Upcoming activities at our Learning Sites

Hands-on Engagement

Project partners are planning a range of hands-on activities — such as field visits, workshops, public events, and educational sessions — that connect people with nature and demonstrate nature-based solutions in action.

We collaborate with local stakeholders — farmers, teachers, municipalities, landowners, and more — to ensure the activities are meaningful, relevant, and support long-term engagement.

These activities are being tested and refined throughout the project and will inform the final project output.

Types of Activities

The learning site program includes five main categories:

1. Workshops & Seminars – for learning and exchange
2. Site Visits & Excursions – see restoration in action
3. Events – engage the public and mark milestones
4. Citizen Science – everyone can help monitor nature
5. Educational Programs – connecting schools and universities with ecosystems

Examples from the Learning sites

• Snorkeling tours at the stone reef – Participants learn about the ecological function of the reef and its restoration through immersive, guided snorkeling trips.
• Restore a stream – join local workshops that blend ecological theory with hands-on tasks like adding spawning gravel, placing dead wood, and rewilding side channels
• Workshops on wetland management – Practical workshops covering restoration techniques and the value of nature-based solutions in agriculture and climate adaptation.
• Public BioBlitz – A biodiversity survey open to all, where participants help catalogue flora and fauna over a set time period
• Take part in public sessions highlighting eelgrass-saving actions and marine biodiversity
• Water quality and ecosystem monitoring for science students – Data-driven fieldwork in restored wetland areas
• University camps – Multi-day educational programs with practical and theoretical components.
• Beach hike to explore shoreline biodiversity – Educational hike showing coastal structures (rocky areas, sandy bottoms, vegetation) and discussing the ecological role of stone reefs and structural variation in the coastal zone.
• Reed cutting and birdwatching tower demonstration – Landowners, residents, and other local stakeholders will be invited to follow wetland restoration actions

Why It Matters

These activities are helping us learn how to use nature to protect nature – and how to bring more people into that process.

They will inspire action and build real-world knowledge about how nature-based solutions can help restore the Baltic Sea. Through hands-on activities, collaboration, and education, the sites promote practical learning and long-term impact.

Learn more in our report Deliverable 1.2 – Program for NBS Learning Site Activities.

Programme Manual Online

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