Glacier Seminar – Natur og Ungdom
As members of the Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth) organization we have the amazing opportunity to join multiple seminars and events every year. This seminar was about glaciers as climate indicators. Ironically, due to extreme weather, we were strongly advised not to come even near to the glacier. Large landslides and storms came in [...]
UWC Day – Inspire Change
A day to celebrate on and off campus. We started the day listening to Board member Ivar Lund-Mathiesen on how the College came to be founded - a story of a few passionate people working hard for many years to make a dream come true. Ivar quoted the anthropologist Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a [...]
Guðmundur Hegner Jónsson – Rektor
Guðmundur and Katarina "This place is so full of life, even before we have started the term." Katarina has arrived here to work together with Guðmundur, who is starting his new position as Rektor at UWC Red Cross Nordic. He expands on her early impressions with enthusiasm, "This is a place where [...]
SDGs with Bergen Næringsråd
25 trainees from Bergens Næringsråd (Bergen Chamber of Business), had their training at UWC Red Cross Nordic during this weekend. The focus of the programme was the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The programme included an inspiring lecture of Bjørn K Haugland, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer in DNV GL Group, on global [...]
Flekke Glocal Challenge
UWC Red Cross Nordic in collaboration with cCHANGE and Sogn og Fjordane Fylkeskommune is pleased to invite teachers and students from Sogn og Fjordane to challenge themselves together to learn about our personal responsibility when it comes to climate change and how our local decisions have global impacts. The project, Flekke GLOCAL CHALLENGE, will comprise [...]
Future Talks – In the Arctic
There are trips, and then there are the trips that change you. I found out the application at our UWCRCN homepage last term. I did not expected to be on the Arctic with 100 brilliant persons - young and old - from all sectors and all continents a few months later. We spent four days [...]