The eco-action challenge Pieni ekoteko was conceived when the editorial staff of the Nurmes-based local newspaper Ylä-Karjala started to plan a recycling event. The newspaper’s staff discussed how they could induce a more wide-ranging impact on the promotion of environmental matters. The challenge campaign started off with the newspaper’s own […]
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Zero waste author and blogger, Otso Sillanaukee, managed to fit all the waste he produced in a year into a single jam jar. How did he do it, and how could every one of us do a little more to consume a little less? Sillanaukee shows a glass jam jar […]
In the residential area of Hiukkavaara in Oulu, sustainable design of waste management was already taken into account at the planning stage. The block collection points were implemented with Molok deep collection tanks, the maintenance and emptying are carried out by the municipal waste management company Kiertokaari. The nearby collection […]
Since 1950s agriculture has developed under the guidance of chemical and technical innovations. It cannot be denied that development would have brought benefits of more efficient cultivation. The horse has been replaced by tractor and automation makes it easier for the farmer’s daily life making work even safer. However, on […]
70 % of the greenhouse gas emissions are generated from the consumer choices made by us ordinary people. The way we live, travel and eat is of great importance. While we satisfy our shopping hunger with impulse purchase, the critical solutions for stopping climate crisis are under-funded. Finnish household spends […]
When a new item is purchased for a public organisation, the old one may be left in the warehouse or sold for a low, almost nominal price. Useful items may even end up as waste. As such, the value of public property acquired through tax revenue is lost and its […]
ResQ Club, founded in 2016, is a Finnish technology company whose goal is to stop throwing food away. ResQ Club is a mobile application that allows customers to buy surplus food from restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores at a generous discount. In this equation everyone wins: the merchant saves on […]
Research shows that a passenger car is parked on average 95 percent of the time. The city of Lappeenranta decided to improve the use of city-owned cars and reduce traffic emissions by introducing shared electric cars in spring 2018. There are a total of four electric cars for joint use. […]
TouchPoint Oy uses recycled material to provide Hesburger with durable and ecological work clothes that at the end of their useful life are converted into sustainable, recyclable patio furniture by the partner company Dutch Awearness. We need companies with courage to be forerunners and to make choices in different way, […]