Selina Juul | |
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Nationality | Russian/Danish |
Education | Danish School of Media and Journalism |
Occupation | Food waste activist |
Website | http://www.selinajuul.com/ |
Selina Juul (born 7 March 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian- Danish activist and graphic designer [1] known for her work in promoting the reduction of food waste. She founded the consumer organization Stop Wasting Food ( Danish: Stop Spild af Mad) in 2008. She wrote the cookbook Stop spild af mad: En kogebog med mere (Stop Wasting Food: A Cookbook with More) in 2011 and has written numerous articles on the subject of food waste. [2] In addition to her activism, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. [1]
Selina Juul has a BA from the Danish School of Media and Journalism (formerly known as the Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark). [1]
Her experiences with food shortages as a child in Russia during the 1980s inspired her work combating food waste. [3] Due to the work of the Stop Wasting Food campaign, Denmark reduced its food waste nationally by 25% in 5 years (2010-2015). [4] [5] [6]
Selina Juul has received several awards for her activism. In 2013, she won the Nordic Council Environment Prize [2] and the Danish Social Democrats' Svend Auken Prize. [7] In 2014, she was named Dane of the Year ( Danish: Årets Dansker) by the newspaper Berlingske. [3] She blogs for The Huffington Post and the Danish newspaper Politiken. [8]