Unamagazine sept2012

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Journalism and Photographing...1 e heart of our organization...3

Volunteering has no borders...4 M agnu’ s...5 Richard...6

Ice-SAR

e Icelandic H eroes ...7

Eco M essengers...8

W om en`s M ovem ent O n Iceland...10

M usic on Iceland...12 e northernm ost

lm festival...14

Icelandic landscape...16

Northern Lights on Iceland...17

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Thehear tofouror gani zat i on

Theywor kasadr i ver s,i nanof f i ceand wher everweneedt hem.Wi t houtt hei r engagementnot hi ngwoul dwor kl i kei twor ks.

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NAM E: Sigriรฐur Friรฐriksdรณttir EDUCATION: University of Iceland, Bournem outh University UK

EXPERIENCE:teaching , tourism and m arketing

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E c oMe s s e n g e r s

E c o m e s s e n g e r i s a w o r k c a m po f WFw h i c hh a s i t ’ s f o c u s o nm a k i n gp e o p l ea w a r eo f e c o l o g i c a l p r o b l e m s a n ds h o w i n gt h e ma l t e r n a t i v e s f o r a m o r ee c o l o g i c a l w a yo f l i f e .

T h i s g o e s f r o mp l a n t i n gt r e e s i nd o w n t o w nR e y k j a v i k f u r t h e r t om a k i n gp r o j e c t s i n s c h o o l s , e d u c a t i n gy o u n ga d u l t s f o r e x a m p l eh o wt oa v o i dw a s t ea n dm a k i n gt h e ma w a r eo f t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t yt om a k et h ee n v i r o n m e n t s u s t a i n a b l e .

A s n o t o n l yt h ep r o j e c t i t s e l f i s v e r yi n t e r e s t i n gb u t a l s ot h ep e o p l ew h ot a k ep a r t i ni t , w ed e c i d e d t oi n t e r v i e ws o m eo f t h e m .

W h a t i s p u r p o s e o f E c o m e s s e n g e r s ?

O n e o f t h e p u r p o s e s i s t o c r e a t e s o c i a l a w a r e n e s s t o w a r d s e n v i r o n m e n t .

W e t r y t o i m p r o v e e n v i r o n m e n t a l s t a t u s a n d c r e a t e a n e wc o m m u n i t y t o g e t h e r .

W h a t ’ s y o u r e x p e c t a t i o n o f t h i s p r o j e c t ?

I h o p e t h a t v o l u n t e e r s c o m e u p w i t h n e we c o i d e a s a n d s p r e a d t h e mw h e n t h e y c o m e b a c k t o t h e i r c o u n t r i e s .

W h a t s h o u l d t h e t e a ml e a d e r d o i n E c o m e s s e n g e r s ?

I t r y m y b e s t t o m o t i v a t e o u r m e m b e r s a n d m a k e e a c h m e m b e r b e e x c i t e d e v e r y d a y .

B e f o r e v o l u n t e e r s c a m e h e r e , I m a d e a f e a s i b l e s c h e d u l e f o r w o r k i n g w e l l .

I a mg o i n g t o b e a f r i e n d l y l e a d e r a s w e l l .

I a ms t a y i n g w i t h v o l u n t e e r s i n a c c o m m o d a t i o n e v e r y d a y .

A s a l e a d e r , I t r y t o b e e q u a l l y a n d a v o i d d i s t i n c t i o n w i t h t h e v o l u n t e e r s .

T h a t i s a l l m y i d e a s t o b e a g o o d l e a d e r .

D o y o u h a v e s o m e t h i n g w a n t t o s a y a b o u t E c o ?

A t f i r s t , i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n h a s p u s h e d u s t o o f a r t o s e l f i s h n e s s a n d c a r e e r i n t e r e s t .

W e h a v e t o f i n d a r e a s o n a b l e r o l e o n o u r p l a n e t a n d c o m p r o m i s e b e t w e e n i n d u s t r i e s a n d n a t u r e .

W e h a v e t o k n o ww h a t i s r e v o l u t i o n g i v e s u s i n o u r m i n d .

T h e r e i s a f a c t t h a t 2 0 %o f t h e w o r l d p o p u l a t i o n u s e s 8 0 %o f t h e w o r l d ’ s r e s o u r c e s .

W e s h o u l d h a v e i n m i n d t h a t i t i s a p r e s e n t f r o mn a t u r e , s o r e s p e c t i n g n a t u r e a n d s a v i n g s o u r c e s i s w h a t w e m u s t d o n o w .

