{"id":23552,"date":"2016-03-29T19:56:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cu54p.hosts.cx\/?p=23552"},"modified":"2016-04-12T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T18:01:13","slug":"making-change-through-events-featuring-connectors-malmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulapalooza.live\/making-change-through-events-featuring-connectors-malmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Change Through Events, Featuring Connectors Malm\u00f6"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of January, in Malm\u00f6, Sweeden, a salon about food waste took place.\u00a0Food waste experts from Europe, and community members joined together in a relaxed evening to mingle, enjoy music, and dive into the cross-sectional issues around\u00a0wasting food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hosted by Connectors Malm\u00f6 <\/a>at\u00a0start-up HUBn, a co-working space,\u00a0speakers presented on the issue of food waste, followed by a guitar performance,\u00a0all while dining and drinking. The organization\u00a0has been\u00a0been experimenting with events, projects and interventions to push citizen-driven change\u00a0for three years. This being\u00a0their 36th event, they seem to have found a magical formula!\"12631399_1087622594636975_3626597328651676421_n\"<\/p>\n

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“From around Europe, we\u2019ve invited the leaders of the anti-food waste movement to Malm\u00f6 to tell us how to stop being so trashy about food: from the grassroots to international policy.”<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They were able to draw a crowd of 100 people including students, and industry professionals. With a diverse audience, rich discussions were guaranteed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speakers included\u00a0Arash Derambarsh<\/a>\u00a0(France) who led a campaign that forced all French supermarkets to donate their waste food to charity, Zeenath Hasan (Sweden) who runs a local, grassroots waste food\u00a0catering company,\u00a0and Sanne Stephansen from Copenhagen\u2019s\u00a0Rub&Stub<\/a> who is working to re-brand waste food as something much more appealing.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the models of change the featured speakers generated, please take a look at the webpages listed below.\u00a0\"12524039_1087622817970286_4903911965870652025_n\"<\/p>\n

Hasan spoke about perceptions of food waste and meeting the demand with appropriate recovery capacity.<\/p>\n

Do you agree that if it doesn’t make it into your belly, it should be counted as food waste? That is Hasan’s belief. In North America, we’ve largely accepted that if food is composted, that’s a-ok. Is this messaging diluting our ability to take more radical actions, such as donation and reduction policies being instated around Europe?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephansen noted that, ironically, one of the struggles in the European anti-food waste movement is an inability to take-in enough food waste. Restaurants like Rub & Stub<\/a> are being flooded with more surplus produce than can be used, but they also don’t want to see it wasted. This highlights an opportunity for more restaurants to open using the same model of serving rescued food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And finally, Derambarsh invited those located in Europe to sign his petition try to end food waste.<\/a> They\u00a0almost have 800,000 signatures, and want at least 200,000 more!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inspired by the Connectors Malm\u00f6 Event? Interested in hosting your own event? Or, taking food waste action in your community? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

You can now order a guide book<\/a>\u00a0about this style of work. Charlotte Ormston, Events Expert at Connectors Malm\u00f6, was kind enough to share some experts tips\u00a0just for our blog readers. Here they are!<\/p>\n

How to go about organizing change making events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Start with the intention.<\/strong> Think about the aim of the event: is it to inform people about problems, to inform them about solutions, to get people to meet each other and build networks, to get people to come up with projects?<\/div>\n
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2. Use your intention to choose the appropriate structure, content, speakers, graphics and environment. <\/strong>Always keep the aims in mind when you’re planning an activity.
eg. A cosy and relaxed event with music and snacks is good for getting people to talk to each other and listen to information but a very structured event with time-constraints on activities might be good for pushing people to come up with project ideas quickly.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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3. Make it beautiful!<\/strong> People work best when they’re in comfortable surroundings. Good lighting and seating is always adds value.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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4.\u00a0Show people.<\/strong> Show, don’t tell is the way forward. People like example, stories, and experimenting. Visuals, and images to simplify facts, and make them tangible is key.<\/div>\n
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5. Make sure to document it.<\/strong> If you’re going to be doing future events, then this is how you’re going to spread the word to get new audiences (photos) and learn how to improve events (reports and feedback sessions).<\/div>\n
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6.\u00a0Be friendly!<\/strong> If things are not going to plan, just remember to keep cool and pleasant – nobody’s going to lose a limb if the event is 15 minutes late. It’s normally more important for people to be in a nice, relaxed atmosphere.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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7. \u00a0People want to help. Let them!<\/strong> It’s a good cause, so if you tell organizations and people far in advance that you need volunteers, food donations, materials, seating, a space to use, whatever, they’ll deliver! You don’t need to have money to do an event.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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For extra inspiration, you can order a book<\/a>\u00a0called “A Guide to Co-Creation”. Proceeds go towards a crowd sourcing campaign<\/a> Charlotte has launched to grow this style of work into new countries. Connectors has moved to becoming the Connectors Society.<\/a> You can even request specialized coaching and training in this work through them. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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Over the three years they’ve been doing this work, 60% of the projects conceived of at ‘For Malmo by Malmo’ have actually happened, including Rude Food –Swedens 1<\/span>st<\/span> rescued food catering service<\/span><\/a>!\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Explore More At:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connectors:\u00a0www.connectorsmalmo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

STPLN:\u00a0www.stpln.se<\/a><\/p>\n

Arash Derambarsh:\u00a0twitter.com\/Arash<\/a><\/p>\n

Rude Food:\u00a0www.rudefood.se<\/a><\/p>\n

Rub & Stub:\u00a0www.spisrubogstub.dk\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Crowd Source Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

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