GloSS - Global Students for Sustainability

Hey you guys!
Want to share that GloSS is taking a paus.
As there are many of you still joining our group and liking, we want to recommend joining one or many of the other student associations. Like SSESA - Social Science Environment Student Association - looking for new members! https://www.facebook.com/SSESAgbg/

If interested in running GloSS this semester, you're so welcome to write to us!

Take care!

SSESA - Social Science Environmental Student Association SSESA has the aim of promoting sustainability, environmental awareness at the Social Science Faculty of the University of Gothenburg.

To go by train is not just a more environmental friendly way to travel, you also get the opportunity to see the change in landscape and weather and also meet nice people, and other animals (in the animal section🐶)!

To travel is also part of the journey. A way to get to know each other and time to pause and think.💭

What do YOU appreciate when going by train?🚞

We are happy to announce to you the answers to GloSS Study Trip Quiz! The winner has been contacted to receive its prize ^_^

The participants did quiet well. But one of the most difficult question seemed to be which language is the most common among the Sami people. It was also hard for people to locate Kiruna to the right county. So it seems it's fair to say that students in Gothenburg have a lot more to learn about what is happening in the more "remote" areas of our long-stretched country and about how the Sami people live.

Don't forget to follow us to get info on future activities!

Here is the answers:

THEME: CLIMATE CHANGE
1 . Where is the effect of climate change noticed first?

B) The arctic region. The change in degrees is almost twice as high as the global average rate (Furuberg, Evengård & Nilsson, 2011).

2 . Who are effected first by climate change?

C) Indigenous people. (Furuberg, Evengård & Nilsson, 2011).

3 . By how much have the temperature risen at the Arctic?

A) 3.5 C°

THEME: SAMI PEOPLE

1. The region of Sapmí spreads over__?

B) Four countries (Sweden, Norway, FInland and Russia)

2. How many Sami people are living in Sweden?

B) 20 000 & C) 24 000

3. What is the most spoken Sami language?

A) North Sami

4. What is the only country in the Sápmi region that has ratified the The International Labour

C) Norway

5. When is the Sami national day?

A) 6th of February

All the data is from http://www.samer.se/2137

THEME: THE MOVING OF KIRUNA

1.When and why was the city of Kiruna founded?

C) Kiruna was founded in 1900, and Hjalmar Lundbohm is counted as its founder. He was a miner at the mining company, which started mining in Kiirunavaara in the late 1890s.

2.In which county do you find Kiruna?

B) Norrbotten County

3.How many people live in Kiruna municipality? Kiruna has an area of approx. 19400 sq.m. and there's approx. 1 sq.m. / person

C) ca.23116 people (SCB)

4.On January 8, 2007, the city council decided that the center of the city should be moved to the north-west, to the foot of the mountain Luossavaara. Why is Kiruna city being moved?

A) The cause is the risk of collapse caused by mining

5.What´s the name of the the mining company located in Kiruna and who owns it?

A) LKAB owned by the Swedish state

6.The ore in Kiirunavaara and Luossavaara had been known for a long time by Samí people, but it was only in 1696 that the printer Samuel Olsson Mört, during a trip to investigate a discovery of copper in Shanghai, heard of the ore and reported the news to a government office.The decision to build the Ore railway that was first opened on July 14, 1903, was one of the most profitable ones taken in Swedish history. Revenues from the mining industry became one of the conditions for the Swedish welfare. Before the Ore railway, who transported the Iron Ore for the company?

C) The Sami people

GloSS is doing a project on climate change and sustainability challenges in northern Sweden this spring. We are currently on a study trip in Kiruna. Welcome to follow our page to learn more about these topics and get perspectives on sustainability challenges from another part of Sweden.

“GloSS Climate Change project”
Är ett projekt inom GloSS (Global students for Sustainability) - en hållbarhetsförening på globala institutionen vid Göteborgs universitet.

Målet med projektet är att sprida kunskap om klimatförändringarnas effekter i norra Sverige, med ett särskilt fokus på renskötande samer i Sapmi.

Projektgruppen består av nio studenter vid GU som under vårterminen 2018 kommer att studera ämnet, sprida information till andra studenter vid GU samt åka på en studieresa till Kiruna i början av maj.

Projektet finansieras av GU:s klimatfond.

Välkommen att följa vår Facebook-sida för att lära dig mer om klimatförändringarnas effekter i Sapmi samt hålla dig uppdaterad om våra framtida event.

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"GloSS Climate Change project"
Is a project within GloSS (Global Students for Sustainability) - a sustainability association at the global department at the University of Gothenburg.

The aim of the project is to share knowledge about the effects of climate change in northern Sweden, with a special focus on reindeer-herding Sami people in Sapmi.

The project group consists of nine students at GU who during the spring semester 2018 will study the subject, share information to other students at GU and go on a study trip to Kiruna in early May.

The project is funded by the GU Climate Fund.

Welcome to follow our page to learn more about the effects of climate change in Sapmi, as well as stay up to date on our future events.

What do you know about the Sami people, Kiruna and climate change? Today at Café Annedal you can win 250 SEK in GloSS Study Trip Quiz! See you there! ^_^

LAST DAY TO APPLY!!!

Today is the last day to apply if you want to join our study trip to Kiruna in April/May.
See more information and apply here:

Application for the project & study trip – The effects of climate change in northern Sweden We are happy to announce that GloSS (Global Students for Sustainability) has received money from the climate fund at GU for a major project during this spring semester. A group of nine GloSS members passionate about sustainability will be able to join the project which will run throughout the whole....

Don't miss this, it's awesome!

Last day to sign up is 19 February.

Read more at

www.veggieatmyplace.com

Hurray!🎉 We are happy to announce that GloSS is going for a study trip to Kiruna and you can come with us! We will study climate change and other sustainability challenges. Are you passionated about sustainability? Then apply!

The trip is fully financed, food excluded.
More info in the application!

So what are you waiting for? Apply!!

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Application for the project & study trip – The effects of climate change in northern Sweden We are happy to announce that GloSS (Global Students for Sustainability) has received money from the climate fund at GU for a major project during this spring semester. A group of nine GloSS members passionate about sustainability will be able to join the project which will run throughout the whole....

Vi gratulerar Samerna på nationaldagen!

För alla icke-samer: passa på och allmänbilda dig kring nationaldagen på sametingets hemsida vetja ;)

Samernas nationaldag 6/2 - Sametinget Samernas nationaldag är gemensam för alla samer oavsett om de bor i Sverige, Norge, Finland eller Ryssland. Det är en dag som uppmärksammas med aktiviteter och kulturarrangemang på olika håll.

Gloss has a shirt up for auction at Tradera. All proceeds go to Musikhjälpen. 👕✨🎵

https://www.tradera.com/item/164102/298063640/limitato-t-shirt-for-musikhjalpen-?