This book examines the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals in practice and ideation. It explores how sustainability is exercised in a variety of public, political and cultural contexts, ranging from preserving indigenous voices and oral traditions; the appropriation of sustainability narratives by multinationals and large corporations; the democratising impact of streaming services on short-form film and video content; sustainability practices in the creative industries; the essential formation and preservation of communities through the arts; and threats to achieving sustainability in response to the UK’s current higher education crisis. The book employs a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability that sits across cultural studies, politics, sociology and media, with contributing authors from New Zealand, Malysia, Indonesia, Denmark, and the UK.

Dr Ben Harbisher is an Associate Professor in Media Production at the University of Derby, UK. Recent publications include The Mediation of Sustainability (2023), Coronavirus, Crisis and Culture: Protests, Policing and Mediation during the 2020 Pandemic (2023), and Power, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic (Price and Harbisher, 2022). Notable works include titles on surveillance and dissent, extremism and counter-terrorism policing, and international policy. Dr Harbisher is Chair for the MeCCSA Media Practice Network, and founder for the international #SDGfilmfest.