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01 Curated by Another Tomorrow
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Our team is slowly returning from vacation and has put together a list of articles, films and books we've consumed over the holidays which we urge you all to take a look at.
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The New York Times did a piece on 193 stories showing the reality of climate change — in every country of the world. 'It’s the most ambitious audio-visual statement, production, message, eye-opener I have ever seen in regular news media. Scary but ultra clear. They go through the status and future consequences around the world. Even Sweden’s “flygskam” and “tågskryt” get mentioned (as a sign of change of mindset). A way to kick off 2022 in order not to waste another day' — says Another Tomorrow's CEO Staffan Ekholm who shared this fantastic piece with us.
If you are not a paying subscriber, our Creative Technologist André was so kind to make it accessible to those who are interested, and because we believe that everyone should see this.
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Don't Look Up — If you haven't seen it yet, please do (it's on Netflix). A movie that leaves you with a sense of not knowing whether to laugh or cry as it is so close to what is happening today, in relation to how society and political leaders are handling the climate crisis. On that note, read the comment by climate scientist Peter Kalmust in the Guardian, '(...) this isn’t a film about how humanity would respond to a planet-killing comet; it’s a film about how humanity is responding to planet-killing climate breakdown'.
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Neither technology nor economy are keeping Sweden from reaching the climate goals until 2045
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Nine climate researchers, one of them being Another Tomorrow's climate expert and partner Åsa Löfgren, have shared their research findings in Dagens Nyheter on the costs of the transformation towards net-zero for the end consumer. Turns out the big shift towards climate-neutral materials for the construction and transport industry won't actually cost the consumer more but rather the costs might actually decrease. According to the group of researchers, neither technology nor economy are keeping Sweden from reaching net-zero emissions. What we do need is a coherent strategy that focuses on short-term measures leading to fast emissions reductions as well as on long-term technologies and measures. Read the full piece here (in Swedish).
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Photo: Jessica Gow/TT via dn.se
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Sweden's emissions have decreased by about 30%
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Another interesting opinion piece by Svante Axelsson (National Coordinator, Fossilfritt Sverige) and Johan Rockström (Director, Stockholm Resilience Center) is about the government's responsibility to inform its citizens about the progress Sweden, and the world, is making in terms of adjusting to climate change and reaching the set climate goals. Read it here.
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If one of your new year's resolutions is to read more books, we have a great addition to 2022's reading list: Consumed - The Need For Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber. Head of Communications Linnéa is halfway through and finds it incredibly hard to put the book down at night (and that says a lot for a person that usually falls asleep after reading two pages).
So, what is it about?
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'Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work — often in unsafe conditions for very low pay — and the billionaires who receive the most profit. The author exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today's wealth inequality. Once the layers are peeled back, Barber invites you to participate in unlearning, to understand the truth behind why we consume in the way that we do, to confront the uncomfortable feeling that we are never quite enough and why we fill that void with consumption rather than compassion. Barber challenges us to challenge the system and our role in it. The less you buy into the consumer culture, the more power you have. Consumed will teach you how to be a citizen and not a consumer.'
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Until next time, stay safe and stay curious!
/ Linnéa & Team Another Tomorrow
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