Janis Brizga is a researcher at the University of Latvia, Department of geography and earth sciences and he is a head of the board at the NGO Green Liberty. He has received a Ph.D. in Geography, Environmental Science, and a Master of Social Science in Public Administration at the University of Latvia. His research interests (h=7) are related to issues of sustainable development and sustainable consumption governance and environmentally friendly behavior. Janis Brizga is a member of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production as well as a member of the board of the SCORAI-Europe, a research network focusing on sustainable consumption research.