The Spiral of Silence, or why it is so difficult to talk about sustainability (updated)
I like using the “Spiral of Silence” when talking about why it is so difficult to talk about sustainability, so here comes an updated version!
Tag: hope
Reflections on the workshop “Pedagogy of Hope” by Diana Holmqvist
On Friday, I participated in a workshop on the “pedagogy of hope”, that Diana Holmqvist from Linköping University ran. Since she is one of the two authors of my current…
“An active academia for peace and sustainability” Hattle et al. (2025), and about constructive hope and doubt (Marlon et al., 2019)
After following the journey of my voting letter in the tracking app for more than a week and seeing that it did not make it to Sunday’s election on time,…
Using eco-guilt to motivate behaviour change seems not really supported by literature
Following up on what I wrote on Friday about how my colleague respond to her talking about sustainability issues with “don’t make me feel guilty”, I am exploring eco-guilt as…
Thinking about how to respond when people say “Don’t talk to me about sustainability, you make me feel guilty!”
Today one of my colleagues told me that a very common reaction she gets in her department is that people do not want to talk to her about sustainability because…
Currently reading: “Hope dies, action begins?” The role of hope for proactive sustainability engagement among university students. (Vandaele & Stålhammar, 2022)
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked to many people that are in one way or other involved in teaching about sustainability at high school or university level. One…