Smågodt

Food sustainability depends on strong local systems, with small-scale agriculture
playing an important role. In the United States, agriculture is largely large-scale and
industrial, while in Norway farms are typically smaller and can be supported by
government policies. These farms often grow diverse crops, use more environmentally
friendly practices. This talk will highlight the importance of community, sharing food, and
supporting the farmers who make it all happen.

Chaos Theory studies how small changes in starting conditions can lead to vastly different outcomes in complex systems, i.e. the "butterfly effect." It's not about randomness, chaotic systems follow rules, but are so sensitive that tiny differences grow exponentially, making long-term prediction nearly impossible. I plan make this fascinating subject accessible, stripping away the heavy math to reveal the elegant, surprising idea underneath which non-mathematicians can understand.

Norway has one of the world’s largest peatland areas, ranking 9th globally. These
peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but when disturbed, they gradually release
CO2 back into the atmosphere, contributing to climate warming.Mapping them is
challenging because they are remotely distributed and often occur in waterlogged
environments. Join us to explore a cost-effective approach that combines environmental
characteristics linked to peat occurrence to improve mapping and climate understanding