Patri ck,24,Germany

T el lmeabouty ourwor ki nEcoMes s enger !

Wedomai nl yenv i r onment aleducat i oni naHi ghSchool , whi chi st hemai nr eas onwhywear eher e.

Butdur i ngours par et i meweal s oex pl or eI cel and.

Whydi dy oudeci det ot ak epar ti nt hi spr oj ect ?

Becaus es us t ai nabi l i t yi sat opi ct owhi chIamr eal l yr el at edt o, asi ts houl dbef orev er y oneel s e.

Educat i ngt hey oungergener at i oni st her i ghtpat hf r omwher et os t ar tt hi sl ongj our ney .

I si thar dt obeecol ogi cali ndai l yl i v e?

Teuta,20,I taly

Us ual l yi ti shar dbutIt hi nkt hatt hi shappensbecaus es us t ai nabi l i t yi snotcompl et el yr oot edi nourment al i t y .

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Wh a td oy o ud oi nE c o Me s s e n g e r ?

We ' l l ma k eap r e s e n t a t i o na n dp l a yr e c y c l e dd r u msf o rHi g hS c h o o l s t u d e n t s .

Wea l s op l a n t e df i v et r e e si nRe y k j a v i k .

Wh yd i dy o ud e c i d et op a r t i c i p a t ei nt h i sp r o j e c t ?

I a mi n t e r e s t e di ne c o f r i e n d l ya c t i v i t i e s .

A l s o , I wa n t e dt oe a r nk n o wl e d g ea b o u tr e c y c l i n gi nI c e l a n d .

Doy o ut h i n ki ti sh a r dt ob ee c o l o g i c a l i nd a i l yl i f e ?Doy o ul i v ee c o l o g i c a l l y ?

Y e s , i ti s , b e c a u s et h e r ea r ema n yr e s o u r c e swec a nu s ef o rf r e e .

Ho we v e r , I u s e dt os a v et o i l e t wa t e r , a n dt h a ti se a s yf o rme .

Mi ao,22,Chi na

Whe ni tc ome stoI c e l a nd,ma nyofusi ma g i nej us ta ni s ol a te di s l a nd f ul lofi c es ome whe r eha l f wa ybe twe e n US a nd Eur opewhi c h ha snothi ngtoof f e rbutwha l ewa tc hi ngora v ol c a nodi s tur bi ngthea i r l i nef l i g htswi thi n Eur ope .We l l ,l e tmes a yyou,i ti snota l la bout i c ea nd f i r ehe r e .I c e l a nd i sa c tua l l yac ountr ywea l ls houl d ta k ee x a mpl ef r om,e s pe c i a l l yi n te r msofthepowe rofwome n´smov e me ntsa nd thef i g htf org e nde re qua l i ty.

I ta l lbe g un i n1 975 whe n UN de c l a r e d theye a rtobetheI nte r na ti ona lWome n´sye a r .

I c e l a ndi cwome n´sr i g htmov e me ntde c i de d tota k epa r ti n thi spr oj e c ta nd the yor g a ni ze d thee v e ntc a l l e d “da yof f ”.Wome n we r es uppos e d tos top wor k i ngf oroneda ytode mons tr a tethe i ri mpor ta nc ef orI c e l a ndi ce c onomy,we l l be i nga nd pr os pe r i ty.On Oc tobe r24th, 1 975,thei de aof“da yof f ”s pr e a da l lov e rthec ountr y,thetur noutr e a c he d 90% a nd the c ons e que nc e sf orthec ountr ywe r epr e ttyba d.The r ewa snote l e phone ,none ws pa pe r s(a s a l ltype s e tte r swe r ewome n),nos c hoolope ne d (a smos tofte a c he r swe r ewome n).The a tr e s we r es hotdown a nd a i r l i nef l i g htsc a nc e l l e d.Tha ti swhythi ss tr i k ei sc ons i de r e da sabi g s te p towa r de qua l i ty.Tha nk stothepr ote s t,ane wl a wg ua r a nte e i nge qua lr i g htsbe twe e n me na nd wome n wa spa s s e di nI c e l a ndi cPa r l i a me ntoneye a rl a te r .Mor e ov e r ,wema ys a y tha tthi se v e ntc ons i de r a bl yhe l pe d Vi g dí sFi nnbog a dótti rtowi n thee l e c ti onsi n1 980 a nd be c omethewor l d´sf i r s tde moc r a ti c a l l ye l e c te df e ma l epr e s i de ntf orthepe r i od of1 6 ye a r s .

