Another great day for Hawila’s cultural and artistic collaborations! [Dansk nedenfor] Last week Thursday, September 23rd, Hawila Project had the pleasure to participate in Holbaek municipality’s launch of the Land-Sea Art platform. It’s the Danish contribution to the EU-project “Land-Sea Act” that strives for the development of coastal areas in the countries around [...]
The Bulkheads After two months of work and patience, our bulkheads are almost ready! The metal frame doors that our volunteer and journeymen friends assembled in June are now completed, along with four bulkheads made of 15cm2 oak posts, reinforced, and sealed with 45mm x 40mm pine cladding. The bulkhead posts positions were [...]
The Journeying Man Have you ever come across a young man or woman, clad in black ornamented bell bottom suede pants, matching waistcoat, and a broad rimmed hat? If he or she furthermore emits a distinctive aroma of wood, metal or masonry, you can consider yourself privileged, because you have very likely met [...]
The fascinating story of Hawila’s wood for the refit The decision to plan millions of oaks in 1810 In 1810, after events of Napoleonic wars, the king Frederik made the decision to plant thousands of oak trees between Hillerod, Esrum and Helsinge, an area since known as the Gribskov (Vulture forest) to [...]
LAG Midt-Nordvestsjælland supports Hawila’s refit We are happy to announce that Hawila has received financial support for the refit in Holbæk from LAG (Local Action Group) Mid-Northwest Zealand. LAG is an association supporting projects that contribute to the development of projects and activities in Lejre, Holbæk, Sorø, Odsherred and Kalundborg municipalities. In [...]
STEAM [science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics] workshops for kids in Isefjord Are children interested in building a robot or studying marine electronics? We have a chance to find out when spending a week with amazing boys and girls and their guardians in Isefjord. Together with kids and parents from the French-Danish school [...]
Turning the Tide 2019 During the past weeks we have been sailing alongside a German sailing boat Lovis with an inspiring group consisting of sailors, scientists, activists and artists as a part of Turning The Tide project. An eclectic mix of international individuals met in an unconventional environent to form a saling think [...]
Harbour Fair for the Climate and Sailing Circus Show Into the Water 2019 Harbour Fair for the Climate - Wondering sustainable fair of ideas and goods For centuries harbors were places where people gathered to trade goods but also where ships were coming back from their overseas adventures bringing not only products [...]
Reflections on Summer 2019 Nordic Tour On the 18th of August we officially ended our Hawila Project and Acting 4 Climate joint collaboration in 2019. We have been sailing together on Hawila since June, trying to translate raising climate emergency awareness into the language of contemporary art. The tour powered by sail gave [...]
Education through action and adventure Last Friday Hawila hosted L’école franco-danoise – Den dansk-franske Skole that organized a tech workshop for daughters and the girls’ primary role model- their mothers, to churn up interest for STEM subjects. http://blog.ecolefrancodanoise.dk/model-moms The event was a continuation of our collaboration with The Danish-French School in the field of [...]
