Next WgCoCo cross-pollination session
Wallaschkowski, Stephan
Dear SCORAIers!
We are happy to announce the next WgCoCo cross-pollination session on sustainable consumption communication.
In the last SCORAI Crosspollination session, we discussed the question how (pop) culture can contribute to behavior-, and systemic change and asked ourselves: Is it possible that collective, positive experiences, such as sustainability festivals, inspire and affect systemic change more effectively than other communication and learning experiences? If so, how can we design a SCORAI festival this summer in Italy that will create a common ground for a sustainable future in these divisive times?
This is the core question that Dr. Julius Grund, expert in the role of emotions in transformative learning (Institut Futur/German UNESCO-Program „ESD 2030“) and Emma Marzi, researcher, artivist and degrowth festival organizer, will help us to explore during this upcoming cross-pollination session
When? Wednesday, March 11th 2pm CET (See other time zones and calendar invite here )
Where? Zoom ID #957 6676 8007 passcode: viaverde
Direct access link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95766768007?pwd=YWpvRUx0NUlCTVJZcHI0ZDgwTlZKdz09
Why? Join us, if you want to learn how we can co-create a science based, cultural festival that has the power to transform us and the (eco)systems around us.
Julius Grund completed his master's degree in psychology at the University of Leipzig. Since October 2017, Julius has been working as a research assistant at the Institut Futur and is part of the team that is in charge for the national monitoring of education for sustainable development in Germany. In 2025, he completed his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) on the role of emotions in sustainability education. Alongside his work, he is currently undergoing further training in psychotherapy with a focus on cognitive behavioral therapy.
Emma Marzi has both academic and practical expertise in degrowth, societal movements and political ecology. Spain, Sweden, England and Italy are just some of the countries in which Emma has dedicated
their time to researching strategies to access, defend and recover abandoned land, to conducting farm- , and artivism projects and to developing educational material and events on the topic. Organising degrowth and queer ecology festivals (Alt Shift Festival
and Licheni festival) as well as visual art projects (Common Ground EU) are some of their concrete actions towards sustainable rural futures and post-growth imaginaries.
Best
Stephan, Valentina, Ginnie, Natalie
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Dipl.-Ök. Stephan Wallaschkowski
Koordinator Nachhaltigkeitslehre
Lehrkraft für „Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftliche Ansätze und Methoden“
Forschungsprojekt „Sustainable Consumption from Gender Perspective“
Hochschule Bochum
University of Applied Sciences
Lennershofstr. 140
44801 Bochum
Tel.: 0234-32-10303
