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Creating room for connection: two perspectives on SmartAging
Feeling welcome, making everyday choices and having someone to talk to are essential parts of living well as we grow older. SmartAging brings design, care, research and technology together to explore how living environments can better support these experiences. The...
What does City Blues leave behind for European cities?
Instead of looking for a single solution, the partner cities explored how nature-based stormwater solutions could be adapted to local conditions. Tampere, Aarhus, Malmö, Tartu and Stavanger each worked with a local pilot site, giving the cities an opportunity...
Takeaways from the #2 EnTRA Energy Transtion Talks: Practical paths to energy-efficient buildings
On 14 October 2026, the second EnTRA Energy Transition Talk explored practical ways to improve building energy efficiency. Experts from the Tartu Regional Energy Agency and the Renowave project in Võru shared insights into renovation measures, digital tools and...
NELE IVASK: Community energy helps Estonia cope in crises
Opinion article by Nele Ivask from Tartu Regional Energy Agency. Estonia’s energy security cannot be built only on large power plants, external interconnections and reserve capacity. An important part of it is also the ability of local communities to produce and...
Easy to buy, easy to return: reusable lunch jars in Gdańsk
What if your office lunch came in a glass jar, and you got your deposit back by returning it to the machine? As part of the Change(K)now! project, Gdańsk start-up Venloop tested this in four companies. More than 8 in 10 jars came back. The real obstacles turned out to...
From plans to decisions: How Baltic cities use evidence to improve sustainable urban mobility planning
The harder questions come next: What is changing? Is a measure working? What can the city realistically measure, and how will the results shape its next decision? These questions are especially difficult for smaller municipalities with limited staff and fragmented...
CiNURGi publishes policy recommendations to accelerate nutrient recycling in the Baltic Sea Region
Nutrient recycling offers an opportunity to reduce dependence on imported mineral fertilisers, make better use of valuable resources in organic waste and side streams, and support more sustainable agriculture. Yet, despite the availability of technologies for...
Tour Rural Baltic kick-off, Day 2: Accessibility in action on the sands of Yyteri
The second day took us to Yyteri, one of Pori’s best-known tourism attractions. The three-kilometre sandy beach, extensive dunes and surrounding nature attract hundreds of thousands of visits each year. In 2024, for example, Yyteri recorded around 256,000 visits. At...
Tour Rural Baltic kick-off, Day 1: Farm, regenerative tourism and millions years of geological history
Our aim is to help rural tourism destinations become more accessible, attractive and sustainable by connecting places, people and experiences through active and low-carbon mobility. And what better way to start than by experiencing some of the rural gems of the...