Atthes a meti me ,s hema dehi s tor ya sthel ong e s ts e r v i ngf e ma l ehe a d ofs ta teofa ny c ountr y.

Thes tor yc onti nue di n 2005,whe nI c e l a ndi cwome nc omme mor a te d thethi r ti e th a nni v e r s a r yofthef i r s tWome n´sDa yi n1 975.The yor g a ni ze d apr ote s tma r c h.Theboa r ds wi th s l og a ns“e qua l i ty,pr og r e s s ,pe a c e ” we r es e e na l lov e rRe yk j a v i k ´sdowntown.

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Musi conIcel and Mus i cpl a y sa ni mpor t a ntr ol ei nourl i f e .

I nI c e l a nd, mus i ci soneoft hemos te s s e na l t hi ng sf orda i l yl i f e .

T he r ea r e90mus i cs c hool s 、a bout400or c he s t r a sa ndmor et ha n1000mus i cba ndsa r oundt hi sc ount r y .

T he popul a rmus i ci nI c e l a ndc a nbedi v i de di nt ot wopa r t s , onei sf or e i g npopul a rmus i c , a nda not he ri sI c e l a ndi c popul a r .

T heI c e l a ndi cpopul a rmus i ci sv e r ydi ffe r e ntf r omot he rc ount r i e s .

T a k eS i g urRosf ore x a mpl e , t he mus i cs t y l eoft heba ndi sPos tRoc k .

T he ya r ef a mousf orf r ont ma nJ óns i Bi r g i s s on' sf a l s e ov oc a l sa ndt heus e ofbowe dg ui t a r .

Pe opl eus ua l l ypl a yCDsormp3t oe nj oyt he i rmus i c , butt he r ea r emor ea ndmor epe opl ei nE ur opepl a y i ng Vi ny l i nr e c e nty e a r s . “ I nt hepa s t30y e a r sa g o, pe opl ea l wa y spl a y e dVi ny l t ol i s t e nmus i c .

T he nCDs 、I nt e r ne t c a meout , pe opl es t a r t e dl i s t e ni ngCDs 、mp3, butpe opl esl l k e ptt heVi ny l ma c hi ne .

Andnow, pe opl es t a r t e dpl a y i ngVi ny l a g a i nbe c a us ei t shi g he rqua l i t yt ha nCDsa ndmp3.

I twi l l bemor epe opl el i s t e ni ngVi ny l i nt he f ut ur e . ”s a i dGe s e urwhowor k sa tt heL c uk yRe c or ds , amus i cs hopi nRe y k j a v i k .

Anot he rwa yt he ye nj oyt he i rmus i cl i f ei sg oi ngt omus i cba ra tni g hta e rwor k .

T he r ea r ea tl e a s t80mus i c ba ra r oundRe y k j a v i k .

T hemus i cba r sha v el i v epe r f or ma nc ev e r yo e n.

Pe opl ea l wa y sha v eag ood mea t mus i cba ra nda l wa y ss a y“ Upk l a pp”a e rt hepe r f or ma nc ee nd. “ Upk l a pp”i st hewa yt ha tpe opl ee x pr e s s e nc or ei nI c e l a nd.

T hepe r f or me r sus ua l l ywi l l ha v eonet ot hr e es ong sf ort hea udi e nc et oha v eas as fie da nd g r e a te nde dofada y .

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MyFavor i t eSi nger / Band GESEUR(wor ksatLukyRecor d): Myf avor i t emusi cst yl ei sheavymet al .Myf avor i t eIcel andi cband i sHAM.Itpl aysheavy met alst yl eand Il i kei tver ymuch.Asf orf or ei gn band,Ir ecommend Sui ci dalTendenci es.

Ital sopl aysheavymet almusi cst yl eand Il i ke i tver ymuch.

ASGEIR HENNINGSSON(amusi cshop cl er k): Ther ear ea l otmusi cbandsorsi nger sIl i kever y much.

Il i kedi f f er entt ypesofmusi c.W hen i tcomes t or ock,Iwi l lsayAGENTFRESCO and STAFRENN HAKON whi ch i spostr ockst yl e.OFMONSTERS AND MEN i sf ol kpop st yl eand Ial sol i ket hem.GusGus and FM BELFASTar emyf avor i t eel ect r i cmusi cband.

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N orm al Views e

rst m om ent you land on this beautiful island,

Iceland. W hat did you think? M aybe you will think about where to go, what to eat, how m any excursions

should I participate, or just W hat is the tem perature now outside the Ke avic airport?

