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Recent Posts
- Slow Science and Work-Life Balance
- Unsustainably clean and smooth
- New research shows that consuming less makes us more happy- some NYE opinions in SydSvenskan
- Don’t let flying for work become normal again
- Why don’t we care that the ultra-rich are fucking up our climate?
- The girl gang that vanished
- Laconia – living alone consumption impact – Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions
- Music festivals can show the way to sustainability – debate article in Dagens Nyheter
- En halstvätthistoria av Annika Rullgård
- Hackademia
- Response to my research
- Varför duscha vi så ofta? Jag pratar renlighetsnormer med Lena Nordlund på Vetenskapsradion
- Respons på en artikel i svd
- The disappearing communal laundry room in Sweden: a symptom of individual comforts winning over sustainability?
- Climate smart in the 50s
- Blog Post on Extinction Rebellion for LUCSUS
- Response and Responsibility
- Things I can see through the window
- Do less to save the environment
- Article in Sydsvenskan Newspaper
Archives
Category Archives: my work
The dirt on clothes: why washing less is more sustainable
I wrote a piece for The Conversation recently, about my MPhil jeans research. It was really interesting to fit my 45,000 word thesis into 800 words (the editors are strict!). The article had a great response: over 300 shares … Continue reading
Posted in my work, Uncategorized
Tagged cleanliness, jeans, Laundry, laundry aisle, Nobody was Dirty, public opinion, The Conversation, Washing, water
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Laundry Aisles
At the beginning of the year I took a series of photographs of laundry aisles all around Melbourne. Â I had totally forgotten that I had them until Charlotte told me about a series of photos she took of supermarket lighting. … Continue reading
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Tagged cleanliness, detergent, Laundry, laundry aisle, Nobody was Dirty, powder, shopping, supermarkets
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Chatting to Fi on ABC Statewide Afternoons NSW
An interview from earlier this year where I rambled off about social technical systems. Fi on ABC Statewide Afternoons NSW
Posted in my work, Nobody was Dirty, Radio
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Chatting to Oxfam 3things
‘Sometimes I hear myself playing back and I’m like “Yeah! Now that guy really knows what he’s talking about!”‘ – Arj Barker I had that feeling reading over this interview I did with Oxfam 3things. Â Lauren, who interviewed me, has … Continue reading
Nobody was Dirty: challenging collective conventions of cleanliness
I presented some of my work at the ESA Consumption Research Conference in Berlin this week. It was a brilliant chance to test some of my ideas on the super intelligent social theorists:  Warde, Halkier, Miles and Truninger were all at the conference which … Continue reading
Guide to Sustainable Fashion
Model and sustainability entrapreneaur Nerida Lennon put this short documentry together with the clever people at EcoTopia. It looks at different elements of sustainable fashion including interviews with Georgia McCorkill and Alex Trimmer and a brief use phase appearance from … Continue reading
Posted in my work, Video
Tagged Alex Trimmer, ecotopia, ecotopiatv, energy, Fashion, Georgia McCorkill, jeans, Laundry, Nerida Lennon, Nobody was Dirty, sosume, Sustainability, The Red Carpet Project, water
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Speaking with Virginia Jones on 666 ABC Canberra
Loved this Q and A with Virginia, she got the research aim very quickly, and we were able to delve more deeply into some of the environmental implications that are so important to me. Virginia Jones 666 ABC Canberra
Posted in my work, Nobody was Dirty, Radio
Tagged 666 ABC Canberra, cleanliness, Dirt, jeans, Laundry, Nobody was Dirty, practices, radio, Virginia Jones
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Chatting with Alex Sloan on ABC radio
Chatting with Alex Sloan on ABC radio
Frankie Magazine on Nobody was Dirty
Thanks to Georgia Frances King of Frankie Magazine for some heart warming words. Propagating ideas of not washing to your 200,000 readers is exciting, I wonder how many people will reduce their laundry frequency as a result of reading this … Continue reading
Posted in my work, Nobody was Dirty
Tagged everyday, Frankie, Georgia Frances King, Laundry, Nobody was Dirty, Sustainability, The Great Unwashed, tullia jack, Washing
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