My memories of school science fairs usually involve a papier-mâché volcano “erupting’ uncontrollably and setting a Styrofoam model of Saturn on fire. Luckily that is not what I encountered at the third-annual SciFest in Joensuu last week. In a three-day event, SciFest packed the Joensuu Areena with sophisticated displays that engaged visitors with the cutting-edge [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Earth Day
Mothers have Mothers’ Day. Dads get Fathers’ Day. In the US even the groundhog gets his own day on February 2. So it seems only fitting that Mother Earth should get her spot in the limelight on April 22. After all, without the Earth there would be no moms, dads or groundhogs. Earth Day was [...]
Welcome to our new blog!
Terve! I am Wendy Kahler, Environment, Science and Technology Officer at the American Embassy in Helsinki. I arrived in Finland in August 2008 and will be working here for three years to promote cooperation between the US and Finland on environment, climate and technology issues. This is my first time living in Europe, having spent [...]
Life in Helsinki
Serving as Deputy Chief of Mission – and, for the time being, as Chargé d’Affaires – at the US Embassy in Helsinki is personally rewarding for me in any number of ways. Finland is a beautiful country, I enjoy working with our Finnish counterparts, we have a highly professional team at our embassy, and Finland [...]