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The newly established geographical transformation initiative Lab Sälenfjällen is part of Shift Sweden’s national program for developing innovative solutions for sustainable living environments. The program aims to support Sweden’s transition toward a fossil free and resource efficient society by exploring, testing, and scaling future-oriented solutions. As the only transition lab located outside an urban center, Lab Sälenfjällen addresses the unique challenge of guiding the development of Scandinavia’s largest mountain tourism destination.
Lab Sälenfjällen is engaged in stakeholder-centred innovation work focusing on our three systemic challenges in the Sälenfjällen region:
- How can we move away from car dependency whilst ensuring the area remains inclusive, accessible and attractive?
- How can the area be developed to ensure a good quality of life for residents and seasonal workers alike in a Sälenfjällen area that is transitioning to fossil-free tourism?
- How do we create a framework where the social dimensions of sustainability are guiding principles and where citizens actively contribute to the transition?
Innovation projects that help address these challenges will collaborate within the Lab, to foster joint learning and to demonstrate pathways forward in the transition, in the Sälen mountains and in other sparsely populated areas. The Sälenfjällen Transition Lab- led by Malung-Sälen Municipality- supports and guides the stakeholders in this co-creation, whilst accompanying researchers from Centre for Tourism and Leisure Research at Dalarna University contribute scientific knowledge on citizens and civil society engagement in the transition.
Read more on Shift Sweden and Impact innovation here: Transforming Sweden — 100 Places in 10 Years - ShiftSweden
Project's homepage at Malung-Sälen municipality: Labb Sälenfjällen | Malung-Sälen (in Swedish - but can easily be translated).
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