All of the Finland's pavillion designs (104!!!) on show at Yliopistonkatu 5, Helsinki
P.S. See the official poster for the Shanghai Expo above. Where is Finland's design KIRNU on that poster may I ask? Hmm, Uk pavillion JEWEL, that has now attracted some negative publicity, seems to be at the bottom right corner... At least the expected 80 million visitors will be able to see the Kirnu, which uses industrial recycling product of paper/pastic composite sheeting as the main cladding material on supporting structure of steel. Finland's pavillion will be located next to the other Nordic countries... Wherever that may be during 1 May - 31 October 2010 (6 months!)...
Visiting (by public transport) the above exhibition at Yliopistonkatu might be enough for us - or what do you think dear readers: Should we go against the expo message on sustainable development and fly to China for a long weekend?
As the news reported Finland having a 16th heaviest ecological footprint (by WWF Living Planet Report) in the world last week, it makes me think if there is something sustainable in erecting the pavillions for 6 months only... perhaps Finland can get back up to having the 3rd heaviest ecological footprint in the world, if loads of Finns travel to see the Kirnu in 'flesh & blood'!
P.P.S. Finland dropped 13 places down in the heaviest ecological footprint listings due to the way of measuring (WWF Living Planet Report ranked Finland third in 2006, the newest report ranks Finland 16th)- we are really still at the top... Note Sweden is ranked 18th, Russia is ranked 36th! UAE, USA, Kuwait, Denmark & Australia are amonst the top five.
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So where was the UK in that list?
Wales & the UK rank in 15th position having the same ecological Footprint as 33 African countries put together, with the average Welsh resident’s impact on the planet being more than three and a half times that of the average African.
Why am I interested in Welsh?
So you are bad bad bad people compared to the Finns...
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