Project story. From Copenhagen to Riga: design quality in circular ideas
Alฤซna Beitane is one of the project participants from Riga, who travelled to the design festival 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen as part of a Creative Circular Cities study trip. With a background in architecture and a strong interest in sustainable solutions, she...
Sลowiลski National Park Wetlands (Poland)
Polders are low-lying area surrounded by embankments that can temporarily store water during periods of high flows. Photo: Sลowiลski Biopshere Reserve Key Focus Water retention, flood protection, biodiversity enhancement, and nutrient capture through...
Insights from across the region: a new article series on mental health
The BSR Mental Health Platform has started a new article series,ย BSR Mental Health Insights. Each edition brings forward one voice from the region and one idea worth pausing on, drawn from the people working on mental health promotion, prevention and support across...
๐ธ PestSpace on Tour: Behind the Scenes in Latvia
For the final chapter of our PestSpace on Tour series, we visited the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) in Jelgava. It was a great opportunity to meet the people behind the research and see where the work happens – from the...
Facetten shows what it takes to turn a promising site into an energy community
Theย Facettenย pilot inย ร tvidabergย began with ambition and a practical municipal interest.ย ร tvidabergย Municipality had a long history of working with climate and energy projects, andย StartSunย offered an opportunity to connect that experience with something concrete:...
BSR HyAirport partners meet in Kiruna to prepare for the projectโs final phase
In early September 2026, the partners of the BSR HyAirport project gathered in Kiruna, Sweden, for a partnership meeting hosted by Swedavia. With less than two months remaining until the end of the project, the meeting focused on reviewing progress and preparing for...
Follow the BSR Mental Health Platform on Instagram
The BSR Mental Health Platform has opened an Instagram account. You can find it at @mentalhealthbsr. The platform brings together the results of a number of projects working on mental health across the Baltic Sea Region, and much of that work is easier to show than to...
Marttila shows why energy communities start with calculations, not solar panels
The idea of exploring an energy community in Marttila did not begin with a broad wish to do something greener or more innovative. It grew out of a practical need to understand how a typical Finnish housing company couldย moderniseย its energy system, reduce long-term...