Greenlanders would like to have a successful resource industry to help them on their path to independence from Denmark. So how could large scale foreign investment be a bad thing? The early 2000’s were a boom time for resources, in Greenland as everywhere. Investors were throwing money into resources to the extent that exploration companies …
Month: February 2018
It’s well-recognised that we learn more effectively if new information is presented in a context that is familiar to us. We learn based on what we already know. This is called constructivist learning: we construct new knowledge from what we already understand. So using a framework that kids are already familiar with makes it much …
Three years of working in Greenland has brought me into project partnerships with Danish and American agencies. From both, there is a clear strategic interest in Greenland. But the outlook from each is different. I’ve seen the Americans offer to run workshops to build local knowledge and competence, offer logistical support, send across advisors and …
*Map of mobile coverage in Greenland, from Telepost Mobile coverage in Greenland is rather limited. And where it does exist, it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. Even in Nuuk – the capital – text messages can sometimes arrive a few days late, or not at all. And it’s best not to rely on international text …