Ellen Sjong

Ellen Sjong is a trained special education teacher and lecturer with a master's degree in pedagogy, educational management. She has worked at all levels of the school from kindergarten to high school and taught systemic thinking and Appreciative Inquiry at the college level. She was the initiator og "Smultringøkonomi Tønsberg" and the first Doughnut Festival in Norway (2022) together with Bjørn Hauger. In 2024 she cofounded "Nettverket Smultringøkonomi Norge" together with a group of others. This network is now working to build a coalition of organizations in Norway for a new and truely sustainable economy. Ellen has created the tool "Doughnut model for children" associated with planetary boundaries cards for different ages. She is particularly interested in how we must learn to think and act systemically.