STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE
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Centre director Line Gordon was the main speaker at the Fridays for Future climate demonstration on 27 September in Stockholm. It attracted 50,000 people and ended in the Kungsträdgården park for concerts and speeches.
GRETA THUNBERG’S science-based #FridaysForFuture movement has created a global mobilisation against environmental change. It has also encouraged researchers to reach out with their knowledge on the topic. In 2019, Stockholm-based researchers from a wide variety of disciplines set up a weekly “Researchers Desk” in downtown Stockholm to discuss and answer questions from concerned citizens. It started as part of the first global strike in March 2019 but continued throughout the year, including the strikes in September and December. Several centre researchers were involved. The initiative was borne out of former teacher Toya Westberg’s concern that climate and sustainability science was not made sufficiently available to schools and to the general public. Today, the initiative is highly sought after. Schools want to know more about climate change and its many implications both on society and individuals. For instance, centre guest researcher Helen Fischer talked to
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#FridaysForFuture: Centre researchers help public awareness
secondary school students about climate communication and psychology. She was intrigued by the students’ interest and knowledge of the topic. Elsewhere, centre researchers My Sellberg and David Armstrong McKay held one of the most well attended talks on tipping points and transformation during the annual youth activist conference from Power Shift Network.
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