Opening of the Baking House

2018-10-16T09:31:24+01:00June 8th, 2018|

Marianne Andresen opening the new Baking House

Marianne Andresen opening the new Baking House

On Wednesday 6th June, our Baking House was formally opened.

Invited guests, students and staff joined together for the opening mid-afternoon. It started with an introduction to the development of the Nordisk Tun (Nordic Yard), pizzas freshly cooked in the wood-fired oven, speeches and musical performances (with a Swedish theme for their National Day).

We were delighted that Marianne Andresen and her children Johan, Eva and Birgitte were present at the opening with Marianne cutting the ribbon to mark the official opening.

Later in the afternoon, guests were invited to K2 for an introduction to projects run by students as part of our Humanitarian Pillar.

Thank you to everyone who helped fund, design, build and launch the Baking House. It promises to be a wonderful resource for students, staff, patients at RKHR, Leirskule and participants in our summer camps – a building that complements our Silent House on the Nordic Yard.

(Photos by Simon Ramsay and Suzair Mohamed Laish)

Lecture by Kai Eide

2018-10-16T09:31:25+01:00June 7th, 2018|

Kai Eide, former Norwegian politician and diplomat, was invited to give the 2018 Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Pillar Lecture at UWC RCN on Wednesday 6th June. He chose the title of ‘The Changing Balance of Power and other Challenges to our Order’ and gave a stimulating and thought-provoking presentation to an auditorium of students, staff and trainees from Framtidsfylket. He finished with encouragement to defenders of globalism to participate in ongoing debate and to take up the challenge against tribalism in its different forms.

Mr Eide took the opportunity to attend first years classes in Global Politics and Philosophy – and this afternoon attended the formal opening of the Baking House.

We look forward to welcoming him back to RCN in the future.

World Environment Day

2018-10-16T09:31:25+01:00June 6th, 2018|

World Environment Day picnic

Mia Chamberlain and Andreas Randøy from “Nature and Youth” visited to celebrate World Environment Day with us. Nature and Youth is the biggest youth environmental organization in Norway and part of the global Friends of Earth organisation. They work for global causes by engaging in local issues – by fighting against oil drilling in Lofoten or dumping mining waste in the Førde fjord. Mia and Andreas gave a lecture about the organisation and helped our students to form an official Nature and Youth group. Olivier (Netherlands) was elected as leader and Mirandas (China) as deputy leader of Flekke Natur og Ungdom. The group is planning to develop and carry out projects in the college and recruit local youth. Madhulika Singh, Director of Extra-Academics and Judit Dudas, sustainability Team Leader also met Mia and Andreas to talk about the possible cooperation between Nature and Youth and the College. We crowned the day with sunny a picnic on the fjordside.

Field Trip to Svanøy

2018-10-16T09:31:26+01:00May 25th, 2018|

The field trip to island of Svanøy (“Sunnfjords Perle”) – and its “Norwegian Deer Centre” – is a highlight of our annual year’s end. This time in perfect weather.

During the boat trip, the Biology students took oceanographic measurements and samples of plankton. On Svanøy, during the lowest tides, they scattered on the beautiful rocky shore studying ecological niches of algae and animal species. Each student engaged in an individual investigation. Some went to the shore during low tide at 4 in the morning to take additional measurements or check their marked snails. Others lingered in the field lab for hours studying the plankton with microscopes (and some played cards, too). The “Dream Team” of five volunteer students and four staff put up and took down tents, warmed up and served all the meals.

Dear deer

Johan Trygve Solheim, the leader of the Deer Centre gave us two interesting and practical presentations. He shared from his personal experience and insight – and challenged some established views. His first presentation was about the small island community struggling to keep their population and to live sustainably. During the Deer workshop next day, Trygve gave essential information on deer farming, with a focus on sustainability and ethical treatment of animals – while those animals freely mingled and allowed caressing by fascinated students.

Dugnad

In the evening, everybody contributed two hours of “dugnad” (voluntary communal work) – a kind of exchange for free use of the Centre’s facilities: clearing up some cut wood. On the last day, one group went hiking over the island’s top, another group walked with Rannveig Solheim across the island to explore the historical buildings, a small group went diving and the rest enjoyed the sun and swimming in the sea.

As we watched Trygve, Rannveig, their tractor and emerald bay getting smaller from the departing boat, we were followed by (and cheered to) Trygve’s drone.

See the video on the Deer Centre’s facebook page here or here.

For an album of photographs, click here.

 

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