UWC Sustainability Webpage Launch
On UWC Day, on the banks of our beautiful Norwegian fjord, celebrating the UN International Day of Peace, we came together as a community to host our patron, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway, philosophers and politicians to explore together how, through education, we can “Shape a sustainable future”.
On this day, Thor Inge Sveinsvoll and Anne Bergh, respectively, President and General Secretary of the Norwegian Red Cross, told our community about the urgent global humanitarian challenge that the Red Cross / Red Crescent Society is working to address and Professor Henrik Syse, of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, challenged us to consider our moral obligation to work together with one common and shared purpose. On this day, we dined together with Her Majesty, enjoying locally sourced and sustainable food and celebrated the potential of our students, with a concert entitled, “An Elegy to the Earth”.
On this day, 18 UWC schools and colleges launched a collaborative webpage, supported by the UWC International Office and led by UWC Robert Bosch. Our aim is to work together across the movement by establishing a central communication platform where we will share the actions we are taking to combat climate change.
Therefore, we proudly present to all our friends, students, staff, and partners the UWC Sustainability website!
Ulrike Lindfield Roberts
Sustainability Coordinator UWC RCN
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As we celebrated UWC Day 2023 under the theme “Shaping a Sustainable Future,” we were honoured to welcome Her Majesty Queen Sonja, Queen of Norway, to our campus. Her visit not only marked a yearly celebration of the UWC values and mission but also gave us a chance to honor Her Majesty’s unwavering support and commitment to our values as our Patron for the past 28 years, since our opening.
As Valerie Yat Kiu Lam, a student from Hong Kong, said about the tea that she and her four fellow students spent in their dorm with H. M. Queen Sonja “Having tea with HM Queen Sonja was an unforgettable experience. She was incredibly welcoming and interested in what we were saying. We talked about why we applied to UWC, what we enjoyed, and what it’s like living in a room with people from different backgrounds. I’m really grateful for this opportunity, and I wish the Queen can visit campus again.”
“You are the world. You are the future. I’ve been here many times, and I get more and more amazed, also very much impressed, by the energy, by the willingness you have to go out to the world and make it better… Use your talent for the best of what you want to share with other people, what you want to create. You will make a better world.”
Two Red Cross instructors spent two days on campus last week, and as a result, we have an eager group of first-year students with valuable training to do voluntary work.
with various needs and taught us a lot about what it involves being a volunteer. During the course, we brainstormed ideas for Treffpunkts of various types, and discussed topics from how to approach organization in rural areas to how to deal with crises.” – Felix Klevnäs and Emilia Berndtsson explain. Two of the 19 students who successfully completed the course and now have a Red Cross Treffpunkt diploma in their hand, summed up their experiences:
The UWC RCN community was privileged to host Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, the Chair of the UWC International Board, who took time out of her visit to Denmark for a brief visit to RCN. Even Dr Kanyoro, with her experience of working with and travelling to the Nordic region, was amazed at the remote beauty of our fjord, travelling as many of us do on the ferry that makes its way from Bergen, up the western coast.