Letters of the President
April Letter 2026
April letter 2026 Once I had a conversation with the volcano Hekla at Island. The two of us compared strengths. In the beginning she found this utterly strange and said: I change the surface of the globe, by me the mountains disappear and hills arise where prior no...
March Letter 2026
March letter 2026 Maybe springtime is the most inspiring time of the year. Everything lights up, even our minds, if we let them.I walked to the harbour and listened to the birds cheering from the bushes by the sidewalk. There was sun, by the bay there was a breeze,...
October letter 2025
October letter 2025 Can you imagine a bonzai tree? Shaped by clever human hands and still rooted in and nurtured by the soil of global nature. Hence nature and culture combine in a construction where the one is as essential as the other. The tree is harnessed and...
September letter 2025
September letter 2025 We are in a month of change. Green turns to almost all colors of the rainbow. The maple tree in our garden is like a bouquet of exploding shades of red, yellow, orange and green. Multiple mushroom of multiple colors shoot out from the...
August letter
August letter 2025 Heatwaves are swiping, forests are burning, heavy rains are falling and fierce winds are hitting us. Our habitat in the Universe is under siege by some of its own dwellers. Even way up North, in Norway, July unfolded in a way that had rarely...
July letter 2025
July letter 2025 I have experienced that winds can carry Sahara-sand all the way to Croatia. Ships can sail around the globe by assistance of the winds, and even planes can fly by wind alone. Winds can sooth our worried souls Wind can tear the castles of the rich...
June 2025 letter
June letter 2025 Rainbow flags are flying, parades move through villages, towns and cities. Love is in the air, nature blooms, our garden is swarming with buzy bees, wasps and bumblebees, the strawberry jasmin lets its wonderful fragrance find its way to our nostrils....
May Letter 2025
May letter 2025 We call it the beautiful month of May here where I do stay. We the Norwegians celebrated our Day of Independence on May 17th . Happy children, free children in multiple outfits paraded our streets cheering with joy, waving handheld flags and...