| Selina Juul | |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian/Danish |
| Occupation: | Food waste activist |
| Education: | Danish School of Media and Journalism |
| Website: | http://www.selinajuul.com/ |
Selina Juul (born 7 March 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian-Danish activist and graphic designer[1] known for her work in promoting the reduction of food waste. She founded the consumer organization Stop Wasting Food (Danish: Stop Spild af Mad) 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.[2] In addition to her activism, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator.
Selina Juul has a BA from the Danish School of Media and Journalism (formerly known as the Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark).
Her experiences with food shortages as a child in Russia during the 1980s inspired her work combating food waste.[3] Due to the work of the Stop Wasting Food campaign, Denmark reduced its food waste nationally by 25% in 5 years (2010-2015).[4] [5] [6]
Selina Juul has received several awards for her activism. In 2013, she won the Nordic Council Environment Prize and the Danish Social Democrats' Svend Auken Prize.[7] In 2014, she was named Dane of the Year (Danish: Årets Dansker) by the newspaper Berlingske. She blogs for The Huffington Post and the Danish newspaper Politiken.[8]