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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
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Heat
Rising surface temperatures and longer, more intense heat-waves will be the new normal according to the latest IPCC report. This will make everyday life very different, say a group of researchers at Pufendorf Institute, who last week organised a public event on Heat. The whole … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon, climate change, Heat, hurry up and come to a global agreement, IPCC
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Vanishing diversity in supermarkets
I’ve arrived back in Sweden after some field work in Australia and India looking at cleanliness. I collected quite varied data and while it all seems like a massive jumble, I am looking forward to taking some space to think … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Cleaning, global homogenisation, India, Laundry, Normal, super markets, Sweden
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Capitalism, consumption, climate change… and everyday life
Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems. – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, climate change, consumption, everyday life, growth
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Impressions from Sustainability Science Congress 2014: Equitable sustainability
I got to attend the Sustainability Science Congress 2014 in Copenhagen the other week, and write a blog post based on a quote that inspired me, which turned out to be “We want to have our planet, and eat it … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, Copenhagen, equality, IARU2014, society, Sustainability
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Critical vs. practical
I’ve just been at the inaugural LUCID Young Researchers Conference along with a host of other young guns all interested in sustainability challenges from both the natural and social sciences and just about everything in-between. Beyond being impressed by the variety of ways … Continue reading
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Tagged LUCID, problem solving, problematising, Research, sustainabilty
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Thou shalt be attractive
Michael Leunig wrote these 4 words 7 years ago, and they resonate even more today. Becoming bound up by ideal modes of being. Agitating over status, appearance, performance. Hiding beneath narcissistic farces, so shiny and impenetrable, idiosyncratic realities are smothered, vulnerabilities denied… A friend told … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, isolation, Michael Leunig, Perfection, vulnerability
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Slaves to devices
We are as close to telepathy as we’ve ever come. Thanks to mass communication we can call, message, chat, flick, swipe, poke, follow, talk to any number of people. We can let others know what we are thinking. And find … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, attention, convenience, devices, experience, modern, phones, slaves, social media, technology, WORLD
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All Finns are created equal
Greetings from Helsinki, land of The Moomintrolls, endless light and… hardcore egalitarianism. I’ve had the pleasure of talking to some lovely Finnish people these past few days, and they’ve all conveyed a jubilant sense of equality/incredulous claustrophobia of classed societies. Finns have long … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, egalitarianism, equal, Finland, Kela Maternity Package, progressive, social policy
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Big Data is watching
I’ve spent the last two days at a Socialising Big Data workshop at the futuristic IT University Copenhagen. Big Data is one of those trendy all encompassing buzz-words that  refers to the proliferation of data gathered everyday on all … Continue reading
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Tagged big brother, Big Data, equality, gender, hegemony, power, surveillance state, Sweden, transparency
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