{"id":55493,"date":"2023-03-24T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=55493"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:00:07","slug":"to-whale-or-not-to-whale","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/to-whale-or-not-to-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"To whale or not to whale?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions on whaling in Iceland from different perspectives, including ecosystem services of whales, ethical and nature rights issues, nature protection and sustainability, as well as biodiversity.<\/p>\n<h4>Speakers and panel members:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ralph Chami<\/strong>, Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c1rni Finnsson<\/strong>, Chair of Board, Iceland Nature Conservation Association<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helga Hvanndal Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network<\/li>\n<li><strong>Krist\u00edn Vala Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Professor of Sustainability Science, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edda El\u00edsabet Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Biology, School of Education, University of Iceland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Henry Alexander Henryson<\/strong>, Ethics Institute, University of Iceland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halld\u00f3ra J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Medical Dotors Against Environmental Disasters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Micah Garen<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anahita Babaei<\/strong>, filmmakers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hafd\u00eds Hanna \u00c6gisd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Director of Institute of Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hei\u00f0a Krist\u00edn Helgad\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, entrepreneur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moderator: <strong>Katr\u00edn Oddsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Music performed by H\u00f6gni Egilsson.<\/p>\n<p>All welcome.<\/p>\n<p>The event takes place in English and is organised in a collaboration of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, the Nordic House and the Institute of Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be offered after the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions on whaling in Iceland from different perspectives, including ecosystem services of whales, ethical and nature rights issues, nature protection and sustainability, as well as biodiversity. Speakers and panel members: Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund \u00c1rni Finnsson, Chair of Board, Iceland Nature Conservation Association Helga Hvanndal Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir, Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network Krist\u00edn Vala [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55505,"template":"","event-categories":[7],"class_list":["post-55493","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/55493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=55493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}