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  • Sustainable Christmas gifts: please re-use
    13 November 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    One of the best thing in Finland are the second hand shops. Name it Fida, Red Cross or small "kirppis" shops in town. These shops are nice and just like any other. Take your time, explore everything and you will for sure find treasures there for your next Christmas gifts!!
    A few events are also interesting if you’d like to buy brand new items made by local creators. The Finnish Handicrafts 2019 Fair is a massive event, very connected to the Finn’s passion for handicraft!! And that’s indeed (…)

  • Beauty and well-being
    12 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    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 (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • Tampere, kaupunki matkalla kohti ympäristöstävällisyyttä
    1 December 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    On totta, että elinolosuhteet Tampereella ovat upeat. Meillä on puhdasta ilmaa, raikasta vettä, ja metsät ovat lähellä. Siitä huolimatta on tehtävä vielä paljon, jotta Tampere olisi kestävän kehityksen kaupunki, jossa hyödynnetään resurssien jakamista, kiertotaloutta, kaupunkipuutarhoja, lähiruokapiirejä sekä keskuksia, joissa jaetaan ekologisia taitoja, kaupunki jossa on tarjolla edullista terveellistä ruokaa, jossa vähennetään jätteiden tuottoa, ja niin edelleen.
    Tällä hetkellä muutoksen (…)

  • Urban Dinner: Waste to taste
    4 June 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Dodo’s first Urban Dinner in Tampere will take place in Nekala 9th June – sign up for the event now! The venue is: Kuoppamäentie 23, FI-33800 Tampere
    How to make a delicious meal from waste food ingredients? 😋
    We will be cooking in Nekala’s waste food kitchen with chef Olli Rinta-Mantila and two apprentices of the kitchen, and the waste food ingredients will be provided by Foodbank, the ev. Luth. church’s center for food aid. As we cook and enjoy our meal, Olli will share his (…)