By Ülla-Karin Nurm, Director of the NDPHS Secretariat, Policy Area Health Coordinator, EUSBSR Ask most people where mental health is looked after and they will point to a clinic, a counsellor or a helpline. Those matter. But whether a person stays well or is able to...
Strategically planned public gardens are not merely an aesthetic urban enhancement - they are a significant resource for residents' daily well-being, health, and community cohesion. This is demonstrated by the results achieved within the Interreg Baltic Sea Region...
What does it mean to truly hear someone? Not only to listen, but to let what we hear change what we do next. Tomorrow, Saturday 10 October, is World Mental Health Day. This year's theme, Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change, calls for people with lived...
Pornainen, a small municipality of 5,000 residents in Uusimaa, Finland, is participating in the Enercracy project. Green Net Finland, the Finnish project partner, is developing the first energy and climate plan for Pornainen, which is based on a municipal renewable...
The clearest message from the day was that one size does not fit all. Nature-based solutions must respond to each city’s climate, catchment, available space, existing infrastructure and local needs. However, retrofitting them in dense urban areas remains...
How can cities make circularity part of everyday life? This was the central question at “Creative Cities, Circular Futures”, the final conference of the Creative Circular Cities (CCC) project, held in Kiel on 29–30 September. Bringing together project partners,...
🏆 Meet Pure Garden – winner of the international e-Bio Business Award 2026! In 2026, Pure Garden was selected as the winner of the e-Bio Business Award 2026, an international competition organised within the eRural Resilience project. 🎥 Pure Garden is a Finnish...
What makes an energy community financially sustainable? The answer is not only in numbers. At a StartSun conference panel discussion, Inka Leppänen from Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Johanna Liljenfeldt from Uppsala University, and Nele Ivask and Marten...
How can municipalities put sustainable public procurement into practice? What tools and approaches can help them reduce harmful substances, address climate impacts and promote circularity in their procurement decisions? To explore these questions, the ChemClimCircle-2...
Why Symbioter? Across the Baltic Sea region, municipalities and water utilities are already facing the effects of a changing climate: longer droughts, heavier storms, and growing pressure on freshwater supplies. The challenges are multiplying, but the good news...
