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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

In the world of 2025, bet like China on an electro-state future, not like the US on being a petro-state. Wish Norway would embrace the first right proper instead of desperately clinging to the latter as it fades. Today, build like it's for tomorrow, not as you recall from yesterday.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Spain responding rightly to an astute and evidenced understanding of the outage by improving technical systems support to continue exponential expansion of renewable energy. The fossil fuel lobby cannot win over facts in a competitive market with informed governance and management of energy systems.

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A useful overview of electrification and deep decarbonisation, pointing out the need for a lot more electricity production to move towards net zero targets.

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Sounds perfect, see you when you hop off your bicycle!

We do have an 'Owl' set up, but the less IT involved the better in terms of conviviality :)

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Hvor går toget? - besteforeldre for en ansvarlig klimapolitikk

Can set up an improvised version of that, yes (laptop facing you), and if you have a link to share ahead of time, the Norwegian Grandparents' Climate Campaign might be interested as they have an active campaign: www.besteforeldreaksjonen.no/2025/05/hvor...

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Neppe høyhastighetsbaner i Norge med det første! Det var et av svarene ass. generalsekretær i BKA, Lasse Heimdal, fikk av tidl. informasjonssjef Preben Colstrup i NSB og tidl. konsernsjef i NSB/VY, Ge...

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Looking forward to hosting @jonworth.eu tomorrow @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social - he'll address European railway politics, a theme there's widespread interest in and a cause there's momentum for! Join us at 11 if interested :) (venue: Spisestuen, Fridtjof Nansens vei 17A, 1366 Lysaker)

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Beautiful peaceful protest against the man who would be king, a song for a free country.

sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Beautiful stuff. In a world with so much going wrong, nice to see a few things going right.

sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Such a treat to witness the mesmerising @buggewesseltoft.bsky.social (twice!), the awesome @harukimurakami.bsky.social with sage reflections, and the one and only Mari Boina who evocatively recited a Palestinian poem and called for an end to the Israeli genocide. Packed house and a standing ovation.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Lovely to be in beautiful Bergen for the kickoff of the ECOBUDGETS project about sustainability budgeting related to municipal work on climate and land use planning. Useful reflections shared to inform my role as an advisor on this @uibcet.bsky.social collaboration with a range of societal partners.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Death of a glacier, climate murder, indifferent = complicit.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Bearing witness: apocalypse now. For this glacier anyway.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This train is gonna gather speed.

sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Good things come in twos! Here's a nifty summary takeaway and links to two latest pieces by @jeremywallace.bsky.social

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A really solid contribution.

SustainableCZ @sustainablecz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

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🖊️ Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present #Transformations: a short report from our colleagues on the topic, proceedings and planned outputs of the Oslo workshop helmed by @sidsareen.bsky.social and Sirkku Juhola under www.cost-transformers.eu. sustainablecz.org/2025/05/13/r...

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Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present Transformations Workshop in Oslo

The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15–16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David S…

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Double whammy and the power of cascading effects to amplify system risks.

sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Common wealth, not "walling in and walling out", argues Carmen Mapis in the Frostian tradition of 'Mending wall' in this op-ed against luxury privatisation of Norwegian nature: www.nrk.no/ytring/hygge.... 'Hyggeplyndring' is a cheeky coinage riffing off of 'hytteplyndring' to drive home a key point!

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Hyttekosen stenger fjellet for fellesskapet.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Terrifyingly fascinating, reminding us that energy access is among the most fundamental aspects of our societies. Useful thread, a real-time info service.

sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Days of our lives, in increasing frequency going swiftly forward.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Going into the weekend tomorrow morning after closing out the final hours of this epic PhD course with @empoweredfutures.bsky.social - a terrific group of participants who've stayed fully engaged and thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience this has been, across glorious, generative surroundings!

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Moving towards accountable advertising. Energy future battles are being fought in the cultural domain over the attention economy in this era of information overload shaping perceptions and politics.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

It was a truly wonderful start to our PhD course across Oslo and Rjukan this week, and the cherry tree at @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social was in full bloom for the group photo after a fjord swim :) a treat to engage with this perceptive group of participants!

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Highly recommended springtime reading as we pull out the weeds and nurture the saplings to birth the futures we desire.

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Crony capitalism without a functional separation of powers means a state is not run along democratic lines and a despot can help himself to the spoils while his cheerleaders applaud.

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Cold at home in Norway: a third of tenants (about 20% are tenants), a sixth of the remaining 80% who are homeowners. Energy poverty is one of the most unrecognised problems in our energy-rich country. Right up there with energy elitism and fossil fuel favouritism in energy policy and energy finance.

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A clear case being made for changed priorities in the Norwegian energy system, with much more attention to heating. The same applies for a priority to solar that politicians haven't understood, as they're content to subsidise tariffs as a populist measure that disrupts timely future energy finance.

Let's catch a chat over a beer together this weekend while the kroner can still buy us some. Without an economic plan less linked to a sunset sector, the national economy and currency has a weak future foundation. At Oslo Mekaniske Verksted? Lemme know :)

A nice illustration of energy efficiency measures from Mie Fuglseth who leads Grønn Byggallianse and emphasises the value of identifying nodes where easy wins can be achieved. "Wanted: energy thieves!"

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And of course federal support is essential for municipal efforts to thrive, so it is terrific to see our energy minister Terje Aasland @ed.regjeringen.no grace the day's proceedings. An exciting programme ahead and lots to be done fast to achieve big targets!

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Great to see a city take a timely initiative to gather momentum on low-carbon energy transitions! @oslokommune.bsky.social welcomes a large mixed audience to its third annual energy conference, with a focus on a zero emission city and future energy systems. Congrats, @heidisorensenoslo.bsky.social!

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So, @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social calls it "Machiavellian neo-Mercantilist capitalism", @jksteinberger.bsky.social "cataclysm capitalism", I'm going with "nihilistic resource grab on steroids". This evil makes nobody happy over time, perpetrators included. "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ah, birdsong, as spring softly glides over @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social, its every touch a blessing old as time.