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...
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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...
Cross-Border Cooperation Creates New Opportunities for Birch Sap Business
Extending the Shelf Life of Birch Sap – A New Opportunity for Rural Bio-Business As part of the eRural Resilience project, cross-border cooperation has helped Danish entrepreneur Per Kaasgaard Pedersen, founder of Kaasgaards in Denmark, explore new opportunities to...
Machines and methods – CiNURGi at the Agricultural Machinery Trade Fair in Helsinki
CiNURGi results where well presented thanks to project partner, the Finnish Biocycle and Biogas Association, that had organized both a seminar and a stand at the Innovaatiotori (the Innovation Plaza) at the Trade Fair. Nutrient flows under constant analysis CiNURGi...
New Change(K)now! podcast series
Change(K)now! has launched a new short podcast series, hosted on the Coalition Clean Baltic podcast channel. In three episodes, we explore circular food packaging systems from different angles. The first episode, out now on Spotify, looks at what cities can do to...
BSR HyAirport concludes with successful conference in Riga
On the 14th October 2026, the BSR HyAirport Conference took place in Riga and marked the successful conclusion of the BSR HyAirport project. The final conference, organized by the Latvian project partners and hosted at the University of Latvia in Riga, brought...
From knowledge to action: RegenT partners meet in Lahemaa
The meeting hosted by project partners, the Estonian Rural Tourism Organisation was held at four different venues where local entrepreneurs have been involved in the contributing projects’ development work. This began with a visit to Valgejõe Winery, a pilot company...











