TENTATIVE DAILY PROGRAMME
Day 1 Arrival and Welcome to Rovaniemi city New concepts of (Finland) renewable energy • Introduction to the course: technologies • Forests in Arctics: Information Centre Pilke • Arctic areas; Arctikum Science Centre • Industrial Visit: new bio-based products in practice • Visit to Santa Claus Village • Overnight in Ranua Survival Skills Day 2 Arctic wildlife and its management in Ranua • Arctic wildlife and new challenges – visiting the Arctic Wildlife Park (Zoo) • Sustainable tourism in Arctic areas – new livelihood • Hunting Aurora Borealis at night Environmental, • Overnight in Ranua economic and social sustainability Day 3 Exploring most Northern Lapland – Inari area • Heading to Sodankylä Reindeer • Forest-based livelihood sledge • Downhill and cross-country skiing experiences Snow • Reindeer husbandry in challenging climate change conditions mobile Safari • Dog/reindeer sledge ride safari – traditional way to travel! • Overnight in Utsjoki Cross-border Day 4 Cross-border management in Arctic – city of Kirkenes and global (Norway) challenges • Heading to Kirkenes • Cross-border climate issues • Nickel city in Russian side of the border and its effect on city of Kirkenes 3 • Meeting local people countries, • Sea life in danger? Changing climate and alien species in Arctic Sea. cultures • Tasting Red king grab and • Overnight in Kirkenes people
Day 5 Once-in-a-lifetime-experience: Nordkapp Resource • Tourism at the end of the world? Greening the economy planning & • Future of the Arctic Sea: economic goldmine or ecological horror management story? • Northern lights and star watching • Overnight in close proximity to Nordkapp
Day 6 City of contrasts – Tromsø Aurora • Visit to Arctic university of Norway – melting of Arctics and new possibilities in Borealis economy • Combining climate change: oil extraction vs. renewable energy • What is sustainable bioeconomy? • Overnight in camping area
Climate change, Day 7 Mining and tourism in Kiruna resilient and smart (Sweden) society • Arctic sports, seasonality, limitation and adjustment • Mining and tourism – how to combine? • Survival skills in the forest wilderness! • Ecology versus economy? Arctic Sea Swimming Day 8 Back to the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi (Finland) And fishing • “Licence to live on Planet Earth”-test • Group reflections • Farewell and diploma ceremony Start-up business ideas
TENTATIVE DAILY PROGRAMME
Day 1 Arrival and Welcome to Rovaniemi city New concepts of (Finland) renewable energy • Introduction to the course: technologies • Forests in Arctics: Information Centre Pilke • Arctic areas; Arctikum Science Centre • Industrial Visit: new bio-based products in practice • Visit to Santa Claus Village • Overnight in Ranua Survival Skills Day 2 Arctic wildlife and its management in Ranua • Arctic wildlife and new challenges – visiting the Arctic Wildlife Park (Zoo) • Sustainable tourism in Arctic areas – new livelihood • Hunting Aurora Borealis at night Environmental, • Overnight in Ranua economic and social sustainability Day 3 Exploring most Northern Lapland – Inari area Reindeer • Heading to Sodankylä sledge • Forest-based livelihood Snow • Downhill and cross-country skiing experiences mobile • Reindeer husbandry in challenging climate change conditions Safari • Dog/reindeer sledge ride safari – traditional way to travel! • Overnight in Utsjoki Cross-border Day 4 Cross-border management in Arctic – city of Kirkenes and global (Norway) challenges • Heading to Kirkenes • Cross-border climate issues • Nickel city in Russian side of the border and its effect on city of Kirkenes 3 • Meeting local people countries, cultures • Sea life in danger? Changing climate and alien species in Arctic Sea. and • Tasting Red king grab people • Overnight in Kirkenes
Day 5 Once-in-a-lifetime-experience: Nordkapp Resource • Tourism at the end of the world? Greening the economy planning & • Future of the Arctic Sea: economic goldmine or ecological horror management story? • Northern lights and star watching • Overnight in close proximity to Nordkapp
Day 6 City of contrasts – Tromsø Aurora • Visit to Arctic university of Norway – melting of Arctics and new possibilities in Borealis economy • Combining climate change: oil extraction vs. renewable energy • What is sustainable bioeconomy? • Overnight in camping area
Climate change, Day 7 Mining and tourism in Kiruna resilient and smart (Sweden) society • Arctic sports, seasonality, limitation and adjustment • Mining and tourism – how to combine? • Survival skills in the forest wilderness! • Ecology versus economy? Arctic Sea Swimming Day 8 Back to the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi (Finland) And fishing • “Licence to live on Planet Earth”-test • Group reflections • Farewell and diploma ceremony Start-up business ideas