Gunhild Stordalen
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Gunhild Stoldalen | |
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Born | Haugesund, Norway | 15 January 1979
Other names | Gunhild Melhus |
Occupation(s) | Physician, advocate |
Known for | Founder and president of EAT Foundation, Co-founder of Stordalen Foundation and CEO of GreeNudge |
Spouse |
Gunhild Anker Stoldalen[
Early life and education
The daughter of a doctor and a
Stordalen graduated from Kongsberg secondary school in 1998. She enrolled at the medical
In 2007 Stordalen enrolled in the PhD program at the Institute of Pathology
Environmentalism
The Stordalen Foundation, which she co-founded with her husband then
The Stordalen foundation focuses on 4 separate areas:
- The Rainforest Foundation
- Zero Emission Resource Organisation (ZERO): The Stordalen foundation supports the non-profit environmental organization Zero. Stordalen serves on the board of directors of the organization.
- GreeNudge: In June 2011 the couple founded GreeNudge, a non-profit initiative that will initiate and support behavioral research related to energy efficiency and climate change,[8] in order to provide evidence-based data as a basis for decision makers to implement effective climate policies.[9]
Stordalen was an Earth Hour ambassador in 2011.[10] for Norway.
Animal Welfare
Stordalen is also an advocate for animal rights and refused to do an interview with Elle until they changed their policy on their use of fur[11] and has spoken out against the fur industry on several occasions,[12] she has also contributed at catwalk shows for the Norwegian Animal Welfare Alliance.
Women's health
As the spokesperson of the Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organization (LHL), she campaigned to raise awareness of
EAT Foundation
In 2013, Stordalen founded the EAT Initiative with the idea of transforming the global food system to ensure the growing population a healthy and nutritious diet within safe environmental limits. In 2014, together with the Stordalen Foundation and the Stockholm Resilience Center she hosted the first EAT Stockholm Food Forum, dealing with the connection between food, health and sustainability.
Illness
On 22 October 2014 Stordalen was diagnosed with
Recognitions and Directorships
In 2012 Stordalen was named the youngest woman on Kapital's annual list over the 100 most influential women of Norway.[18] In 2014 WWF Sweden named Gunhild Stordalen as Environmental Hero of the Year and in 2016 she was recognized among the 150 most influential business communicators in Sweden. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Food Forum and was one of 29 leaders selected by United Nations Secretary-General ban Ki-moon in 2016 to provide inspiration and direction for the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and its mission in eradicating malnutrition.[19] In 2016, Gunhild Stordalen was also awarded with the Norwegian Fredrikkeprisen, the Norwegian Women's Sanitation Association's award.
In addition to being both the founder and president of EAT Foundation, Gunhild is also the founder and chair of the environmental organization GreeNudge and sits on several boards. These include Nordic Choice Hotel Group, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), Movement Lead Group, World Economic Forum's Global Future Council (on the Future of Food Security and Agriculture), ECOHZ Renewable Energy Foundation, BT Group's Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Business, the climate initiative DrawDown and the international advisory board of the Stockholm Resilience Center.
Bibliography
- Melhus G, Solberg LB, Dimmen S, Madsen JE, Nordsletten L, Reinholt FP (2007). "Experimental osteoporosis induced by ovariectomy and vitamin D deficiency does not markedly affect fracture healing in rats" (PDF). Acta Orthopaedica. 78 (3): 393–403. PMID 17611855.
- Solberg LB, Melhus G, Brorson SH, Wendel M, Reinholt FP (2006). "Heat-induced retrieval of immunogold labeling for nucleobindin and osteoadherin from Lowicryl sections of bone". Micron. 37 (4): 347–54. PMID 16387503.
- Melhus G, Brorson SH, Baekkevold ES, Andersson G, Jemtland R, Olstad OK, Reinholt FP (2010). "Gene expression and distribution of key bone turnover markers in the callus of estrogen-deficient, vitamin D-depleted rats". Calcified Tissue International. 87 (1): 77–89. PMID 20495792.
- Nissen-Meyer LS, Svalheim S, Taubøll E, Reppe S, Lekva T, Solberg LB, Melhus G, Reinholt FP, Gjerstad L, Jemtland R (2007). "Levetiracetam, phenytoin, and valproate act differently on rat bone mass, structure, and metabolism". Epilepsia. 48 (10): 1850–60. PMID 17634065.
References
- ^ Vi må lede an Aftenposten. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Anne Gunn Halvorsen (20 November 2010). "Den grønne, glitrende" [The green and shiny]. Dagbladet Magasinet.
- ^ Staff (2010). "Profile: Gunhild Stordalen". Norwegian Climate Network. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ Pål Hoveng Plassen (20 March 2002). "A different Saturday job". Universitas. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ Marcus Husby (5 February 2007). "Stordalen's model girlfriend". Se&Hør. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Gunhild Stordalen (23 March 2011). "Helse sukrer klimapillen" [Health sweetens the climate pill]. Aftenposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Gunhild Stordalen (5 November 2010). "Den store klimagåten" [The climate conundrum]. Aftenposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Arne Storrønningen (7 July 2011). "På den grønne gren" [On a green branch]. Fremtiden. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Marianne Løland Skarsgård (9 May 2011). "Svir av 25 mill. i året på miljøet" [Burns 25 million annually on the environment]. Hegnaronline. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Ivan Tostrup (15 March 2011). "Earth Hour: Her er ambassadørene" [Earth Hour: here are the ambassadors]. WWF Medlem. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Espen Sandli; Eivind Kristensen (16 December 2009). "Earth Hour: Stilte pels-ultimatum for intervju" [Made fur ultimatum for interview]. Dagbladet. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Niels Christian Geelmuyden, Kapital, June 2011
- ^ Irene Mjøseng (14 January 2011). "-Menn har rulet legeyrket lenge nok" [-Men have ruled the medical profession long enough]. Laagendalsposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Mette Heitmann (18 November 2010). "Brekker du lett?" [Breaking bones often?]. TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ .Kungahuset - Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attend the EAT Stockholm Food Forum Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attend the EAT Stockholm Food Forum - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se.
- ^ "Gunhild Stordalen: - Jeg er så takknemlig for at jeg overlevde". www.aftenposten.no.
- ^ Tellefsen, Giske, Schmidt, Fjærestad, Nestaas, Holth, Solem (1 May 2012). "Norway's most influential women". Kapital.
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