Björk Posts Video Calling for Global Action to Save Iceland’s Highlands

Photo by Timothée Lambrecq

Björk has shared a video calling for global action to save Iceland’s highlands. The minute-long clip, in which she wears an ornate face mask and addresses the camera directly, calls for Icelanders to protest apparent government plans for an overhead power-line, along with dams and power plants in the country’s wilderness. At the end of the video, she calls for global support against the government. Below, read a transcript and watch the video.

Icelanders have a deadline. For 11 more days they can go online and protest an overhead high voltage power-line. It will be built across the whole island. Iceland has now the largest untouched nature in Europe. This would end that. The government has plans to build over 50 dams and power plants in this area, and to start next year. This could end Iceland’s wilderness in a few years. We propose to start a national park in our highlands. Surveys have already proved that the majority of Icelanders are behind us. We ask for the world to support us against our government.

The clip was shared ahead of Björk’s press conference at Iceland Airwaves with writer/environmentalist Andri Snær Magnason, in which they’ll discuss the need for action. Read more at Heart of Iceland.

Today, Björk also released the strings-only version of Vulnicura.  

We interviewed Björk about environmental issues back in 2008. Read parts one and two here.

Read our conversation with Björk, The Invisible Woman.

Listen to her strings-only take on “Lionsong”:

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