Marilyn Mehlmann

Marilyn Mehlmann (born in London, 1939) is a Swedish environmentalist and educator.

Marilyn Mehlmann in November 2010

Early life and education

Born in England, Mehlmann went to a French school and worked in Norway and Denmark before settling in Sweden.

Career

At the start of her career, Mehlmann was involved with product development at IBM. After a period as Senior Associate at the consultancy firm Projektstyrning AB she founded her own management consultancy, while also acting as director of the Swedish Institute for Social Inventions.

In 1995, Mehlmann was appointed General Secretary[1] of Global Action Plan International, a network of NGOs that specialises in sustainable behaviour change. She has worked for several decades in around 30 countries in Europe, the United States, Asia, and Southern Africa to empower individuals and organizations to live and work more sustainably. Mehlmann helps to co-create new methods and tools for sustainable development, including a Learning for Change[2] methodology currently offered on three continents. Since 2005, Mehlmann is also a Vice-President of the Union of International Associations or UIA.[3] Mehlmann is a member of several advisory boards.

In November 2010, Mehlmann gave a TEDx talk on sustainable change in her hometown of Stockholm.[4]

In 2011, Mehlmann was awarded the Rachel Carson Prize for her long-term efforts to involve individuals, companies and NGOs in acting sustainably.[5]

Mehlmann is also the author and co-author of numerous publications.

Selected publications

In English
  • Conscious Lifestyle and the UN SDGs: forthcoming in the proceedings of the Gross National Happiness Conference, Bhutan, 2015.
  • Learning for Change, with André Benaim: an iBook published in 2013.
  • ESD Dialogues: A pedagogy for Sustainable Development, with Olena Pometun, published in Russian in 2012, in English in 2013.
  • Drawing for Life: Comics as a Method for Education for Sustainable Development, with four co-authors, published in 5 languages, 2012.
  • Learning to Live Sustainably (with Nadia McLaren and Olena Pometun) in Global Environmental Research, Yokohama, 2010.

In Swedish
  • Empowerment, a Handbook for the Swedish Trade Union Organization TCO, Bilda förlag, 2002.
  • EkoTeam, a Workbook for Individuals and Households Wishing to Live More Sustainably, Bilda Förlag, 1996.
gollark: So separate the authorities certifying that you're not an idiot and the ones teaching you to not be an idiot!
gollark: It would be good for students to have the *option* to study it if they prefer it over other stuff, certainly.
gollark: I think they could research it on their own if they cared much.
gollark: It is useful but only if you actually care about it enough to remember any.
gollark: Reading/writing/arithmetic *can* probably just be taught at home by computers though.

References
  1. "Marilyn Mehlmann - General Secretary". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. "Learning For Change methodology". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. "Vice-President - Marilyn Mehlmann". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. "TEDx Talk Marilyn Mehlmann". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. "Rachel Carson Prize winner 2011 - Marilyn Mehlmann". Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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