+ Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (CREDIT)

Iceland’s President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, was in Ohio on Dec. 10 to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Ohio State. While he was there he gave a speech on climate change. That speech is now available online with accompanying slides. CLICK HERE.

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The President of Iceland was in Wooster Ohio … He came with a message about the environment.
Countries need to work together against climate change.

- Downtown Toronto from the top of the CN Tower

Iceland News spoke to Kara Schuster, co-chair for the 2010 INL convention in Toronto, who gave us her side of what’s to come.
Saunders: How did you get involved with the Icelandic community in Canada?
Schuster: My uncle once sent me the link to the Toronto newsletter and we didn’t really know anything was going on here. And then they had the Snorri program… it’s an exchange program where you go to Iceland for six weeks and meet quite a bit of your …

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- Icelanders assemble for a National Assembly (SOURCE)

“This is the conclusion of the first discussion which started this morning in Laugardalsholl in Reykjavik. Almost 1,500 people from all parts of the country are participating. Spirits are high and participants and staff are focused on delivering good results for the country.
The participants are divided into groups working at 162 tables. Nine people are at each table and their first task …

An independently organized TED event is happening right now in Reykjavik.

http://tedxreykjavik.com/
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http://TED.com/tedx

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