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In a few years, organic products have become more mainstream and can be found in many places like Sokos, Stockman, Prisma... Make sure to check well the compositions of the products and remember that "natural" doesn’t necessarily means "organic".
All these cosmetics are imported from France, Sweden, Latvia, Germany... As far as I know, only Frantsila is offering organic cosmetics made in Finland in their Hämeenkyrö’s farms.
Downtown Tampere, Ruohonjuuri is the place to get proper advises (…)

The Finnish International School of Tampere’s canteen is now boosting vegetarian meals and that’s great!
This school located in Amuri "has been chosen for a pilot where vegetarian food is offered as a second lunch option to all students every day. Students can choose which food to eat each day, or they can choose both" said the principal Ulla Hiltunen.
It is now well know that an excessive consomption of meat isn’t that good for our health and, with the massive industrialisation of (…)

Welcome to join the 3d Sustainable Fellow’s lunch!
We are having lunch together to share about our experience with sustainable challenges, create inspirational networking, and maybe explore ways of future cooperation. We mainly focus on our work with sustainable challenges and try to get inspiration from each other.
That week will be a global climate strike week so why not meet to discuss, reload and share about sustainability.
Pala café is a good place to meet because it’s downtown (…)

Infinited Fiber is tackling the recycling clothes challenge.
The technology can "turn textile, cardboard and agricultural waste into new and better cotton. The brand-new fiber can be circulated infinite times while preserving 100 % quality".
Their new plant in Valkeakoski is now building up. They are expecting the first fashion brands to launch their Infinited Fiber based capsule collections in 2020!
It’s interesting to understand why they chose Valkeakoski: "The key benefits of the (…)

Today, with Janna from Changemakers, we went to visit the Kurki eco-village. It’s close to Vesilahti, 45min drive from Tampere (we got slighlty lost) or direct bus n°55.
During all Summer, each Saturday between 11am and 14pm they have a Summer Café where you can sip a nice coffee with organic home made pulla’s. Satu is welcoming every one to answer questions and we had... a lot. It was actually even too much so we’ll go back very soon!!
The eco-village started about 6 years ago. It’s (…)

Tampere is known as a city of hard work and very social past (social in the sense of cooperative and orientated towards the well-being of all). It’s also a city where lots of Finns would love to live because it’s not too big, not too small, quiet, exciting and surrounded by nature.
I’d love Tampere to be know as a real sustainable city I must say... :-) Cool things are happening at the moment elsewhere in Finland and we could take inspiration.
For now, Visit Tampere’s team is suggesting (…)

For those willing to address some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through their new business idea, for those willing to have impact, check out this coming event organized at Tribe Tampere on September, 20-22nd.
"Do you have an idea that addresses one of the Sustainable Development goals? Awesome, we want to hear it and help you to develop it further. Startup Weekend Sustainability is the right place to validate your business idea, prototype it, find a team, and receive feedback (…)

Arela was created in 2006 by Maija Arela who’s till running it with her two daughters. They "use only the best natural materials and pride ourselves on the durability of our garments. Collections are produced in skilled hands of trusted professionals in Nepal, Latvia, China and Finland."
Globe Hope is a Finnish brand using organic fabrics, recycled ones and hemp fabrics to create life lasting bags and accessories.
Infinited Fiber will hopefully be soon available everywhere.
Nanso and (…)

It’s true that living conditions in Tampere are amazing. We have clean air, fresh and pure water, and the forest very accessible. But still, there is a lot to do to make Tampere a real sustainable city with shared resources, circular economy, urban gardening, farmers markets, affordable healthy food, shared economy, sustainable skills hubs and much more.
At the moment, the main efforts are on infrastructure (see below) and business (Smart Tampere). It's great, it's a starting (…)

The event is organized by Tampereen Sosiaalifoorumi ja Mahdollisuuksien tori and Fingo ry - Suomalaiset kehitysjärjestöt.
World Social Forums started in Brazil in 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as an attempt to bring in answers to agressive capitalism and neoliberalism. Since them, the event is happening each year.
Local Social Forums as important as well since they bring together non governmental organizations, advocacy campaigns, and formal and informal social movements seeking (…)