– Mom always said I should stop saving the world. She says it is naive. But someone has to make the effort, says Gunhild Stordalen.
This year, she picked to guest Swedish Radio’s most popular radio show Summer in P1. Where she will talk about the fight for the environment and their own personal battle.
NRK meetings Stordalen in Sweden. She has ambitious projects ahead of them, but is also affected by the fatal disease systemic sclerosis. Gradually, the hands and feet immobile.
vIDEO: In Sweden there is to be a “summer talk” a great honor. Gunhild Stordalen year is the only Swede of 60 invitees.
vIDEO: In Sweden there is to be a “summer talk” a great honor. Gunhild Stordalen year is the only Swede of 60 invitees.
The power of the impossible
– I will always tell about the commitment my . But I can not sit bald as a boiled egg and do not mention that I am sick, says Gunhild.
She is praised by Carola Häggkvist how she still fight for EAT while the disease has worsened.
– I encourage Gunhild to stand on. I admire her, says Carola NRK.
– Not a self-realization project
Environment commitment to Gunhild began early, even as a little girl when her parents took her on walks in the woods and mark and long before she became known as the wife of Petter Stordalen.
– What do you say to those who believe that this is a self-realization project?
– When you want to create change, one is always met with criticism. The most important thing we do is to be better at communicating the message, she said.
In Sweden there is to be a summer talking a great honor. She is the only Norwegian among 60 invitees.
– The food we eat and the way we produce it, represent some of the greatest challenges, says Stordalen as she enters the pulpit.
vIDEO: – the food we eat and the way we produce it, represent some of the greatest health – and environmental challenges, says Stordalen the meeting in Sweden. Last year she relapses in the disease. The struggle for EAT has become more important than ever.
vIDEO: – the food we eat and the way we produce it, represent some of our the greatest health – and environmental challenges, says Stordalen to meeting in Sweden. Last year she relapses in the disease. The struggle for EAT has become more important than ever.
Reinforced commitment
But there is a cool drafts this June day. For Gunhild who last year suffered a relapse in the disease, it is difficult to retain heat.
– It was a bit like that the house had burned down to the foundation. I had spent eight months renovating it. Then it was as if someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window.
Yet she wanted the situation.
– When you have a best-before date to relate to, you are better at prioritizing. I will use my time to change the world food system, says Stordalen.
Life-threatening battle
And she hurry. Both summer chat and talk to EAT conference that starts on Monday, must finish printing.
After the conference ends, she should return to hospital and fight his fight.
the life-threatening disease requires chemotherapy and experimental treatment.
– are there many trips down to the basement?
– Yes, it has certainly been tough. But I feel that it has always been light in the tunnel. I avowed optimist. So I think that it’s going to be okay.
The program with Gunhild Stordalen broadcast on Swedish Radio on June 28.
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