Tag: Finland

  • Join us in Helsinki on September 21–23!

    Once again, Wake-Up Call is going to Finland to participate in Globsol Nordic Youth Conference and we want you to tag along! Globsol is a fantastic playground for bright and engaged young people from Sweden and Finland to discuss important global issues and how we can create real and positive change towards a more sustainable, just and peaceful world. The weekend will be taking place in Helsinki on September 21–23 where four parallel workshops will be held. The topics are 1) “Sustainable Consumption”, 2) “Growing Economic and Social Inequalities”, 3) “Unfair Distribution of Resources in the World,” 4) “Sustainable Solutions”. They are all designed to give the participants a better understanding of the respective issues while inspiring them to take positive action. Wake-Up Call is facilitating the workshop on sustainable solution and we would love to invite you to join our workshops. Log into www.globsol.info and sign up!

  • Wake Up Call at Globsol in Finland

    Some of Swedish participants on the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki
    Some of Swedish participants on the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki

    Friendship and cooperation between Sweden and its neighbouring country, Finland, is easily left behind in a globalizing world. This last weekend Wake Up Call went to facilitate workshops at the yearly conference called Globsol in Finland, which aims at bridging and strengthening the relations between Finnish and Swedish youth. This year’s theme of the conference was ‘international trade’. In four different workshops, out of which Wake Up Call was helping to facilitate two (one on Corporate Social Responsibility and one on Climate), the participants went through an intensive weekend with exchanged personal stories, knowledge and practical work.

    The conference was graced by some great keynote speakers and panelists, among them researches, politicians and investment bankers. They all did their very best to provide information and inspiration to the workshops’ participant and to fuel their enthusiasm.

    Wake Up Call thanks the skilful and capable organisers of the Globsol–2010 and all the wonderful participants for the intense, productive and fun weekend that we had together in Hanaholmen! We hope to see you all again soon!