Selina Juul (born 7 March 1980 in

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) is a Russian- Danish activist and graphic designer known for her work in promoting the reduction of

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. She founded the

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Stop Wasting Food Stop Wasting Food () is a Danish consumer organization that works for the reduction of food waste in society. It was established in 2008 by Selina Juul, who acts as the movement's day-to-day leader and spokesperson. The organization is run by volu ...

() in 2008. She wrote the cookbook ''Stop spild af mad: En kogebog med mere'' (''Stop Wasting Food: A Cookbook with More'') in 2011 and has written numerous articles on the subject of food waste. In addition to her activism, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator.

Early life and education

Selina Juul has a BA from the

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(formerly known as the Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark).

Activism

Her experiences with food shortages as a child in Russia during the 1980s inspired her work combating food waste. Due to the work of the Stop Wasting Food campaign, Denmark reduced its food waste nationally by 25% in 5 years (2010-2015). Selina Juul has received several awards for her activism. In 2013, she won the Nordic Council Environment Prize and the Danish

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Prize. In 2014, she was named Dane of the Year () by the newspaper ''

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''. She blogs for ''

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'' and the Danish newspaper ''

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''.

References

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