Students from the Masters programme were invited to the Stockholm Clean Vehicles Conference by Per Carstedt (BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation). Attending the conference would provide the students with a dose of 'learning by doing' and an excuse to go an a class trip. From November 7-11th, 2005, the students headed off to challenge themselves in approaching sustainability from a hands on perspective:
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Lund: stayed at the Train Hostel and networked with the LUMES students;
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Tetra Pak: site visit and presentation from the MSLS students to the Tetra Pak staff about sustainability and the role which Tetra Pak could play in getting there;
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Smeden Ecovillage: a walking tour to see the multi-family dwellings, water well where resident water source is obtained, a living machine or engineered wetland for sewage, and the community centre;
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King's Mound: Viking burial site, yoga and stretching in "the nature";
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Stockholm Clean Vehicles Conference: attended the conference and challenged attendees about the role of biofules in a sustainable future.
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Golden Hall: dinner and a guided visit of the palace;
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Stockholm University: networked with students from the Natural Resource Management, Governance and Globalisation master's programme at the student pub;
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"Bull Shit": attended the documentary about Vandana Shiva, the Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist, and engaged with her in the Q&A session which followed;
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Stockholm Environmental Institute: learned about their approach to sustainability and the critical state of the phosphorous cycle; and,
As a follow up from the Stockholm Clean Vehicles Conference attendance, three of the students from the 2005/2006 class decided to focus their thesis on the topic of Sustainability Aspects and Shortfalls of Biofuel Development (César França, Kate
Maddigan, and Kyle White).
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