We didn't want to save the polar bears, we wanted to save ourselves - interview with green energy expert Soren Hermansen

The man visited Hungary, thanks to which the Danish island of Samso became a model for renewable energy, community cooperation and the revitalization of the countryside. Soren Hermansen gave a presentation at an event at the Scandinavian House, and in front of us we sat down to talk about how to break up people's instinctive resistance with open, honest communication when they find themselves facing something radically new and how to solve energy greening. to make it work for everyone - even financially.

The island of Samso is probably known to most people who are more deeply preoccupied with green energy. The Danish island won a tender from the Danish Ministry of the Environment in 1997, which meant it had to be transformed into a model renewable energy island. In ten years, Samso is now 100 percent renewable, full of wind power, solar panels, the houses are heated by a connected biomass system, and they now produce enough electricity with their turbines to export the surplus to the rest of Denmark.

Hopeful visions can extend your life by decades - Sari Stenfors

How many years of life can be gained by thinking about positive visions? Will we envy the neighbour if he grows eight levers? How can a multilevel society in a dystopian world be prevented by the development of genetic engineering and the rise of social inequality - which has already been sung in the Hollywood film Gattaca? Interview with Sari Stenfors, Finnish futurist by Nóra Radó.

Sari Stenfors at the Nordic Bridge event (Photo: Tamás Rácz)

What is Nordic Bridge?

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"Finnish Ambassador: It's hard to believe that there would be any secret plan to Islamise Europe"

Péter Magyari's next interview, this time with HE Petri Tuomi-Nikula, Finnish Ambassador to Hungary.

"Swedish Ambassador: I'm glad many want to come to us and not leave us"

Péter Magyari, journalist and Nordic Bridge member interviewed HE Niclas Trouvé, Swedish Ambassador to Hungary about immigration politics and other topics.

Journalism for Future Challenges - Apply for the programme!

Journalism for Future Challenges is a program for early career journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine who are looking to expand their investigative reporting skills, with a focus on organized crime and corruption, as well as to expand their professional network.

This intensive training programme is taught by reporters, editors and other experts with long and broad international experience. They all use the most sophisticated tools and methods for improved investigative journalism.

The sessions will cover topics such as basic investigative reporting, planning and managing an investigative project, an overview of how organized crime and corruption works, personal security, advanced research on the internet, encrypting, source protection, ethics, news verification and visual journalism. And more!

"Why Helsinki? - Finland to host USA-Russia summit meeting for the fourth time"

Gergely Brückner, journalist and Nordic Bridge member writes on the latest USA-Russia summit and analyses why Finland is a preferred meeting point for great powers.

Paving the way for a diverse food future

“We have 12 years left to achieve the UN SDG goal of minimizing the food waste by 50 % by 2030. So what we need is major commitment, but commitment is not enough. We need the action that goes with that commitment.”

"Parabere Forum showcases the ways that cities can drive radical change as economic powerhouses shaping the future through urban food movements and integrated food policy."

"The Forum showcased how radical change is possible when aspirations of policy and grassroots food movements are aligned."

"The emergence of a common Nordic food culture has placed the region front and centre on the global gastronomic map. But could a focus on social sustainability renew the food movement and drive the Nordic countries to spearhead a shift towards increased diversity in the food sector?"

You can find the full article on the link below.