Cycling Westfjords
“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 of Iceland.
Spotted by: Carina Burroughs
Interview w Naja Abelsen
Naja Abelsen is a Greenlandic artist living on the small Danish island Ærø. NUKIGA’s Laila Lund Altinbas visited Naja in her atelier. Watch below interviews (in Danish).
IEXplorer – Ocean Research
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.
Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland
NUKIGA recently joined the Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland. A busy and exciting programme filled with interesting talks and thoughts. Our main focus was on how entrepreneurship can help smaller communities turn around the development.
GreenBytes: Reducing food waste
Composed by a team of four women, GreenBytes is a start-up based in Iceland whose objective is to reduce food waste from restaurants while increasing their profit margin. It is a tool so tackle one of the most challenging sustainability problems in the world: food waste.
Spotted by Andrés Felipe Laverde Martínez
Tari: cultivating seaweed
Interview with Agnes from Tari.
Not long-ago seaweed was a relatively unknown Nordic nutrient. Tari is an innovation company from The Faroe Islands that researches and cultivates high quality seaweed.
Spotted by Tórður Ravnsfjall
Entrepreneurship in Greenland
“Entrepreneurship must be taken seriously, and there must be proper support.” Greenlandic Steve Mathæussen and Napaartoq Isak Petrussen are both entrepreneurs in Nuuk, Greenland.
Blue Lobster
The Blue Lobster platform connects low impact fishermen with restaurants and local buyers. Deliveries straight from the harbor. Making fresh and sustainable seafood easily available and transparent.
Spotted by Tórður Ravnsfjall
Interview w Sissi Møller
Greenlandic artist Sissi Møller won first price in our public shares competition. Sissi Møller is educated both at the Nuuk Art School and at the Copenhagen Art School.
Sassuma Sea Salt
NUKIA has visited Napaartoq Isak Petrussen in his production in Nuuk, where he makes Sassuma Sea Salt, which is sea salt from Nuuk Fjord. He founded the company in 2017, because he saw a need for locally produced sea salt.
