Forest Meeting #4 Innovation

Forest Meeting #4 Innovation

Welcome to join Forest Meeting #4 Innovation, the fourth of a series of thought provoking, informative and inspiring conversations on how we can value and work with the forest in old, changed and entirely new ways. Forests concern all of us – by storing carbon, providing alternatives to fossil based materials and energy, offering livelihoods, biodiverse habitats, as well as a source of recreation and culture. Get your say in how we live, love and work with our forests.

What is this Forest Meeting about?

In order to address key global challenges, such as climate change and social segregation, there is a need to create innovation beyond new technology. How we collaborate needs to be innovated, as well as how we learn and educate, how we make local and global infrastructures. There is also need for innovation in terms of how we can cope with changes to lifestyles and work practices, how we can understand ourselves as humans in a changing world and which stories we can tell to help us to move forward within Earth’s limits. In this forest meeting, we will create briefs for innovation starting from the map created in the previous meeting on forest myths and fiction. We will engage with a series of approaches to innovation, from business, science, technology and arts to support us.

Practical information

When: The fourth Forest Meeting takes place on 12th December, 3-5.15pm Swedish time, 2-4.15pm UTC. (Early check-in half an hour earlier available to practice Miro boards)

Where: Online, on zoom – but we will try to make it feel as if we were meeting in the woods.

Who: A diverse mix of forest stakeholders – you, decision makers, forest industry, people working in the forest and people who like spending time in the forest. Language: We will use Smålish, the English we speak in the Swedish county of Småland which thrives on mistake to make it accessible for as many as possible.

Register: Register before 12th December, 2022.

Share the invitation: Who should have a say in forest issues - and who should hear your voice? Please share with people who should be part of this.

Questions and comments: Are all welcome – to forestmeetings@lnu.se

About Forest Meetings

Forest Meetings are hosted by Linnaeus University and the Green Sustainability Knowledge environment and designed by Mathilda Tham, Miranda Moss, Nasra Rashiid, Juliana Restrepo, Åsa Ståhl, Jorge Zapico.