Sustainable Transitions

Authors Gorka Díaz Merino MSc Sustainable Design Student  Aalborg University (Copenhagen) Marika Zamelek MSc Sustainable Design Student Aalborg University (Copenhagen) We were promised flying cars by the beginning of the 21st Century, but with tires still very much attached to the roads, we ask once again, how will people move from one place to another in a few years from now? Mainstream stories about technological change are told and retold into the future. Here we aim at retelling a story about mobility. Considering the current climate crisis acknowledged by the scientific community, the fast pace of modern societies and the current enabling patterns of consumption and production, the transition to a more sustainable future is critical. Urban passenger transportation is considered a key sustainability concern in terms of CO₂ emissions ( Moradi and Vagoni, 2018 ).  What can the future of mobility teach us about mitigating Climate Change and building healthier communities? In ...

Community based food systems Authors: Gorka Díaz Merino MSc Sustainable Design Student (SD2), Aalborg University (Copenhagen) Marika Zamelek MSc Sustainable Design Student (SD2), Aalborg University (Copenhagen) In this blog post we will continue to challenge the mainstream perspective of the future from a Sustainable Transitions perspective, this time on Danish agriculture. The current Danish regime is very focused on conventional agriculture and a long supply chain of food systems and is the 3rd most polluting sector and taking around 61% of the land (Denmark’s National Inventory Report, 2020). Moreover, 75% of the agricultural space is designated for growing animal feed which significantly increases Greenhouse Gas emissions. The whole system aggravates problems like Climate Change and extensive land use. (Denmark’s Report for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, 2016; Hauggaard-Nielsen, 2021).  In the following paragraphs we are going to discuss the typ...