Designing for mental health at every age: the platform at Poznaล Design Festival 2026
Longevity is usually discussed as a question for medicine and health care. The exhibition โThe Lighthouse of Longevity. Designing a World for Longer, Better Livingโ looks instead at the environments around us. It defines a good long life as more than added years. It...
Cities turning climate ambition into action: Climate Budget Summit in Brussels
How can cities turn climate ambitions into concrete investments and measurable action? This question brought around 50 city leaders, climate experts, researchers and local practitioners together at the Climate Budget Summit in Brussels on 14 October 2026, to exchange...From different realities to a common approach
How can a common approach to regenerative tourism work across destinations with very different starting points? As REDIRECT moves from developing its Toolkit to testing it in practice, experiences from across the partnership are helping answer that question. REDIRECT...
Creating room for connection: two perspectives on SmartAging
Feeling welcome, making everyday choices and having someone to talk to are essential parts of living well as we grow older. SmartAging brings design, care, research and technology together to explore how living environments can better support these experiences. The...
What does City Blues leave behind for European cities?
Instead of looking for a single solution, the partner cities explored how nature-based stormwater solutions could be adapted to local conditions. Tampere, Aarhus, Malmรถ, Tartu and Stavanger each worked with a local pilot site, giving the cities an opportunity...
Takeaways from the #2 EnTRA Energy Transtion Talks: Practical paths to energy-efficient buildings
On 14 October 2026, the second EnTRA Energy Transition Talk explored practical ways to improve building energy efficiency. Experts from the Tartu Regional Energy Agency and the Renowave project in Vรตru shared insights into renovation measures, digital tools and...
NELE IVASK: Community energy helps Estonia cope in crises
Opinion article by Nele Ivask from Tartu Regional Energy Agency.ย Estoniaโs energy security cannot be built only on large power plants, external interconnections and reserve capacity. An important part of it is also the ability of local communities to produce and...