Panevฤลพys encourages active travel to school through a mobility challenge
This autumn, around 4 000 students from ten schools in Panevฤลพys took part in the third edition of โOur School Moves 3.0โ, a sustainable mobility initiative encouraging young people to choose bicycles and scooters for their daily journeys to school. Organised during...
As wind energy grows, so does the need for blade recycling
Standing among the vast wind farms surrounding Piteรฅ, Sweden, it was impossible not to think about the future. While wind energy is playing a key role in the transition to a low-carbon society, another question is becoming increasingly important: what happens to wind...
Rural Symbiosis Study Visit in Sweden: Exploring Industrial Symbiosis in Practice
The Rural Symbiosis project has officially started, bringing together partners and stakeholders to explore how agricultural and forestry by-products can be used more effectively and turned into new opportunities for rural businesses and regions.ย The first Rural...
Mental health is made in every ministry
By รlla-Karin Nurm, Director of the NDPHS Secretariat, Policy Area Health Coordinator, EUSBSR Ask most people where mental health is looked after and they will point to a clinic, a counsellor or a helpline. Those matter. But whether a person stays well or is able to...
International “Interactive Gardens” Project Concludes: New Solutions for Public Outdoor Spaces Created in the Baltic Sea Region
Strategically planned public gardens are not merely an aesthetic urban enhancement – they are a significant resource for residents’ daily well-being, health, and community cohesion. This is demonstrated by the results achieved within the Interreg Baltic...
World Mental Health Day 2026: A poem on listening and being heard
What does it mean to truly hear someone? Not only to listen, but to let what we hear change what we do next. Tomorrow, Saturday 10 October, is World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme, Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change, calls for people with...
The first draft of the energy and climate plan for the municipality of Pornainen is complete!
Pornainen, a small municipality of 5,000 residents in Uusimaa, Finland, is participating in the Enercracy project. Green Net Finland, the Finnish project partner, is developing the first energy and climate plan for Pornainen, which is based on a municipal renewable...
City Blues final event built mutual agreement on stormwater as a resource
The clearest message from the day was that one size does not fit all. Nature-based solutions must respond to each cityโs climate, catchment, available space, existing infrastructure and local needs. However, retrofitting them in dense urban areas remains...