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Hej, today, the second part of our current course “Environmental Economics and Management” has started. The Management part of this course is led by another PhD Student then the first one. The examination will be to write an individual paper about Management, to what we will be introduced next week. So later more about that…… Continue reading Part II of the course Environmental Economics and MANAGEMENT

Hej hej, today we had our first written exam during the Master´s program here at SLU.As I told you before, our current course “Environmental Economics and Management” is dividid into two parts: economics and management. We had 5 hours time today to answer 33 questions about economics. It was definitely feasible!For next week we are… Continue reading Our first written exam

Recently, I (Ludwig) was hired on a farm as part-time farmer here in Skåne. I was lucky to get this job because this farm needs some more working force, due to its conversion to organic. Organic farming means more work in several areas. For instance in the weed management it seems quite efficient, to spray… Continue reading Working as a farmer

We already mentioned the traditional Sauna in this blog before. Therefore I want to write about it briefly to give an insight to you how amazing this activity can be. Several times now we have been in Bjärred, a town near Alnarp where you can find a Sauna in the almost middle of the sea!… Continue reading Kallbadhus (Sauna) in Bjärred

You may wonder what a student on a campus like Alnarp is doing in his/ her leisure time? If you think that – here in Alnarp, in the middle of fields – we only chill in the park, next to the lecture halls or go for falafel to Lomma or Lund then you are not… Continue reading Leisure time activities around Alnarp

Hej,so today I want to talk a bit about the involvement of SLU in international projects, especially about one with Agcelerate. The multi-stakeholder partnership initiative Agcelerate was founded in 2017 by a small group of researchers, academics and social entrepreneurs. Agcelerate focus on linking academics research in agriculture with practice. At the core of Agcelerate… Continue reading Africa´s Agriculture & entrepreneurship

Hej, since one week now we have a new course, called “Environmental economics and management”. This course is organised by two female PhD students who are sharing the lectures: one is talking about the economic part and the other one is responsible for the management part with which we will deal later on in the… Continue reading Environmental economics and management

Today we went with some friends for a talk about climate change, local innovation and the Global Goals to Malmö. It was an free event, organised by Malmö United Nations Association. The focus was on local innovators and entrepreneurs who have creative ideas for a more sustainable world. We will present you the small heroes… Continue reading Climate change, local innovation and the Global Goals

Today we started at campus a visit to the waste company SYSAV in Malmö. When we arrived, we got a tour in the bus through the area. It was impressive how large the industrial area is. Afterwards, we had a lecture from one guy of the company inside the building with tea & coffee. He… Continue reading South Scania Waste Company

Here comes a short spoiler: who ever thinks that holidays in Crete, Greece could be a nice idea for this autumn is right! In the last week of September (26-28, 2019) there will the 2nd Agroecology Europe Forum take place.  From experiences of older agroecology students we have heard that this forum could be a… Continue reading 2nd Agroecology Europe Forum