On March 12–13, 2025, FoodLoops gathered in Gdańsk, Poland, to learn about actions aimed at reducing food waste and promoting the utilization of biowaste. Participants represented the Municipal Engineering Department of the City of Gdańsk, the Bio and Circular...
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Sustainable Latvian Festivals 2025 Edition
After a successful implementation of the cup deposit system in the Valmiera City Festival in 2024, where a reduction of 29% of the collected waste was reached, Valmiera Municipality Government decided to continue the initiative and implement a reusable cup system in...
Next Liveability Talk at Festival Lampa
Festival LAMPA, Latvia’s open-air democracy and conversation festival, returns this June for its eleventh edition in Cēsis. Since its inception in 2015, LAMPA has become a dynamic platform for civic engagement, open dialogue, and the strengthening of democratic...
BioBoosters Piloting Concludes with Impact
But above all, it was the chance to meet our amazing BioBoosters partners and stakeholders in person that made this trip so meaningful. Together, we’ve: Engaged 246 teams in solving real business challenges Seen 50% of solutions submitted from outside the challenge...
Poland: How OSS Is Making Renovation Smarter in Poland
OSS krk HubRenowacji is the only One Stop Shop of its kind currently operating in Poland, offering an integrated renovation support model for residential buildings. Developed by the South Poland Cleantech Cluster in cooperation with the Association of Municipalities...
Connecting through innovation: NURSECOAST-II at the WOD-KAN Water and Sewage Fair
As part of the conference program, NURSECOAST-II partners Lesław Świerczek and Beata Szatkowska presented on "The Impact of Tourism on the Seasonality of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater and Potential Solutions Based on the Example of a Tourist Settlement in...
Transforming School Food Systems
On May 13–14, 2025, the city of Daugavpils became the heart of an important regional dialogue on sustainable school food systems. The School Food Forum gathered more than 80 participants from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden, bringing together...
Study visit to the Center of Sustainable Life in Tampere
Interreg BSR Programme Conference in Tampere on 21 May included discussion on the added value, durable impact and future of EU Interreg BSR Programme. On Thursday 22 May the Conference participants had the possibility to go for study visits related to Interreg BSR...
Repair and Upcycling festival in Kiel: a vibrant celebration of circular economy
On 10 May our Kiel project partners — Anscharcampus, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Zero Waste Kiel e.V. — hosted an inspiring and energetic Repair & Upcycling Festival, drawing over 750 visitors who came together to embrace sustainable practices and advance the ethos...
Companies in Transition
This spring as we have been building the DistanceLab online hub, we have been going through a significant amout of best practises and external services developed and provided also outside our project. Our online hub is a great platform to share what others have done...









