Mars-Caritas Lunch Debate Seminars
The Lunch Debate seminars, organized by Mars and Caritas Luxembourg, are a space of critical thinking and discussion on issues linked to Sustainability/Sustainable Development/Agenda 2030, to promote social dialogue among citizens and stakeholders and raise awareness on the challenges of the Agenda 2030.
The issues are presented from an academic perspective as well as taking into account practitioners' views.
The speakers will be chosen with the goal to present different perspectives, promote dialogue and critical thinking
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Lunch Debate 20 March 2019'Can happiness help redefine progress?'Speakers: Isabel Sebastian, MARS-UNI and Francesco Sarracino, Statec organized by Caritas Luxembourg and MARS-UNIat 12.15 - 13.45at Caritas, rue Michel Welter 29, 2730 LuxembourgRegistration: plaidons@caritas.lu until 18 March, T. 40 21 31 502 |
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| Isabel Sebastian is a Research Associate at the University of Luxemburg, contributing to the development of futures scenarios for Luxemburg’s sustainable water, soil and energy nexus. She recently completed a PhD at the Institute for Sustainable Futures in Sydney, Australia. Prior to academia, Isabel was a business professional with more than 20 years experience in blending the fields of business management and sustainability. Her experience spans from Australia, Germany, India, Tajikistan to Bhutan, where she worked for a nine-year period. Isabel will discuss Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness approach to progress. Francesco Sarracino is senior economist at STATEC, the national statistical office of Luxembourg. His work aims at informing policies to make economic growth compatible with people’s well-being and to pursue sustainable development. In this speech, Francesco uses data from Luxembourg to argue that the quality of economic growth matters for people’s well-being, and that it is possible to establish a virtuous circle between enduring improvements in well-being and prosperity. |
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| Resources: https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-economics-of-happiness/the-film/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbjr3J-Hls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI
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Lunch Debate 3 October 2018, Luxembourg |
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'Sustainable Food Practices'Dr. Rachel Reckinger ('Alternative Food Networks in Luxembourg'), UNI and Michel Grevis ('Biodiversity and Pure-Origine in Chocolate'), SNJ Registration: please contact Nathalie Wagner at nathalie.wagner@caritas.lu , tel. +352 402 131 518, by October 1st Michel Grevis is the executive manager of the Centre SNJ Hollenfels – education for sustainable development. He is co-author of ‘ESD for children and young persons’ and the soon to be released ‘Shape the future’ (an instrument to plan, realize and evaluate’ ESD-projects). In his speech he will show (and make the audience taste) how corporate interests have succeeded in destroying people’s awareness of the importance of biodiversity and origin in chocolate consumption. Rachel Reckinger is a food sociologist and anthropologist at the University of Luxembourg. She is the principal investigator of Sustainable Food Practices, spanning Luxembourg’s foodscape from production, governance, distribution to consumption. Her research focuses on policy gaps and changes of everyday practices within the transition towards a more circular economy (https://food.uni.lu). During this lunch debate, she will critically discuss a few emerging alternative food networks in Luxembourg: currently still a heterodox minority, they contribute to a cultural shift with the creation of resourcefulness for biodiversity, environmental and social justice. |
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| This lunch debate will be part of the 'Semaines de l'Education au Development Durable' - C-ONN-EC-T-ING L-IVES http://connectinglives.cercle.lu/ Organized by Caritas Luxembourg & MARS /Uni.lu |
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Lunch Debate 21 June 2018, Luxembourg |
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'Moving Towards Circular Economy'Prof. Christian Schulz, UNI and Georges Kieffer, BENU Village Organized by Caritas Luxembourg & MARS /Uni.lu Georges Kieffer is the founder and Director of Benu Village. The objective of Benu village is the conception and construction of the most sustainable EcoVillage in the Grand Region. It is entirely enrolled in the Circular Economy and provides space to several professional actors willing to develop their business in this environment. |
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| Christian Schulz Concluding Remarks and literature references |
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Lunch Debate 27 September 2017, Luxembourg |
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How Civil Society and Academia can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
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