NUKIGA x UNLEASH: Loopoop

NUKIGA x UNLEASH: Loopoop

Greenland, Innovations

SDG15: Life on Land Loopoop is a reimagined approach for the management of human waste (pee and poop) in remote Arctic communities (up to 1000 inhabitants). It closes the loop and provides the potential for economic opportunities in local communities. The current...
NUKIGA x UNLEASH: Alee Alee!

NUKIGA x UNLEASH: Alee Alee!

Greenland, Innovations

SDG3: Good Health & Wellbeing (mental health) Dual Model of Hybrid Teaching to support the mental health of Greenlandic youth. In many smaller settlements and villages, primary school is available only for the first two steps. Children must therefore travel to...
Arctic Unmanned

Arctic Unmanned

Greenland, Innovations

Arctic Unmanned is the sole Greenland-based drone service provider with experience to fly drones in Greenland. 2 out of 3 members of the team are native Greenlanders with broad experience in technology innovation and operation. NUKIGA talked to Mads Petersen from...
Polar Night Energy

Polar Night Energy

Finland, Innovations

Finnish sand-based heat storage to help run against the world’s sandglass. Polar Night Energy converts electricity to heat and stores it for later by using sand as the storage medium. According to Mission Innovation’s report, the sand-based seasonal heat...
Cycling Westfjords

Cycling Westfjords

Iceland, Innovations

“This isn’t a place to rush through. We don’t want people to come here and ride as fast as they can because then they will miss everything.” – Tyler Cycling Westfjords is a coalition of bicyclists working to expand and strengthen bike tourism in the Westfjords...
IEXplorer – Ocean Research

IEXplorer – Ocean Research

Iceland, Innovations

The Arctic sea hides more treasures than fish  Based in the northern part of Iceland in the city of Akureyri, CEO Alex Max Mikhaylov and his team of volunteers searches for treasures of the sea in the Arctic seabed with their company IEXplorer – Ocean Research....