Challenges
Food prices
Challenge: The food prices in Greenland are too high
By: Vera L. Larsen, Tuperna Møller, Tukummeq Ingemmann, Najaaraq Thorin
Food prices are too high in Greenland. That is because of transport from Denmark. Gas price is rising and the transports are going to rise too, that means the food we transport from Denmark will rise too. If Greenland could make its own food products, the prices would be much lower. Greenland is producing for ex. potatoes and some vegetables. The beginning of self producing of vegetables is slow, also because of the cold weather. Meanwhile we have to cooperate with closer countries, so the food prices could be lower.
By: Vera L. Larsen, Tuperna Møller, Tukummeq Ingemmann, Najaaraq Thorin
Food prices are too high in Greenland. That is because of transport from Denmark. Gas price is rising and the transports are going to rise too, that means the food we transport from Denmark will rise too. If Greenland could make its own food products, the prices would be much lower. Greenland is producing for ex. potatoes and some vegetables. The beginning of self producing of vegetables is slow, also because of the cold weather. Meanwhile we have to cooperate with closer countries, so the food prices could be lower.
Gender seperation
Challenge: Boys woodwork, girls handycraft.
By: Nivi Olsen, Aputsiaq Thygesen, Sørine Lyberth
- In Greenland there is no gender separation, because people are different. Some can be more masculine or more feminine.
- A person has the right to decide whether they want to go to handwork or woodwork, and that should not be decided by their gender.
- In some schools the pupils is separated in athletics, but it depends on the teacher and the school rules.
- In Estonia the girls don't have the opportunity to do woodwork, and the boys don't have the opportunity to do handycraft. In that way some don't get to do want they like to do.
By: Nivi Olsen, Aputsiaq Thygesen, Sørine Lyberth
- In Greenland there is no gender separation, because people are different. Some can be more masculine or more feminine.
- A person has the right to decide whether they want to go to handwork or woodwork, and that should not be decided by their gender.
- In some schools the pupils is separated in athletics, but it depends on the teacher and the school rules.
- In Estonia the girls don't have the opportunity to do woodwork, and the boys don't have the opportunity to do handycraft. In that way some don't get to do want they like to do.
Waste water
Challenge: The waste water that goes into the ocean is too much
By: Jane Olsen Kreutzmann, Inuk Olsvig, Rune Olsen, Najannguaq Inûgsugtok´
Waste Water Supply (W.W.S.)
We’ve investigated how differently we organise our drinking water in Greenland and in Estonia. We find it interesting because compared to other countries we don’t re-use (clean the used water) like they do in Denmark. Here in Greenland we get our drinking water through a water plant, where we add chloride and other minerals for killing bacteria’s, directly from a drinkable lake. Where in Estonia they dig wells above the drinking water supply.
In our experiments in Greenland in Sisimiut, we took water samples from different places and a so called water-cleaning-machine we have in our school. What we discovered was that the water machine contained more protein-eating bacteria than the water from the hose, as our biology teacher guessed even before we began the test. It was because he heard about a similar experiment where a small pipe, that transfers the water from a water-container to the cup, doesn’t get cleaned. And that results to that the bacteria, after a period of time, reproduces in the pipe which we eventually drink.
We mean this topic is a challenge for our country because the water is one of the fundamental parts in our lives, in our country and our nature; especially when our world is in a state of becoming more environmental-friendly producer. Therefore Greenland also needs to contribute to healthier environment.
By: Jane Olsen Kreutzmann, Inuk Olsvig, Rune Olsen, Najannguaq Inûgsugtok´
Waste Water Supply (W.W.S.)
We’ve investigated how differently we organise our drinking water in Greenland and in Estonia. We find it interesting because compared to other countries we don’t re-use (clean the used water) like they do in Denmark. Here in Greenland we get our drinking water through a water plant, where we add chloride and other minerals for killing bacteria’s, directly from a drinkable lake. Where in Estonia they dig wells above the drinking water supply.
In our experiments in Greenland in Sisimiut, we took water samples from different places and a so called water-cleaning-machine we have in our school. What we discovered was that the water machine contained more protein-eating bacteria than the water from the hose, as our biology teacher guessed even before we began the test. It was because he heard about a similar experiment where a small pipe, that transfers the water from a water-container to the cup, doesn’t get cleaned. And that results to that the bacteria, after a period of time, reproduces in the pipe which we eventually drink.
