Fibenol Hackathon: How to turn wood into food?
Fibenol is a biotech innovator driving the chemicals and materials industry towards sustainability. Fibenol produces high quality bioproducts from woody biomass. The portfolio includes natural and low carbon footprint lignin LIGNOVA, cellulosic sugars, and...
Role and value of civil society actors
We make transition! -project cooperates with local authorities, civil society actors and small business to enhance interaction and cooperation for eco-social sustainability. We made a poll that received almost 80 answers from the Baltic Sea region. According to the...
Celebrating International Women’s Day!
As an all-female team of the Lakes Connect project, we would like to thank all the incredible women who are carrying out projects around the world. Their determination, creativity, and dedication make the world a better place. May the strength and passion of...
Cēsis and Saldus successfully completed 1st pilot phase
In Latvia, the municipalities of Cēsis and Saldus are among the Arts-on-Prescription (AoP) programme implementers that sucessfully finalised thier first pilot phase. Each has chosen its own approach: As a continuation of the More Light! project launched in 2022, Cēsis...
Kiel Crowned “BSR Cultural Pearl 2024” for Culture and Resilience Action Plan
On 1 March, the German city of Kiel was honoured as the first of four “BSR Cultural Pearl 2024” awardees, in a ceremony that took place at the city’s Wissenschaftszentrum. This title is part of a CBSS-led project focusing on culture-driven social resilience....
Creating Light in the Dark experiences
An invited panel of destinations and entrepreneurs will ponder the challenges and possibilities of sustainably developing tourism that offers the most benefits to their communities. Speakers: • Pernille Kofod Lydolph – former Director of Destination Bornholm,...
Interactive Lectures with Children in Hamburg
The global production of plastics exceeded 400 million tonnes in 2022. It is estimated that approximately half of the produced plastics are designed for single-use purposes. With Europe being the 4th biggest plastic producer globally, accounting for a total of 58.7...
Mass fish death in the pilot lake call for urgent water treatment
“The lake is full of dead fish!” – such a disturbing message our project team received at the end of February from one of our local stakeholders. This local, who has lived near Lake Velnezers for decades, shared that he had never witnessed such a significant die-off...