Denise Baden & Sue Lickorish ↗
Introduction by Sue Lickorish This was such an engaging and inspiring session to join, and I highly recommend watching it.
Weaving her multiple strands of work, Denise Baden is bringing SF into play in personal, actionable ways for some of our biggest shared challenges.
John Brooker & Annie Bordeleau & Bodil Mickels
Introduced by Bodil Mickels Reflections on the Sustainability Unconference How can a solution-focused approach help create sustainable organisations? This was the theme at the SOLWorld “Unconference” sponsored by SFiO, in Land aan Zee, Netherlands, in mid-April 2024. 34 solution-focused coaches, organisational consultants, trainers and sustainability researchers, were present, representatives of public and local administrations, academia, private companies, and the third sector, making it a truly diverse and enriching experience. They joined from Europe, Australia and Canada, to ponder the theme question in a nature-rich environment. The forces of weather also participated in the experience, offering both sunshine and warmth, as well as torrential rain, thunder, and storms.
I am Professor of Sustainable Business at the University of Southampton, UK. I have published widely in the academic realm and also in fiction. My eco-themed rom-com ‘Habitat Man’ was published in 2021, followed by ‘the Assassin’ and ‘No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet’ in 2022.
My most recent research explores the use of storytelling to promote green behaviours, looking at how readers respond to eco-themed stories. In 2018, I set up the Green Stories Writing project that challenges writers to embed green solutions in their stories via a series of free writing competitions. These are open to all, and 20 competitions have been run so far, which have resulted in several publications.