Drawing sessions   
Want to learn to draw? Have an interest in digital illustration, painting, photography? Húnaklubburinn is offering free drawing sessions on some Tuesdays at Órion 18:00-19:00. Our first official lesson will be on 26 Jan. Space is limited, please sign up. Send us a message on Facebook! 09 Jan 14:00-16:00 Órion
This first workshop is an introduction to the series. We will then choose a plan for the next sessions. We have been working hard on the Youth for Arctic Nature project this autumn! We are hoping to start testing bird monitoring with youth groups in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard, and possibly Greenland this spring. Here is some of the material we have been developing recently. We would love some feedback on it. We decided to create:
All of these are still drafts, but they are not going to change too much, especially the species sheets. We are including here three species sheets, one habitat sheet, and the sheet containing the list of habitats. Tell us what you think! Cécile, Jessica, and Einar      On Saturday the 26th of September, Húnaklúbburinn members gathered for a crab drawing class. First, we retrieved some crab traps from the peer. They had been left in the water overnight with bait, and were full, with twelve invasive Atlantic rock crabs and a confused sculpin inside!
Um Viðburðinn Skátapepp verður haldið helgina 16.-18. október á Hvammstanga. Skátapeppið er fyrir alla (13 ára og eldri) og að þessu sinni verður peppið með sjóræningjaþema. Á milli þess sem við leitum að fjársjóðum þá munum við á þessu peppi kynnast skátaaðferðinni og hvernig við getum nýtt hana í skátastarfinu okkar og í foringjastörfum. Þátttökugjald er 7.500 kr. Dagskrá, matur alla helgina og gistiaðstaða eru innifalin í gjaldinu. Skráning fer fram hér. Til að vita meira, talaðu við Jessicu.   LeyfisbréfPlease download the leyfisbréf and send to jessica[at]holar.is or return to the pool. 
8:00—Meet the bus at the pool (with scheduled pickups)
10:00—16:00
18:30—Home Please bring:
Because of COVID we must wear a mask in the bus to and from Sauðárkrókur. No food on the bus. Siglingaklúbbur will provide lunch and Húanklúbburinn will provide snack. Please eat a healthy dinner the night before the sailing trip. Húnaklúbburinn will continue to have regular meetings from September-November and February-May. We will meet at Órion. Please check the calendar for the dates and time of the meetings. Contact Jenný if you need a scholarship for any activity. Cost to join the club for September 2020-May 2021 is 15,000 ISK. All events are included in the club fees except for Sailing.
Tentative Events Schedule
 For youth ages 12-16. No experience required for skateboarding. We will be sleeping at 88 Húsið. You must pack change of clothes, swimming clothes and a towel, and a sleeping bag. Jessica and Tanja will be accompanying the youth. The cost is 15,000 ISK for the camp. Please contact Jenný at jenny@hunathing.is if you need a scholarship. Bus Schedule: Friday 26 June 15:00 Sundlaugin á Hvammstanga (with scheduled pickups along the way). 18:00 Arrive at 88 Húsið Sunday 28 June 13:00 Bus back to Húnaþing vestra. We should be home in the afternoon. Application |
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Pökkunarlisti
- Svefnpokar (við munum sofa hjá 88 Húsinu í sófunum)
- Sundföt og handklæði
- Föt fyrir 2 dagan
- Skór fyrir hjólabretti (strigaskórnir eru í góðu lagi)
Ekki gleyma persónulegum hlutum eins og:
- Lyf
- Hleðslutæki fyrir símann þinn
- Auka peningar til að kaupa snakk eða nammi
Húnaklúbburinn will be traveling to Spain this year to meet with a youth group to learn about gardening and culture. Although traveling produces much of the global emissions, here are a few tips in reducing your "footprint."
The largest part of your personal footprint is dominated by your transport; long haul flights and car and bus rides. Here’s how you can reduce the emissions:
Travel
Accommodations
The best thing is to stay with friends or relatives. But, if you are going someplace new, stay at hostels that try to reduce electricity usages. They help you to meet other travelers too. Take short showers, turn off the lights when you’re not using them, bring your own shampoo and soap, and reuse towels. This all helps reduce electricity usage thus reducing emissions
The largest part of your personal footprint is dominated by your transport; long haul flights and car and bus rides. Here’s how you can reduce the emissions:
Travel
- Pack light. Every kilo added to a plane or car makes them use more fuel. Packing light helps reduce carbon emissions. Check out this short video on how to pack light.
- Use buses, trains, and walk or use bikes whenever possible. The best way to experience a new place is by walking or biking!
- When you fly, you can offset some carbon emissions of your trip by starting an edible garden or by planting trees. See what the youth are doing in Húanklúb's Garden Project on our website!
- You can do simple things at home to decrees your carbon footprint. Go to NASA Climate Kids to learn more.
- Do you want to know what your carbon footprint is? Checkout these websites Carbon Footprint and WWF Footprint.
- Eat local! Eating local food helps reduce your carbon footprint because the food has to travel shorter distances. And, it is always made with LOVE.
- Reduce and reuse is the best in decreasing trash. Refill your water bottle at public places. Bring your own bag so you can skip the plastic bags.
Accommodations
The best thing is to stay with friends or relatives. But, if you are going someplace new, stay at hostels that try to reduce electricity usages. They help you to meet other travelers too. Take short showers, turn off the lights when you’re not using them, bring your own shampoo and soap, and reuse towels. This all helps reduce electricity usage thus reducing emissions
Photovoice exhibition 2018
Húnaklúbburinn
Húnaklúbburinn (Cubs Club) is a youth nature club, established in 2016 for the youth of Húnaþing vestra, with the purpose of connecting youth to nature by using a combination of environmental education and nature-based recreation.
The Cubs Club is founded on two philosophical concepts. Children have the right and responsibility in shaping their own futures and the futures of their communities; and children develop a genuine appreciation of the natural environment—and a sense of their own competence—through direct interaction with nature.
Cubs Club’s activities are designed holistically to help youth develop awareness of their role in environmental stewardship, while also learning about how their culture relates to the natural and cultural landscapes.
Join us in this building knowledge process in a fun and interactive environment and help us create a greener and better future.
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