How can municipalities engage citizens in the transition towards climate-friendly lifestyles? What role do place-based approaches and participatory methods play in shaping sustainable urban futures? Join us as we explore disparities in carbon footprints, the challenges of promoting sustainable lifestyles, and sufficiency as a strategy for well-being beyond growth and efficiency. We’ll also introduce participatory methods that connect climate action to everyday life and give a good example of collaboration between practitioners and researchers in this context.
Key Themes
🔹 Unequal Emissions Within Municipalities – Understanding the disparities in carbon footprints and the role of targeted interventions.
🔹 Challenges in Promoting Climate-Friendly Lifestyles – Overcoming barriers to sustainable consumption and behavioral change.
🔹 Sufficiency as a Key Strategy – Rethinking sustainability beyond efficiency and growth.
Approach & Methodology
This webinar will highlight place-based and community-driven approaches, where lay citizens contribute their lived experiences to co-create solutions. We will explore participatory methods that foster deeper engagement, including:
- Visioning – Developing shared aspirations for sustainable urban futures.
- Urban Utopian Sketching – Imagining transformative possibilities for local areas.
- Walk and Talk – Engaging citizens in on-the-ground discussions to connect climate strategies with everyday life.
Biography
Julia Jokiaho is a Research Associate at SEI Stockholm in the Cities, Communities, and Consumption Team. She specializes in urban governance for sustainable consumption, focusing on sufficiency as a sustainability strategy, citizen engagement, and participatory research methods to support transitions to more sustainable pathways.
Louise Bonnevier is a Project Research Officer at the Environment Department of the City of Malmö, specializing in sustainable consumption and citizen engagement. She is a part of Malmö’s climate transition process, focusing on reducing consumption-based emissions by developing strategies and to achieve set goals. Louise contributes to various projects that promote citizen involvement, sharing economy, and highlight the municipality's role in advancing sustainable consumption.
