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  • Impact tea time podcast - All about change
    5 May 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    What’s blocking or accelerating change?
    Many think that the covid-19 crisis can also be an accelerator of change towards a more fair and sustainable society. If you’d like to share about this topic, join us for a positive vibes Impact Tea Time at 4pm on Zoom.
    This initiative is open to all and is the last event organized by the Sustainability and Impact Club.
    Here is the podcast of this session for you:
    (Thank you Song Tran for the nice image!)

  • Tampere, a city towards sustainability
    9 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    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 (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • Urban gardening at Hiedanranta Edible Park
    1 May 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Hiedanranta Edible Park hosts open and free garden events from May to October, where the park’s vegetable garden is cultivated. At the events, useful plants are sown and planted, vegetable land is managed and the crop is harvested in the autumn. In order for the crops to grow to harvest maturity, the crop is ONLY distributed at the harvest events, to those present at the time.
    We start the growing season on Monday 3.5. at 5 p.m. We cultivate the arable lands and fertilize them according to (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • 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. (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • Etiikka liiketoimintamallin ytimessä
    19 April 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Tämä artikkeli julkaistiin myös Oxygen 2050 -sivustolla (Helsingissä toimiva yhdistys, joka on erikoistunut vastuullisiin ja kestävän kehityksen yrittäjiin).
    Tämä teksti on saanut inspiraationsa Tampereen yliopiston ja Vastuullinen Johtaminen - tutkimusryhmän järjestämästä Vastuullisen Liiketoiminnan seminaarista, joka järjestettiin 12. maaliskuuta. Työpajan keskustelunaihe oli "Etiikka ja arvot liiketoiminnassa", ja sinne oli kutsuttu seuraavat puhujat: Harviainen, J.T. "Pelien (…)

  • Tutustu Tampereen yliopistojen ja korkeakoulujen
    30 May 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Tutustu Tampereen yliopistojen ja korkeakoulujen kestävän kehityksen hankkeisiin ja opiskelijoiden upeisiin tuotoksiin.
    Yksi Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulun Sustainability and Impact Clubin oppilasprojekteista on tullut päätökseen. Yhteistyö hankkeiden parissa on ollut todella mielenkiintoista, toivottavasti pidätte myös lukemastanne.
    Tuotoksena on syntynyt esim. Ekotuni-käsikirja, joka auttaa ulkomaalaisia opiskelijoita elämään kestävästi Tampereella. Diversity for future on (…)

  • Kohti ekologisempaa joulua!
    7 December 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    Vinkkejä Amanda Pokkilta (Sustainability and impact club)
    Minulle joulu on monen eri asian yhdistelmä; se koostuu perheeni kanssa vietetystä ajasta, joulumusiikista, piparkakkujen leipomisesta, joulukuusen koristelusta, joka jouluklassikoksi kutsumani ”Home Alone” elokuvan katsomisesta kuuman glögin kera. Mutta viime vuosien aikana, kun olen alkanut miettimään enemmän joulun ympäristövaikutuksesta, olen myös huomannut, että siitä on tullut suurta kuluttamisen aikaa. Miksi joulusta on (…)