Sri Lanka has been a war-torn country for many years. It was hard hit by the tsunami in 2004.
But it is a green and fertile country with a strategic position in the Indian ocean.
Our university has cooperated with the University of Ruhuna at Matare for several years, and every year several of our students spend a month or more studying various aspects of the “emerald island”.
The island can boast of friendly people, animals, birds, a long history, fantastic beaches, tea, cinnamon, jackfruit, cashewnuts, pineaple, papaya, great food….
Here is a photo gallery from Sri Lanka.
Ancient mountain wall paintings Sigiria
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- Cashew nut tree
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- Jack fruit
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- Coir – fibre from coco nuts collected
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- Stilt fishing
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- Fishing at Mnt Lavinia
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- Surf Lanka breakfast – Matara
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- Jayarani presents her thesis
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- Students – University of Ruhuna
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- Dondra head light house
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- Professor Danny Atapattu
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- Fishing vessels at Dondra
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- DM student Manjula at cinnamon factory
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- Cinnamon packing
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- Cinnamon tree
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- Cinnamon research centre
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- Pepper tree
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- Surf Lanka Matara
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- Galle fort
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- Galle fort – dutch houses
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- Poja day – full moon
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- Gallface hotel Colombo
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- Secret passages Mnt Lavinia
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- Ms Lavinia
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- Mnt Lavinia hotel
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- Mountain wall ancient paintings Sigiria
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- Lion gate Sigiria
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- Stupa at Anuradaphura
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- Anuradaphura
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- Floods 2011 Anurapdaphura
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- Eutrophication – water hyacinth – at Anuradaphura
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- Mnt Lavinia
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- Nuwara Eliya tea area
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- Newton the driver
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- Nuwara Eliya
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- tea pickers – Nuwara Eliya
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- Students collaborating in a community of practice are not competitors
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- Socio-cultural learning requires collaboration. The students are not competitors. Group work and a grade in common for the group.
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- Tea pickers Nuware Eliya
Photos: Åke Bjørke
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Please contact me if you want to use photos for commercial purposes or if you want to use it in a printed publication
sven.a.bjorke at uia.no
Education for Sustainable Development 
These photoes are very nice. I enjoyed looking the photo gallery.
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These are very interesting pics to see
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