Miljøfyrtårn or Eco-lighthouse is Norway’s most widely used environmental certification scheme It is an EU-recognised system, like EMAS and ISO 14001. With Eco-lighthouse we work to create more environmentally friendly operations, sustainability education, and a safer work environment beyond our legal requirements. In 2021 we can look back at being certified for 10 years through Eco-Lighthouse and we just got successfully audited and recertified for the next 3 years in the frameworks of the constantly revised and tightened requirements.

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  • The Final Four! Festina, Nimra, Gatham and Desiree

The Final Four

January 29th, 2014|

The new year brought us four new RCN community members: Nimra (Pakistan), Gautham (India) and Festina (Kosovo). The last arrival, in late January, was Desiree (Congo). They were supposed to join us at the start [...]

  • Arne Osland and Vidar Jensen at the building site

New Visitors’ Centre

January 18th, 2014|

The diggers have started work! We are delighted to report that the building work for our new Centre for Visitors, UWC Connect, has started. The digger has already made substantial changes to the [...]

  • Winter Break Programme

Winter Break Programme

January 12th, 2014|

Started in 2011-2012 with the purpose of having a meaningful and engaging December break for students on travel support, the UWC Red Cross Nordic Winter Programme has really gained momentum. Naza Dos Santos, a first-year [...]