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Welcome to Acting for Sustainability! Here, we want to talk about sustainability, consumer behavior and local production. Our goal is to interview local and regional actors as well as researchers, students, activists... We are working towards Goal n°12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Where can you find us? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actingforstustainability.se/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acting-for-sustainability Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Acting-For-Sustainability-105057305059034/

Acting For Sustainability


    • Apr 22, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Acting For Sustainability

    Giorgio Brizio, "Talking about the climate crisis has to do with talking about people"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 33:00


    In this new episode, meet Giorgio Brizio, an italian climate and human rights activist. We had the chance to discuss with him about many interesting topics such as climate migrations, the COP26, activism in someone's daily life, politics, etc... We also talked about his book, Non Siamo Tutti Sulla Stessa Barca; and about the important link between the climate crisis and migrations. Wanna find out more about Giorgio? Reach him: https://www.instagram.com/giorgiobrizio24/ Find his book: https://www.ibs.it/non-siamo-tutti-sulla-stessa-libro-giorgio-brizio/e/9788884996855?gclid=CjwKCAjw-sqKBhBjEiwAVaQ9a62h9DBpjHoubVCcusA9VCnR3c62Y4zGN_T6TA-2zeteseeVwnpACRoCl7IQAvD_BwE Find us here too :) https://linktr.ee/actingforsustainability

    Daniel Vamos, "We think that the university should lead the way"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 20:48


    Daniel is a student at Karlstad University and a member of klimatstudent - a student club which advise the University how to enhance their sustainability policies. The overall goal is to get the university's emissions down to 0 by 2030 and half of them by 2022. The klimatstudent group thinks that the university should lead the way. And you, what do you think? Check the instagram of Klimatstudent: https://www.instagram.com/klimatstudenterna_kau/ Check their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/770722480575921

    Lara Sibbing, Connecting Research and Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 21:04


    In this new episode, we meet Lara Sibbing, policy advisor and researcher on food systems in the Netherlands. After coming all the way to Lille by bike, she explains her Phd topic and how she intended on making it available by everyone by turning it into a play. We also talk about conscious consumption, citizens' involvement in policy making. Our question of the day: is healthy food necessarily more expensive? If you want to read more about Lara Sibbing, you can find more information here: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Lara-Sibbing-2164975442 To find out more about us, you can click here :) https://bio.site/gGBfte

    Cyrus Farhangi, "French consumers are de-consuming"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 33:15


    Hello everyone! Welcome for the second part of our interview with Cyrus Farhangi, we hope you liked the first part! Here, you will hear about resilience, consumerism culture and advertising, de-growth and individual actions ! Enjoy! Useful links: PlansB podcast: https://www.plansb.info More about us: https://bio.site/gGBfte Cyrus Farhangi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrus-farhangi-9301833/

    Cyrus Farhangi, "There is a lot of room for improvement"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 40:46


    Hi everyone, welcome back for season 2 of Acting for Sustainability! We are more than happy to be back with a this episode with Cyrus Farhangi, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consultant, podcast host, and teacher at EM Lyon. This episode will be released in two parts. On this one you will hear about CSR, transportation, agriculture, consumer responsibility and government regulation for climate change. Cyrus also told us about his podcast PlansB, which you can find here: https://www.plansb.info. Stay tuned for the second part coming soon ... Useful links: PlansB website: https://www.plansb.info More about us: https://bio.site/gGBfte More about Cyrus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrus-farhangi-9301833/

    John Piccolo, "If we all went to Mars, the salmon would be fine"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 45:38


    Welcome to this season of Acting For Sustainability! Our team is really happy to be back with a new podcast about freshwater ecosystems explained by John Piccolo. John J Piccolo currently works at the Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University, Sweden. John does research in Ecology and conservation biology. Research focus includes freshwater ecocsystems and conservation ethics. We hope you'll like the episode! Don't hesitate to give us feedbacks and to follow us on social medias. See you soon! The AFS Team Ressources mentioned in the episode: Documentary Seaspiracy on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/fr-en/title/81014008 Book Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari

    Henric Barkman, "There is a lot you can do"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 35:10


    In this episode, you will meet Henric Barkman, environmental specialist at Karlstad municipality. We talk about circular economy, sharing economy, overconsumption and the actions that can be launched at a local scale. I hope you will learn as much as we did during this conversation! Here you can find some interesting links regarding what we talked about: Smartakartan Sweden: https://www.smartakartan.se Karlstad Kommun Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlstadskommun/ Karlstad Kommun Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karlstadskommun Solareturen, furniture second hand shop in Karlstad: https://www.facebook.com/solareturen/ Useful links to find out more bout us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actingforstustainability.se/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Acting-For-Sustainability-105057305059034/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acting-for-sustainability

    Alice Sérane, "Prefer the Old and Used to the New"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 53:19


    Welcome to our second interview! Prefer the old and used to the new. And where is that possible? For example, at the Red Cross Shop in the city center of Karlstad. There you can easily buy second-hand stuff like clothes, books, household goods or electronic devices. In the second episode we have the pleasure of introducing the head of the Red Cross Shop Alice Sérane. There we were talking about the foundation of the shop, their business model and environmental goals but also about Alice' personal attitudes towards sustainability. Where can you find the Red Cross second hand shop? https://www.instagram.com/secondhand.karlstad/ Where can you find us? https://www.instagram.com/actingforstustainability.se/

    Avit Bhowmik, "Climate Education is Vital"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 34:47


    Welcome to our first interview! Today we are talking with Avit Bhowmik, researcher in risk and environmental studies at Karlstad University. You'll hear more about everyday life actions, and how important they are, as well as the importance of education. We also discussed about sensibilisation, awareness, individual actions and community scale actions. We are working towards Goal n°12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Where can you find us? Instagram:www.instagram.com/actingforstustainability.se/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/acting-for-sustainability Facebook: www.facebook.com/Acting-For-Sustainability-105057305059034/ You can also read more about today's guest here https://www.kau.se/en/researchers/avit-kumar-bhowmik

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