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  • Meeting with eco-village co-founders: Satu & Jarkko Mattila
    24 June 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Satu and Jarko Mattila are change agents of the Pirkanmaa region. Together with others, they have created an eco-village where about 30 people live permanently.
    When you start something like that, you obviously enter a fascinating journey because everything is going to be questioned. It’s a life time adventure where you’ll have to re-think the food system, the energy consumption, the quality of the buildings, the dirty waters management, the relationships between the co-founders and the (…)

  • Papu: peek and pop up
    17 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    In Nokia, this week Papu has a Pop Up shop open this week on Friday Sept 20th, 12-19, and Saturday Sept. 21th, klo 10-16. The address is Pirkkalaistori 1. Old models, super discount and great garments to find!
    Papu is a Finnish organic clothing brand. They are sharing openly about their sustainable practices, results and impact.
    You can read their great report here.
    More sustainable fashion brands.

  • Vieraana Henri Murto, maanviljelijä ja yrittäjä
    4 July 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Podcastin aiheena on lähiympäristön ymmärtäminen - maaperän ja ruokajärjestelmän ongelmakohdat.
    Yksi Tampereen Yliopiston Y-kampuksen kestävyysosaamisen projekteista on kestävän kehityksen järjestö (Sustainability and Impact Club of Tampere Universities). Näissä tapahtumissa vastuulliset yrittäjät keskustelevat kestävästä kehityksestä ja sen tulevaisuudesta.
    Tällä kertaa vieraana on Henri Murto, joka on Rekolan organic and biodynamic farm. biodynaamisen tilan ammattipuutarhuri, viljelijä (…)

  • A carbon neutral solar sauna, 100kg of bread and an eco-village
    18 August 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    Solar Fire Concentration is an engineering company created in Tampere in 2012, doing solar thermal development through humanitarian projects with GoSol.solar.
    After years of development, 3 great events happened since the beginning of 2020 and it’s worth sharing here as these last 6 months have been very challenging for SME’s.
    1) In Switzerland, Eerik Wissenz and Urs Riggenbach were invited to a contest by Heuberge Resort last January. Aware that the global warming has already a heavy (…)

  • Forest immersion - 25 min from Tampere
    30 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    If you’re willing to relax in the forest and learn more about natural food, this event is for you.
    It’s on Oct 5th and it all starts at 9:15 am and it’s all about identifying boletus and chanterelles, and also learning how to cook and conserve same during winter time. After a light snack with hot tea, the organizers are offering a moment of mindfulness before walking back.
    Another event, shorter and focused only on mushrooms identification, conservation and cooking is organized on Oct (…)

  • Hinku... what’s that?
    23 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    The city of Ylöjärvi is joining the Hinku network. Citizens are welcome to join, understand what Hinku is and share their ideas.
    Hinku is an umbrella name for carbon neutral cities where public servants, industries, experts and people are working towards CO2 reduction. These cities are committed to reduce their emissions by 80% by 2030. This is achieved by improving the energy efficiency and increase the share of renewable energy.
    It’s happening in Ylöjärvi, in the City Hall, (…)

  • Meeting with Alexandra Santos, a change agent in the start-up eco-system
    26 June 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    Alexandra is based in Finland since 15 years. She’s coming from Portugal and she had to make her way here!
    First involved with Tribe, a great community space for startups that was really missing in town when it was created, she then co-founded Stream Festival. It was a non-profit event organized to bring visibility to early stage startups and to provide to the founders great networking opportunities with peers and investors.
    In winter 2020, she became Chief Operations Officer at Platform (…)

  • Tehdas108: Auta luovaa yhteisöä ratkaisevassa muutoksessa
    31 October 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    TEHDAS 108 eli ystävien kesken "Satakasi", muuttaa ihmistä.
    Nyt tarvitaan ihmisiä muuttamaan Satakasi!
    Olemme historiamme suurimman murroksen edessä. Luovan Keskuksemme kiinteistö on myyty, ja valmistelemme muuttoa. Samalla tulee päätökseensä TEHDAS 108:n yhdeksän vuoden mittainen työ Tehdassaaren elävöittämisen pioneerina. Olemme kuitenkin enemmän kuin vain sijaintimme. Olemme toiminta-ajatus ja kokonainen yhteisö. Tie tähän pisteeseen on vaatinut paljon ja nyt kaipaamme apuasi, jotta (…)

  • A great opportunity to directly support cultural diversity in the region
    31 October 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    By supporting the alternative cultural and social center Tehdas 108 who’s now forced to move out, you have a great opportunity to contribute directly to the relocation of this great project in a new place.
    What is Tehdas 108? Well, in 2012, a group of professionals from arts, culture and well-being decided to live their dream. It happened in Nokia, on Tehdassaari, an island situated 10min from the city in the middle of an industrial area.
    They found a factory of more than 2000m2 and (…)

  • Eco-Impact event: Natural lifestyle
    13 June 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    In Finland, the cottage lifestyle is a beautiful connection with simplicity and nature. It may not be that familiar to foreigners so during this evening we will address that. We’ll also have tips to behave more consciously when we are at the mökki and also learn from community living in beautiful Finnish nature.
    Our guest this week is Tânia Carvalho, from Lisbon, Portugal. She’s living a very natural lifestyle in an eco-village nearby Tampere and she has a lot to share about that!
    "I (…)