Author: Chris Smith
The world’s greenest offices – people-heated Stockholm
The world’s greenest offices – people-heated Stockholm Is Stockholm’s “people-heated” office the world’s greenest commercial building? And can Scotland have one? Monday 28th October 2013 Venue Old College, Edinburgh University Lecture Theatre 175 (far right corner of old quad opp Blackwells on South Bridge) Time 18:00 – 20:00 with Klas Johansson Kungsbrohuset is an office building with a di...Read More
Possible Orkney – Meeting Notes and Audio
This event was excellent and a packed audience, judging from Facebook and Twitter, enjoyed a lively debate of the ideas raised. Graham Hogg and Alex Hobday presented a vison of a 'Nordic Scotland' which was challenging and different. You can listen to the audio below and download a copy of their presentation as well. However, it is worth understanding the background to this presentation, w...Read More
Possible Orkney
Print responsibly! This event was excellent and a packed audience, judging from Facebook and Twitter, enjoyed a lively debate of the ideas raised. Graham Hogg and Alex Hobday presented a vison of a ‘Nordic Scotland’ which was challenging and different. You can listen to the audio below and download a copy of their presentation as well. However, it is worth understanding the background ...Read More
Excellent Elderly Care – How does Sweden do it?
Excellent Elderly Care – how does Sweden do it? “People worry they might NOT get into a council nursing home. That’s how popular they are. But cutbacks mean every 4th place has disappeared in the last 12 years.” The Swedish experience of elder care is dramatically different to the Scottish one. The “People’s Home” (Folkhemmet) ideal is that only the highest standards are good enough for the ...Read More
Change of venue – Possible Orkney
Mike Mackenzie MSP has kindly offered to host this meeting in the Scottish Parliament, Committee Room 3. The timing and date of this meeting are unchanged – 1 May 2013 at 6pm – it is simply the venue that has been altered. More details of how to book tickets will appear here and on our Facebook page.
Possible Orkney – Nordic Scotland – Up Coming Event !
Nordic Scotland – Graham Hogg and Alex Hobday Hemma Bar - 6pm May 1st 2013 Possible Orkney Orkney sits at a strategic location within the Northern Periphery – a gateway for the Nordic region within a global context. Possible Orkney is a large group of projects at varying scales looking at how to integrate Scotland into this Nordic region through its exploitation of the shipping,...Read More
Beyond NATO
Beyond NATO – Event Details Norway is a member of NATO, Finland is not. Does that single fact produce radically different thinking about peace and security in the two nations? Or does more unite the Nordic neighbours who are both members of the Arctic Council and other alliances, both reject nuclear weapons in their waters, share outlooks on neutrality and the importance of non-military peac...Read More
Iceland Strikes Back
Meeting Details Audio recordings and presentation Here are two audio files which are the recordings of each speaker. They are live recordings in situ. Download Iceland Strikes Back – Thorvaldur Gylfason Download Iceland Strikes Back – Sigrun Davidsdottir Download Iceland Strikes Back – Questions and Answers The ‘Question and Answer’ session was recorded in the v...Read More
We now do video conferences !
The UHI video link and Lesley It's official – with the help and assistance of Elaine Morrison of the UHI last week's 'Great Green Danes' was beamed around the UHI network from Edinburgh. Well done! The notes, photos, powerpoint presentation and over 2 hours of audio from the meeting are also now available here.
The Great Green Danes
Great Green Danes – Digital Notes (L-R) Drew Ratter, Martin Mathers,Jenny Marra, Lesley Riddoch, Soren Hermansen All the material from the Great Green Danes meeting is collected here. Dave Watson from Unison is a prolific blogger and supplied these notes for the meeting from www.unisondave.blogspot.co.uk. Nordic Horizons held their latest event, Great Green Danes, in the Scottish Parliament ...Read More