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  • Podcast: Shaking traditions in Finland
    16 April 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    Sepia Agency is happy to initiate a series of podcasts focused on sustainability and impact in Tampere and Pirkanmaa.
    "Shaking traditions in Finland" is an online discussion with Finnish social and impact entrepreneurs happening during Skoll Forum week 2020 #CollectiveStrength
    This discussion gathered around the table entrepreneurs from around the world and based in Finland as part of the Skoll Forum for social and impact entrepreneurs, the Sustainability and Impact Club.
    The Skoll (…)

  • Meet the Good Guys #2
    28 November 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    I’m sure you have noticed that Kombucha beverages are very trendy... why that?
    Kombucha is a bacteria that has been used for thousands of years in all Asia and Russia. It is known for supporting good gut health, which is our "second brain". It’s mixed with flavoured teas or water to create very tasty beverages.
    The Good Guys is a Tampere based brewery focused on a organic, raw, and unpasteurized kombucha. And more than this, they have a strong community spirit and inspire you guys to (…)

  • Tampere’s citizen’s day
    28 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    If you can make it, it’s important to join this event and make your voice count by suggesting more sustainable practices for Tampere and discovering interesting initiatives.
    It’s happening on October 1st, from 3pm to 7pm in Tampere Talo (all information here).
    According to the program page "nearly 60 Tampere-based associations showcase their volunteering and other meaningful activities. The program also features dance, music, magic and a "How I Change the World" discussion between 6 pm (…)

  • Sustainability Open Space, Sustainable Lifestyle
    12 May 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    A message from Robert Stewart Jr: "I am happy to once again invite you to our next and last Sustainability Open Space session of the semester, May 18th, starting at 3 pm.
    With sustainability entering the mainstream, we all begin to wonder, how can we transition to a sustainable lifestyle? How can we make decisions that will create a better future for the next generations?
    In this session, we will focus on the topic of making a sustainable lifestyle. Our friends from the Sustainability (…)

  • Making Sense of Conflicts and Power in Systems Change
    19 September 2021, by Eva Wissenz

    "The Sensemaking meetup is Systems Change Finland’s monthly meetup where we explore topics related to applied Systems Thinking and Complexity with interesting speakers. Instead of being one-sided lectures, our meetups are spaces where participants can also make sense about the topics with each other.
    In September’s meetup on Wednesday 22d, the discussion will be ignited by Paula Rossi who recently finished her doctoral dissertation in the field of administrative sciences titled (…)

  • Stream Festival, it’s all about impact!
    24 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    In a week from now, Stream Festival Tampere is happening.
    This year, everything is focused on impact. We are going to brainstorm, question and define impact all day, start ups are going to network, meet, rise and hopefully take the next steps toward a sustainable future.
    I’m happy to be a speaker at this event at 1pm. I’ll ask you "In what kind of jungle do you want to live?"
    Business as usual won’t help to solve climate change crisis, if not it would be already done. The start-up (…)

  • Impact start-up: join +impact accelerator
    17 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    Business as usual wont help solve climate change if not that would be done already, isn’t?
    Hundreds of impact and social entrepreneurs are currently tackling key challenges in their own country or abroad with new ideas, new spirit, new tech or not, new approaches. In Finland, this movement is starting and it’s great to see that happening finally!
    Stream Festival and Danske Bank have a great partnership for the next Stream Festival. Impact start-ups, if you’re based in Finland you can win (…)

  • Meet Siiri Enoranta: imagining a sustainable future
    2 January 2020, by Eva Wissenz

    This talk is organized by the Sustainability and Impact Club of Tampere Universities with Y-Kampus and the Continuous Learning project.
    What does it mean to write fiction when so many eco-systems are collapsing? How can we imagine a new world? How can we deal with all these new fears? These are some of the questions we’ll screen together with Siiri Enoranta, a young and brilliant Finnish author of fantasy.
    Siiri received the Finlandia Junior price in 2018 as well as numerous rewards. (…)

  • Social Forum
    9 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    The event is organized by Tampereen Sosiaalifoorumi ja Mahdollisuuksien tori and Fingo ry - Suomalaiset kehitysjärjestöt.
    World Social Forums started in Brazil in 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as an attempt to bring in answers to agressive capitalism and neoliberalism. Since them, the event is happening each year.
    Local Social Forums as important as well since they bring together non governmental organizations, advocacy campaigns, and formal and informal social movements seeking (…)

  • 0 waste week
    12 September 2019, by Eva Wissenz

    This week, from Sept. 9th to Sept. 15the, it is 0 waste campaign.
    Check out these strong statements:
    "In Finland only, household food waste is 120-160 million kilograms, 20-25 kilograms per person. The amount of food waste in households corresponds to the annual emissions of 100,000 private cars."
    "Nearly a third of the food produced worldwide, 1.3 billion tons of food produced are thrown away each year. It is estimated that this amount could feed up to one billion people. In addition, (…)