Selen Baranoglu

After graduating from METU Faculty of Education, Department of Foreign Language Education, Baranoglu completed her master’s degree in English Literature at METU. She has completed the “Circular Economy and Sustainability” education at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School in 2021. Also, she is a professional life coach graduated from ADLER School of Professional Coaching. Continuing her academic career as an instructor at university for fifteen years, she has written five books up now. She raises awareness om simple life, environment, conscious consumption and sustainability through the books and the seminars. Her first book Basit ve Mutlu Yaşam - Simple and Happy Life (2017) influenced so many people by raising awareness on how to find a balance between a delighted life and hectic rush in a lifetime. With Bana Bi Sade – Make Room for Life (2018), she draws a road map for the ones who want to live minimal and simplify their lives. In 2019, her first kid novel Sıkıntı Yok – No Trouble focusing on the theme of sustainability, and conscious consumption was published. In 2021, Sınırları Aşmak – Crossing the Borders was published. She has deeply analyzed the overconsumption disease, which she defines as one of the most dangerous epidemic of the world, with diagnosis and treatment methods. Baranoglu, who has been giving trainings and seminars since 2018, sees individual effort as one of the most important factors of social improvement. That’s why she has started the #durmacabala movement on social media.