Welcome to a hybrid webinar Thursday September 17th hosted by Lygra Heathland Center and Fibershed Norway.
Link to registration, click here.
Viking Gold 2.0, a project funded by the Nordic council, brings together people working with native sheep, wool, cultural heritage, rural entrepreneurship and resilient local economies across the Nordic-Arctic region. We invite interested actors to join us in Bergen for a day of knowledge exchange, presentations and open discussion.
PROGRAM:
Sharing knowledge, experience and ongoing initiatives
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome, presentation of Lyngheisenteret, Fibershed Norway and VikingGold 2.0
by Tone S. Tobiasson, Torhild Kvingedal and Nina Alsborn
10:00 – 10:30 Rural entrepreneurship and local wool value chains – with a bird’s eye view on Selbu Spinning Mill and Tingvoll Ull
by Lisa Luken
10:30 – 11:00 The history and revival of Old Norse sheep in Greenland, by Ellen K. Fredriksen
11:00 – 11:30 11:00 Åland sheep, wool and the journey from high fashion to sheep farming, by Tommi Pohjakallio
11:30 – 11:50 NordGen, NordWool and the Nordic Woolbank
by Mervi Honkatukia
11:50 – 12:00 Questions and reflections
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and visit the exhibit
13:00 – 13:30 Wool Innovation project,
by Minna Kovero, Lapland University, Online
13:30 – 14:00 North Atlantic Wool & Sheep project,
by Karin Flatøy Svarstad
14:00 – 14:30 Wool in the North project (online by Patt Lucas) and short summary by Tone Tobiasson.
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break -and of webinar streaming
15:00 – 16:30 OPEN NORDIC-ARCTIC DIALOGUE
We will discuss topics such as; What can we learn from different Nordic-Arctic regions, and Which knowledge, infrastructure and skills are missing? Only in person participation.
Welcome to Bergen/ Alver or join us online!
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