RECOMS mentor, Elen-Maarja Trell and RECOMS fellow Stephen Leitheiser explore the role of bottom-up initiatives in the transition towards sustainable food systems at Sustainable Geography – Geographies of Sustainability in Trondheim, Norway, June 16 – 19 2019.
RECOMS mentor, Elen-Maarja Trell and RECOMS fellow Stephen Leitheiser with RUG fellow Ciska Ulug explore the role of bottom-up initiatives in the transition towards sustainable food systems at Sustainable Geography – Geographies of Sustainability in Trondheim, Norway, June 16 – 19 2019. This session seeks theoretical, methodological and/or empirical contributions that critically address (1) the role and potential of (local) citizen action/collectives in stimulating a transition towards more sustainable food systems and (2) the ways that citizen initiatives and place-based food collectives can act as “living indicators” (Kaika, 2017) for critically rethinking environmental and social sustainability and power relations in food system (change).