Julia Thurén, the author of Everything You Need To Know About Consumerism, has been awarded the Sininen Pallo Environmental Prize.
The Sininen Pallo (Blue Globe) Environmental Prize 2024 was awarded on December 4, 2024, to three initiatives and individuals targeting overconsumption in distinct ways. Thurén was awarded in her capacity of creator of the Five Garment Challenge, a popular challenge that encourages people to buy a maximum of five new garments per year.
Julia Thurén s a journalist and nonfiction author with a background in political science. She writes the popular blog Juliaihminen, which downright revels in issues of money and equality, and contributes to newspapers and magazines on topics related to finances and money management. She is regareded as a prominent voice in Finland on the subjects of consumerism, environmentalism, and financial education.
Her Everything You Need To Know About Consumerism work was nominated for the 2021 Tieto-Finlandia Prize, Finland’s premiere literary award for works of nonfiction.
Congratulations to the author!