# The Karlskrona manifesto for sustainability design

**Authors:** Christoph Becker, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Leticia Duboc, Steve Easterbrook, Martin Mahaux, Birgit Penzenstadler, Guillermo Rodriguez-Navas, Camille Salinesi, Norbert Seyff, Colin Venters, Coral Calero, Sedef Akinli Kocak, Stefanie Betz  
**arXiv:** [1410.6968](https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6968)  
**Date:** 2014-10-25  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/en/paper/1410.6968v1/

## Key points

- The Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design emphasizes the role of software systems in achieving sustainability.
- It highlights the responsibility of software designers in causing change and being accountable for their design choices.
- Genuine goodwill alone is insufficient to bring about effective change.
- Persistent misperceptions hinder progress towards sustainability and need to be understood and addressed.
- The manifesto proposes a set of fundamental principles for sustainability design based on collaboration and dialogue between stakeholders.
- It serves as a call to action for software designers to prioritize sustainability in their work.
- Software designers play a significant role in shaping a more sustainable future.

## Summary

The Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design, authored by Christoph Becker, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Leticia Duboc, Steve Easterbrook, Martin Mahaux, Birgit Penzenstadler, Guillermo Rodriguez-Navas, Camille Salinesi, Norbert Seyff, Colin Venters, Coral Calero, Sedef Akinli Kocak and Stefanie Betz addresses the central concern of sustainability in our society. It emphasizes the increasing role that software systems play in achieving sustainability and highlights the responsibility of software designers in causing change and being accountable for the effects of their design choices. The manifesto acknowledges the growing awareness and desire for a more sustainable world but argues that genuine goodwill alone is insufficient to bring about effective change. It calls attention to persistent misperceptions that hinder progress towards sustainability and emphasizes the need to understand and address these misperceptions. By proposing a set of fundamental principles for sustainability design which are based on collaboration and dialogue between stakeholders within and beyond the software community ,the manifesto aims to initiate a crucial conversation. Overall ,the Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design serves as a call to action for software designers to prioritize sustainability in their work. It underscores the significance of their role in shaping a more sustainable future and encourages them to actively engage with these principles to drive meaningful change.