Modern Finland
FinnFest 2011 Green Design Competition (Sponsored by FinnStyle.com)
Vote for the "People's Choice" Green Design on Facebook!
FinnFest 2011 and FinnStyle are proud to announce the top 5 finalists of the FinnFest 2011 Green Design Competition. The top designs are displayed on the FinnFest 2011 Facebook...
"Steam of Life" -Screening and discussion
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 18:00
Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, 4275 Cass Street, San Diego
PBS’ Point of View (POV) Comes To Pacific Beach/Taylor Library
The Pacific Beach Branch of the San Diego Public Library is proud to present a Community Preview Screening from the Emmy-winning PBS’ Point-of-View (POV) Series of...
CleanTech Forum
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 22:00
Golden West Room
https://www.finnfest2011.com/business-forum/cleantech-forum
Lecture “Being Close to the Natural World”
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Royal Pacific Salon 6
by Bill Lagerroos
Finns have often lived in primitive log structures, just four inches away from the worst that winter weather could provide, and were grateful for a constant supply of firewood. They struggled on farm fields during rainy cold...
Lecture: "Kirkon rooli suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa / The Role of the Church in Finnish Society"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
PoolsideTiki Pavilion
by Archbishop Kari Mäkinen
Lecture: Finnish Food Innovations for Health and Wellbeing
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:00 - 10:00
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 14:00 - 15:00
Meeting House/Sunrise
The Finnish diet includes many traditional local food innovations which are based on local raw materials and have proven as highly nutritive, healthy and safe for human consumption. Examples of such foodstuffs are carelian pie (karjalan piirakka),...
Lecture: "Future Challenges of the Church in Finland"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:30 - 11:30
Poolside Tiki Pavilion
Finland is one of the most Lutheran countries in the world where the vast majority of the population belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. However, in recent decades the religious landscape has drastically changed due to the emergence of...
Discussion: Finland and Europe - Current Challenges
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 12:30 - 13:30
Royal Palm Salon 2
Come and join me in discussing how Finland is going to remain competitive in an increasingly globalized world.
Finland has been rattled by the global financial crisis in recent years and the April parliamentary elections produced a new political map...
Documentary: "The Finland Phenomenon"
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 14:30 - 15:30
Royal Palm Salon 5
Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The...
