Mohamad Faazeli
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I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Humanities at °IJʹ Sydney. My research explores how vegan activism engages with and influences ecocultural identities and discourses around food.
I have had a long-standing passion for food-related topics. My undergraduate degree in Agricultural Water Engineering was connected to food production, and my Master's in Human Ecology was completed within the School of Agriculture. For my Master's thesis, I measured the connectedness to nature among students of the School of Agriculture. For my PhD, I have shifted my focus to issues surrounding food consumption, realizing that my passion lies at the intersection of food activism, ecoculture, and public discourse.
I currently live on the unceded lands of the Gadigal and Bidgigal people of the Eora Nation (Sydney, Australia). I honour their deep and enduring relationship with Country and strive to carry that awareness into my work. I am also grateful for the broad hospitality of Australia, which fosters a multicultural and fertile environment that holds the potential for beautiful networks and resonances to emerge. I believe that identity is always ecocultural—culture and ecology are never separate. I come from Shiraz, Iran—a land known for its mystics and poets such as Hafez, Saadi, and Ruzbihan Baqli, who cultivated profound ties with the natural world. Their legacy continues to shape my vision, and I aim to carry it forward with critical thinking.
I also participate in a practice-based movement called Daily Delight Disrupt—an activist response to the ecological crisis, engaging with simple yet powerful practices for transformative change. Weekly themes include: Minimalism Monday, Treehugging Tuesday, Wayfinding Wednesday, Thankful Thursday, Feast Friday, Seek-Your-Own-Adventure Saturday, and Screen-Free Sunday. I see Daily Delight Disrupt as a “play to thrive” narrative, offering an alternative to the “manage to survive” or “business as usual” approach.
- Research area
- Research outputs
- Human-food connection
- Veganism
- Environmental communication
- Ecocultural identity
- Nature connectedness
- Nature experience
- Faazeli, M. (2025, April). Reimagining education in the Anthropocene: Incorporating the more-than-human through ecosemiotics. Presented at the Education in the Anthropocene: Understanding Futures through International Collaboration colloquium, Western Sydney University, Australia, and Shiraz University, Iran.
- Faazeli, M., Namdar, R. (2023). .
- Faazeli, M., Namdar, R. (2020). . The 6th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Natural Resource. [In Persian]