The exercise brought together representatives of the City of Warsaw and civil society organisations, including volunteer coordinators from the Warsaw Social Crisis Network. Participants worked through different stages of the simulated flood response, making...
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From pilots to systems: Change(K)now! closes with a call to scale up reuse
On 23 October 2026, the final conference of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project Change(K)now!, Reusable Food Packaging Systems – European Experiences and Solutions, brought together municipalities, businesses, NGOs, researchers and system operators at Gate 21 in...
Biochar can help agriculture meet its climate targets – but getting it onto farmland remains a challenge
Biochar is widely recognised as a promising climate mitigation measure because it can store carbon in a stable form, thereby contributing to long-term COâ‚‚ storage. At the same time, several stakeholders point to potential benefits for soil, nutrients, aquatic...
Change(K)now! podcast series: the final episodes are out
The last two episodes of our podcast series on circular food packaging systems are out now, completing the three-part series. After looking at how cities can reduce single-use food packaging, we turn to events and food markets: two settings where reusable solutions...
A BATS Eye View: Three Years of Collaboration on Year-Round Active Mobility Draws to a Close
Wow, what a journey it has been for the BATS project! In November 2023, a new idea took flight: 12 organisations from seven Baltic Sea Region countries gathered in Hamburg’s borough of Altona to start working out how cities can make walking and cycling safer, more...
Clearing the Way: Lessons on Winter Maintenance for Walking and Cycling
Ask anyone who walks or cycles in winter and they will tell you the same thing: a path is only as good as the last time it was cleared. The Union of Harju County Municipalities (HOL) set out to understand a series of shared questions raised during the BATS project:...
From citizen engagement to resilient heating systems: PlanHeat partners meet in Lithuania
On 20th and 21st October 2026, the project partners of PlanHeat gathered in Kaunas and Alytus, Lithuania, for their fourth Transnational Partner Meeting. Over two days, participants discussed the status of project implementation, exchanged experiences on citizen...
Connecting Local Initiatives and District Administration: Circ@Home at Forum Bezirke
How can circular living become an integral part of our neighbourhoods? On 14 October 2026 this question was at the heart of Forum Bezirke in Hamburg, where the three local Circ@Home partners – Baltic Environmental Forum Germany (BEF), Goldbekhaus and UVM – presented...
Easy Energy Voices
As Easy Energy comes to a close after three years, we asked our partners one question: what positive change has the project brought to your region? Their answers, recorded as short audio clips from Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, keep...
Three years of cooperation in Poland, wrapped up at Stowarzyszenie Otulina Podkrakowska
On 26 October 2026, our project partner Stowarzyszenie Otulina Podkrakowska hosted a closing meeting for the Easy Energy project. Representatives of the Polish municipalities involved came together to look back on three years of joint work. The meeting reviewed the...












