May 2018 – Page 3 – UWC Red Cross Nordic

Investments for Change

Edmund Cluett2018-05-03T06:56:12+01:00May 3rd, 2018|

For the second consecutive year, our student-initiated Investment Club has reached the finals of the prestigious investment competition for high school students facilitated by Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. The club aim at finding viable alternatives to the current profit-driven investing culture. “It is our belief that returns on investments without impact are, in a sense, mere numbers, whereas returns with visible impact are something of much greater magnitude: change.”

The competition consists of a 3-month trading period. Fifteen out of the approx. one thousand registered teams are selected to take part in the finale. Both years, the RCN Investment Club has generated higher returns than the S&P 500, despite their ethical and sustainable approach.

Herman (Sweden) and Jesper (Denmark), who initiated the club last year, have kept it up in their second year. Again, they qualified as one of the fifteen finalists. As this is during the IB exam period, only the first years will be able to go: Anton (Sweden), Arran (Canada), Ossian (Finland) and Kieren (Malaysia). Good luck to the team and thanks to Jesper, Herman, Kasper (Norway) and Elias (Norway) who were central in getting the team to the final.

In the photograph – from left to right: Herman (Sweden), Jesper (Denmark), Arran (Canada), Anton (Sweden), Ossian (Finland), Kieren (Malaysia), Elias (Norway) and Kasper (Norway)

Coastal Protection Week

Edmund Cluett2018-10-16T09:31:29+01:00May 2nd, 2018|

The first week of May in 2018 is Coastal Protection Week all over Norway when local communities clean the coast from plastic and other pollution. In Fjaler the clean-up happened a bit earlier and, just like last year, RCN joined in.

Despite the bad forecast, the weather was gracious, and we managed to clean the long shoreline of Dale and the scenic Fossevika on the opposite side of the fjord. We found objects like bags, boxes and toys, but most of the trash was coming from fishing and sailing, like ropes and lines. It made an impression to see how much trash can pollute the water and coast, even in an area where you think that people are conscious about the issues. The work was followed up with a barbecue where our students and staff had the chance to bond with the others who took part in this “dugnad” clean up.