INITIUM: “Neighbourhood House”
The INITIUM Foundation is a professional arts and culture production platform that implements sustainable projects to support social, educational, and cultural initiatives in Latvia. In Kauguri, Jurmala, the creative team is working on the Neighbourhood House, an...Banja Media Ltd: Video Pilot: “No, that’s not how you save the world”
Banja Media’s pilot project aims to produce short, humorous yet informative videos on energy saving, the circular economy, and sustainable development. The goal is to inform and inspire viewers to think about what we can do to promote sustainable development and...Tatu Heinämäki & Camilla Pentti: Community Energy Game: “Energy Waster”
In the city of Kotka, a video game will be developed that specifically addresses the issue of energy consumption and encourages its reduction. High school students in the city are developing the game around this theme, with the goal of having it ready by 2025. At that...Duncan Geere: Energy waste and sonification art
Duncan Geere is a sonification artist and generative musician who plans to create a musical composition derived from data collected from different communities about the overnight energy consumption of various objects in their homes. Smart plugs that monitor energy use...Ifö Center: Zero Sum Residency
The closed factory property, managed by the Ifö Center association, covers 43,000 m² and is being repurposed as a site for art manufacturing and more. Ifö Center, located in the small municipality of Bromölla in the Skåne Region of Sweden, aims to transform the...
Reflections and achievements of the Lakes connect project
Photo: Picture awarded in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region competition Introduction and collaborative effort This initiative, a collaborative effort among research units from Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania, has successfully addressed the challenges posed by...
Turning glass fiber waste into high-performance sleds: An interview with Mārtiņš Rubenis
At the Sigulda luge track, we had the unique opportunity to interview Mārtiņš Rubenis, Olympic medalist and Chief of Engineering for the Latvian national luge team, about his use of glass fibre residue in sled manufacturing. Our visit also included a tour of the...
The Baltic: A New Mediterranean?
Imagine the Baltic Sea, once a cool, northern body of water, transformed into a warmer, Mediterranean-like destination. But rising sea levels, increased storm activity, and warmer waters are all potential consequences of climate change. These changes could...