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The departure time from Vaala was not very convenient this time. We had to leave school at 3:00 to be on time at the airport. We decided to stay together at school for the last few hours and went there after the pizza party earlier Friday evening. Some used the time to play billiards or […]

Today was the last day in Vaala. We met at school at 08:45 and went by bus to the Metsälamminkangas Wind Power Plant and got to know how it is working. After the visit to the power plant, we went back to school and we finished our eco villages. Each group made one Power Point […]

Another sunny and nice day in Vaala. Today we all met at Vaala school centre at 9 o`clock. Mikko gave instructions to the task for today, which was about making an eco-village. The students were divided into 6 groups, and the aim was to use different materials and inspiration from the previous activities and lessons […]

We woke up after a good night’s rest at Nallikari, we got breakfast from the bistro in Nallikari then we gathered our things for departure and got into the bus to head over to the presentation on how the hydro powerplants deal with having to release fishes into the rivers. After the lovely presentation on […]

The bus headed for Oulo 08:52 with everybody onboard. The weather was sunny, but a little bit windy. We arrived at Oulu after one and a half hour with bus. Mikko was in charge of the guiding this day. The first thing we did was visiting Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Museo, there two guides informed us about the […]

Today we met at school at 9 o’clock. The headmaster welcomed the guests, and we got some presentations about renewable energy. We also saw some videos from the trip to Brønnøysund last fall. The program for the next days was introduced and students got to know that the main assignments for the group work in […]

Dear people! Today the Icelandic group woke up at 03:30 to get ready for breakfast that was at 04:00. After the breakfast we went to the airport at 05:00. Our flight to Helsinki was at 07:30 and we arrived at Helsinki Airport around 11:00 or 14:00 in Finnish time. Then 15:20 we boarded on the […]

Gutentag students and teachers. Today we Icelanders started our trip to Keflavík Konvin Hotel at 13:00. Of course our most valuable students, Laufey and Hafdís were not late. Anyways the trip to Keflavík went very well, our first stop was at Freysnes and then we stopped at Kirkjubæjarklaustur where Fanney from the Vatnajökull Nationalpark came […]