Interview with YleX.
I headed over to the YleX radio studios earlier today for a live interview with Heikki Soini and Bikka Puoskari. I thought we were going to try to figure out why Hip Hop music is popular in Finland or maybe discuss Lady Gaga’s latest releases. But no, they wanted to talk about the [...]
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Ambassadors Journal: November 25, 2009
Ambassador’s Journal: November 20, 2009 – post 2
Climate change – that is a topic on everybody’s mind. There is plenty of talk about it, but I wanted to spend time with someone who really understands the science and whose work truly makes a difference. That person is Professor Petteri Taalas, the Director General of Ilmatieteen Laitos, the Finnish Meteorological Institute. So, I [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 20, 2009
My wife, Cody, and I try to travel around Finland as often as we can and although we have already been to many places outside of Helsinki and have lots of trip planned for the future, work keeps us here in the capital city a great deal of the time. Accordingly, every week we try [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 18, 2009
Several weeks ago my wife and I spent a rainy afternoon at the terrific Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo, the Museum of Finnish Architecture. Finns are renown for a long history of innovation and beautiful architecture and that proud and on-going achievement is captured in the exhibitions and library of the museum. I highly recommend this wonderful [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 10, 2009
The Marine Ball
For those who are not familiar with the tradition, the United States Marines (founded during the American Revolution in 1775) celebrate their “birthday” each year to commemorate their fellow Marines who have fallen in combat. It is also an event that helps to keep their esprit-de-corps as strong as their skill sets. Now [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 9, 2009
Last Friday my wife and I joined a big crowd to see the latest developments in electric cars at the Helsinki Electric Motor Show – and quite a show it was. Among the many things I saw there (and test drives were available too) I had a few favorites.
The American made Tesla was on display. [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 5, 2009
SNOW!! But first …
I spent the morning at the Cleantech Finland Conference in Lahti. Several very thoughtful presentations were given and I plan to return to get into greater details and specifics on their waste reduction and utilization practices. (Yes I know, it perhaps does not sound exciting, but it really is.)
The conference included lunch [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: November 4, 2009
Returning to Jyväskylä.
One of the first trips I made after arriving in Finland just over two months ago was to Jyväskylä to attend a two day Bio-Energy conference there. Anyone who cares about technology (and of course for me that means technology applied to address energy and environmental problems) knows that two days in Jyväskylä [...]
Ambassador’s Journal: October 27, 2009
Arrived in Oulu in the morning and a light fog was still hanging in the air. This gave the most beautiful look to the birch trees and the last golden leaves of autumn. First stop was a very informative meeting at Oulu Innovation where a lot of important work is being done to keep Oulu [...]