Avainsana: nature protection
-
An activist is not a criminal – Arctic peatlands are at danger and telling that to the public is the right thing to do
Wednesday 25.9. a Swedish environmental activist group Återställ Våtmarker, together with Elokapina/Extinction Rebellion Finland, smeared the columns of the Parliament building with red water-soluble plant-based paint in Helsinki to highlight the destruction of the environment by Arctic peatlands. So the columns were smeared with paint, which could be washed off almost immediately. In a democracy…
-
This summer’s adventure in the arctic region – thoughts from a trip in arctic Fennoscandia
This summer I made an exciting trip through Arctic Fennoscandia. I spent 8 days adventuring in the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway in Lapland. My adventure in the Arctic began in Vantaa, where I boarded the night train to Rovaniemi. I arrived in Rovaniemi the next morning and from there I continued to…