Sustainable Pirkanmaa

Articles

• 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 (…)

• Welcome to Ekothon 2!
  29 October 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  Ekothon is meant for everyone! We particularly encourage people interested in sustainable development and working across disciplines and sectors in society. Maybe you have some of the skills/experience needed by the projects (see project descriptions), or maybe you are an innovative and imaginative person who would simply like to get involved. We would love municipal planners, politicians, artists, academics, entrepreneurs, activists and local business representatives to get involved!
  Join (…)

• Ekothon: we’re part of the solution
  18 August 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  The Pirkanmaa region is organizing an Ekothon in October and if you’re interested you’d better register by Sept. 18th (limited spots).
  What’s an Ekothon? It’s an "online collaborative hackthon-type event to steer Pirkanmaa towards ecological and social transition. The event is open to everyone, from the small business owner to the politician, from the artist to the scientist, from the farmer to the town planner."
  Our Pirkanmaa region has many sustainable solutions and ideas to make the (…)

• 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 (…)

• Permaculture day in Vesilahti
  18 August 2020, by Eva Wissenz

  Permaculture is "a holistic approach to systems design, grounded in three ethic principles (care for the land, care for people, and fair share), based on mimicking natural systems.*" In this approach, energy resources and human intervention are limited as much as possible.
  The word "perma(nent)culture" was created in 1978 by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, based on the experiment of Mr Fukuoka with natural farming.
  Every natural approach is interesting and there is sooooo much to learn (…)

• Tohinapäivä Lempällässa (Ilmastosoturit)
  6 October 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  "Ilmastosotureilla oli keskiviikkona 6.10. varsinainen #tohinapäivä! Emme osallistuneet koulun normiarkeen vaan keskityimme edesauttamaan niitä lukuisia Soturiprojekteja, joita on tämän lukukauden aikana kertynyt “rästiin” ja paljon saimmekin aikaan! Töitä tehtiin urakalla ja hyvällä fiiliksellä ja tekemisen ilo oli silminnähtävää.
  Päivään osallistui lähes neljäkymmentä Soturia. Ryhmä oli jaettu tehtävärasteille, erilaisia rasteja oli neljä: #Vaikuttaminen #Soturitaide #Kouluvierailut ja (…)

• Papu Warehouse Pop Up in Nokia
  29 September 2021, by Eva Wissenz

  Papu is a nice Finnish brand creating sustainable fashion. In this pop up event you’ll find novelties and classics, model pieces, 2-quality products and the latest songs from previous collections at an affordable price.
  The pop up is happening this Friday (12-19) and Saturday (10-16) in Nokia at Nokianvaltatie 25 B. The entrance is from the Nokia Highway side through the courtyard. The nearest car parks can be found at Nokia Train Station. The visit to the pop up space is through narrow (…)

• 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 (…)

• 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.

• Visiting Kurki ecovillage
  9 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

  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 (…)