Speed talk summary 16 December

1. Beatrice Crona beatrice.crona@su.se provided feedback on the ABW survey that many of you (100!) contributed to. The gist: some are happy, others not, some are neither. But there are issues that need to be addressed! 2. And on that point...: Johan Gistorp johan.gistorp@su.se presented some of the action points such as fixing the rooms so they are the way they should be, tidy up and increase the number of high focus areas (yellow zones) 3. Tim Daw tim.daw@su.se presented a new book on the toxic state of public discourse. Book title: I’m right and you’re an idiot. Written by James Hoggan 4. Some of our excellent students reported back from their work and interaction at COP25 in Madrid. Much to be frustrated about, youth activitism a glimmer of hope. 5. Jean-Baptiste Jouffray jean-baptiste.jouffray@su.se announced his thesis on what the Anthropocene means to the ocean and vice versa. He will defend 17 January 2020. 6. Albert Norström albert.norstrom@su.se presented a new paper on ecosystem multifunctionality, identified and mapped across Europe’s municipalities and regions. Paper out in Environmental Research Letters 7. Steven Lade steven.lade@su.se presented his paper (out today at 5pm!) in Nature Sustainability on the interactions and feedbacks between planetary boundaries. Conclusions: - The planetary boundaries are densely interconnected; Planetary boundary interactions amplify human impacts on the Earth system; A multidimensional safe operating space for sustainability governance 8. Beatrice Crona beatrice.crona@su.se shared with us Erik Johansson’s wonderful and thoughtful exhibition Places Beyond, now showing at Fotografiska here in Stockholm: https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/utstallningar/places-beyond/ As a final love bomb of 2019, we celebrated Helene Karlsson! https://stockholmuniversity.box.com/s/by4i6qb7brutvw81w85c0lh4twgar8pd More vids here: https://stockholmuniversity.box.com/s/9c7skccmr1lbfxt79jczhnvj7gfdftmn Wishing you all a safe and wonderful holiday. S