbendam with The Beach Network.