Resources

Articles

• Sustainable Fashion Finnish Brands
  9 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

  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 (…)

• How to be more sustainable in Tampere?
  6 November 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  Tampere has been for a long time an industrial city and there is a lot to do to make the urban community more sustainable in a short period of time. The actions have been so far very focused on carbon neutrality.
  I warmly invite you to explore and connect with Tampere City’s initiatives related to sustainability.
  First of all, the Carbon Neutral Tampere 2030 -roadmap voted in August 2020 is a must read. You’ll understand clearly the complexity of the problem of carbon emissions here and (…)

• Wasteland or human biodiversity
  18 August 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  If you’re an emigrant here in Tampere coming from South Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America, Canada, USA, well any place except Switzerland and Scandinavia (with all respect), I’m sure you are sensitive to the uniformity of the urban space. Compared to other small - medium - biiig cities, Tampere is neat, very, and clean, very.
  So, what a tremendous joy to discover something DIFFERENT, finally.
  And here you are with Pyynikin aikamatkat, a wasteland near by the mini-golf. It (…)

• Wild&Cuisine - a Dodo (yummy) project
  23 May 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  The aim of the Wild&Cuisine project is to revive the old Finnish and European cultural heritage and to make people love free edible wild plants in their vicinity. It teaches the use of these ubiquitous edible wild plants while increasing people’s well-being, survival skills and respect for their immediate nature.
  All kinds of wild food-related events are planned, such as free lectures, food festivals, and a low-threshold Local Wild Food Challenge, which will be held in collaboration (…)

• Artists from Pirkanmaa, this is for you
  1 September 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  Dear Artists from Pirkanmaa, You know the urge. The urge to share the beauty you perceive. The urge to create the visions that are visiting you. The urge to feel grateful, light and focused. In this terrible climate change social human crisis, your skills are gifts and they are very needed. More than ever. It’s urgent. It’s now. Share with us how your art relates to nature, if you question the climate, if silence and space are still the same, if you fear or engage with change makers... (…)

• Better together (for sure)
  18 August 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  On Sept. 4th, Oxygen 2050, an association of transformative entrepreneurs based in Helsinki, is organizing an event for us to learn the 3 must elements of building an active community.
  The speaker is Lana Jelenjev – the co-author of Community Builder: Designing Communities for Change, a practical toolbox with over 40 tools on how to help them intentionally create purposeful, connecting and impactful communities.
  Schedule: 14:00 - 14:10 - Brief introduction from the organizers 14:10 - (…)

• Impact Boost Conversation
  23 November 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  Hello Sustainability friends!
  If you don’t know them yet, the Oxygen2050 network is a group of inspiring impact and eco entrepreneurs based in Helsinki.
  It’s a great network and I warmly invite you to explore their site and FB events.
  As an impact entrepreneur myself, I’m happy to support others during these hard times. If you need a fresh look on your impact project or your professional struggles, I’m very happy to offer a weekly free counselling session on Friday mornings 9:45-10:30. (…)

• Making Tampere Universities more sustainable: check out the amazing student’s works
  25 May 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  The Sustainability and Impact Club is happy to share the outcomes of the sustainable challenges taken by the participants. We hope you’ll enjoy that as much as we enjoyed working on it :)
  From key tips to make the student’s experience more sustainable with the Eko Tuni Handbook to a communication campaign about Diversity for future so we can have more internationals here, from focusing on making food habits more sustainable to creating an artistic Duologue, from explaining you more about (…)

• A sustainability podcast from Learning Lab’s students
  22 December 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  Interesting!
  "This is Sustainability Podcast, a new podcast focused on sustainability! We explore some of its less-known aspects, such as decent work, gender equality, personal motivation and happiness. We also investigate the “invisible” work being done towards sustainability in the university community, and what kind of impact can one person’s actions make."
  _View of a designer
  _How to share knowledge
  _Yhteistyö - Collaboration
  _The Social Impact of Work-Rest Balance
  _Empowering (…)

• Where can we find local organic food in Tampere? (updated)
  5 November 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  This article presents my research about the followings: Where can we buy fresh organic and / or local food in Tampere Joining an existing group / piiri to buy organic food in Tampere Buying in bulk online Labels, agencies More... restaurants selection... reduce food waste...
  This article was first published on Sept. 2019 and updated Nov. 2021. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to suggest something.
  ** Short intro - How did it start for me? Feel free to skip if you don’t like travel (…)