But no m atter what you are thinking about, the m ost im portant thing is keep watching, listening, sm elling, and feeling, Reykjavik, Iceland capital and chief port of south-west coast. M ost populations live here, m any cultures and races com e here together m aking the city life m uch m ore colorful.

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d n a l e c I n O s t h g i L N orthern I NFORMATI ON ABOUT NORTHERN LI GHTS

Shout i ng,ent husi asm,si gh,andl aughi ngshoul dbe t heonl yt hi ngsyoucandowhenseei ngt heNor t her n Li ght s.

Aur or ai snamedaf t ert heRomangoddessofdawn, Aur or a,andt heGr eeknamef ort henor t hwi nd,Bor eas, byPi er r eGassendii n1621.

Nor t her nLi ght scausedbyt hecol l i si onofener get i c char gedpar t i cl eswi t hat omsi nt hehi ghal t i t udeat mospher e.

Theyar ei oni zedorexci t edbyt hecol l i si onofsol arwi ndand magnet ospher i cpar t i cl esbei ngf unnel eddownandaccel er at ed al ongt heEar t h` smagnet i cf i el dl i nes,exci t at i onener gyi sl ost byt heemi ssi onofaphot on,orbycol l i si onwi t hanot herat om ormol ecul e,di f f er entemi ssi onmechani sm makesdi f f er ent col or s.Ther ear egr een,bl ue,br owni sh-r ed,andr edcol or .

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Ama zi ng !Nor the r n Li g ht Iha v edr e a mi nga bouts e e i ngtheNor the r n Li g htsf ora v e r yl ongti me .Thi swa soneofther e a s onswhyIc hos e I c e l a nd a smywor kc a mp de s ti na ti on.Whe n If i na l l ys a w the mi n Re yk j a v i k ’ ss e a s i deIwa sj us t… a ma ze d!I twa s oneofna tur e ’ smos tbe a uti f uls howstha tIha v ee v e r s e e n.You j us tk now you’ r ei n ther i g htpl a c ea tthe r i g htti me .You f e e luni te d wi th thewhol euni v e r s e .You g e ts hi v e r son yourha nds .You j us ts tood the r el ook i ng a tthenor the r nl i g htwi th al i g hti n yourhe a r t.

Ye s !Pur eha ppi ne s s .

Pa tr yc j aLe wx zuk : I nte r na ti ona lv ol unte e rofPhotog r a phya nd Jour na l i s twor kc a mp Na ti on:Pol i s h

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Ama zi ng !Nor the r n Li g ht

Ra nnv e i g Na ti on:I c e l a nd

Ithi nkthenor the r ni sk i nd ofg i f tf r om thee a r th.Whe n you s e ethe nor the r nl i g ht,i tme a nsa utumn i sc omi ngbe c a us eyou c a n’ ts e enor the r n l i g hti ns umme r .You c a n us ua l l ys e ethenor the r nl i g hta ta bout1 1p. m i nI c e l a nd,buti ta ppe a r se a r l ys ome ti me sl i k eye s te r da y.

Themos t be a uti f ulnor the r nl i g htIha v es e e n wa sa tSk a l hol twhi c hi sl oc a te di n s outh e a s tofI c e l a nd.The r ewe r enotmuc h tr a f f i cl i g hts oyou c a ns e e thes k yv e r yc l e a r l y.Thenor the r nl i g htc ov e r e d thee nti r es k y,i twa s pi nk 、ye l l ow,butthema i nc ol orwa sg r e e n.I ts us ta i ne da bout20 mi nute s a nd i t’ sr e a l l ya ma zi ng !

Iha v es e e n thenor the r nl i g hti n Nor wa yma nyti me s ,s oi ti sus ua lf or metos e enor the r nl i g ht.ButIl i k enor the r nl i g htv e r ymuc h!Themos t unf or g e tta bl ee x pe r i e nc etos e ethenor the r n wa stwoye a r sa g o.Iwe nt tos outh we s tmounta i ni n Nor wa ywi th myf r i e ndsa nd wes a w the nor the r nl i g hta ta bout1 0c l oc k .Thenor the r nl i g htwa sv e r yhug ea nd c ol or f ul !The r ewe r eg r e e n、pi nk 、pur pl ei n thes k y.I t’ sr e a l l ybe a uti f ul !

Guww Si s s or :tour i s t Na ti on:Nor wa y

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