We mean this topic is a challenge for our country because the water is one of the fundamental parts in our lives, in our country and our nature; especially when our world is in a state of becoming more environmental-friendly producer. Therefore Greenland also needs to contribute to healthier environment.
Permafrost
Challenge: Global warming
By: Hans Christian Sivertsen
There have always been natural emissions from the earth/ground, especially areas with permafrost, that means in the arctic regions. But this emission is becoming exacerbated by global warming, because the global warming is quickly melting the permafrost away in a frightening rate that could dramatically increase the rate of global warming, which leads to a "stronger" global warming. And it's estimated that there is about 280 billion tonnes hidden in the permafrost. Methane is about 23 times stronger then carbondioxid as a greenhouse gas, which is also why it is getting a big problem for everybody in the future. That means the whole weather system will change, some places will get more rain then usual and some places will become more dry. Some places will become coldere in winter and some warmere at the same time. The storms could get stronger and.
By: Hans Christian Sivertsen
There have always been natural emissions from the earth/ground, especially areas with permafrost, that means in the arctic regions. But this emission is becoming exacerbated by global warming, because the global warming is quickly melting the permafrost away in a frightening rate that could dramatically increase the rate of global warming, which leads to a "stronger" global warming. And it's estimated that there is about 280 billion tonnes hidden in the permafrost. Methane is about 23 times stronger then carbondioxid as a greenhouse gas, which is also why it is getting a big problem for everybody in the future. That means the whole weather system will change, some places will get more rain then usual and some places will become more dry. Some places will become coldere in winter and some warmere at the same time. The storms could get stronger and.
Activities
Challenge: Less people use the oppotunities
By: Ittukusuk Heilmann, Aputsiaq Olsen, Kunuk Møller Lund, John Christensen, Tony Heilmann
When Estonian students came to our country, they realize that we have full of opportunities in our nature. But very few people use all those opportunities. There are many obese people in Greenland, and we could reduce that problem, if we use our nature more, for some activities, because the possibilities are there.
By: Ittukusuk Heilmann, Aputsiaq Olsen, Kunuk Møller Lund, John Christensen, Tony Heilmann
When Estonian students came to our country, they realize that we have full of opportunities in our nature. But very few people use all those opportunities. There are many obese people in Greenland, and we could reduce that problem, if we use our nature more, for some activities, because the possibilities are there.
Alcohol
Challenge: Police work not good enough
By: Marie Mathæussen,Tuperna B. L. Møller, Ina Josefsen
Police work not good enough
There is a discussion about drinking, drinking between young people or people who are under 18. It is because they cannot buy alcohols in Greenland and in Estonia. In Estonia police do care about drinking people if they are under age, and they can get fine or stay overnight at the police office. But in Greenland police do not anything about drinking people who are underage.
So, the challenge is that police work not good enough.
It is a challenge because; if the police do something about underage drinking it might be a help for some of the alcohol problems.
It is a challenge, because we hear stories about a fight and a person called to police because the fight has to stop. But police just says that it always happen this thing and it will work out itself. Or a woman get beat from her husband and knock on neighbors’ house, and neighbor called the police and police says that this thing happened all the time and asks the neighbor about she can stay at his place and police wouldn’t do something.
Police work not good enough, it can be because there are not enough policemen or because there is no place where women can go if it is needed.
By: Marie Mathæussen,Tuperna B. L. Møller, Ina Josefsen
Police work not good enough
There is a discussion about drinking, drinking between young people or people who are under 18. It is because they cannot buy alcohols in Greenland and in Estonia. In Estonia police do care about drinking people if they are under age, and they can get fine or stay overnight at the police office. But in Greenland police do not anything about drinking people who are underage.
So, the challenge is that police work not good enough.
It is a challenge because; if the police do something about underage drinking it might be a help for some of the alcohol problems.
It is a challenge, because we hear stories about a fight and a person called to police because the fight has to stop. But police just says that it always happen this thing and it will work out itself. Or a woman get beat from her husband and knock on neighbors’ house, and neighbor called the police and police says that this thing happened all the time and asks the neighbor about she can stay at his place and police wouldn’t do something.
Police work not good enough, it can be because there are not enough policemen or because there is no place where women can go if it is needed.
