Hidden Plastic: The Invisible Pollution in Everyday Life
Plastic pollution is not always easy to see. Beyond the obvious bottles, bags, and packaging, hidden plastics lurk in everyday products and environments where you might least expect them. These stealthy plastics—often embedded in materials, coated onto surfaces, or...
Balloons and Confetti: Hidden Threats to Nature
Festive decorations like balloons and confetti may seem harmless, but in the Baltic Sea region, they pose serious environmental risks—especially during outdoor events near coasts and natural areas. According to Danish data, over 460,000 balloons may be released each...
Microplastics Threaten Global Agriculture and Food Security
Microplastics (tiny fragments of plastic) are making their way into our soils—and the impact on agriculture could be devastating. Scientists now estimate that between 4% and 14% of the world’s harvest of staple crops such as wheat, rice, and maize is lost every year...
Zemgale Planning Region Working Group Discusses Green Industrial Development and Climate Initiatives
At present, the Zemgale Planning Region is implementing 29 development projects, most of which are related to the environment, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation. As emphasized by Head of the Development Department, Dace Vilmane, environmental and...
Innovation Coaching Programme
At Hamburg Music, we launched a pilot coaching program to support three music companies in exploring innovation in their businesses. Innovation was defined very broadly: while some companies focused on technological innovation, others concentrated on structural...
Innovation Training Programme – AI@Work
Organized by Hamburg Music, the free training program AI@Work introduced the music industry to practical applications of artificial intelligence. Across four training days with a total of seven compact workshops, experts demonstrated concrete use cases – from...Building Resilience Together: Learning from Finland and Estonia on the role of volunteers in civil protection
Partners of the CREWS project will visit Tallinn and Helsinki from 15–17 September 2025 to learn more about each country’s systems and best practices for cooperation between volunteers and agencies in crisis situations. The study visit will take participants to the...
CREWS Views #1 – Vineta Polatside, CBSS
Vineta Polatside is the Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS). In the CREWS project, the CBSS contributes to developing and reviewing the cooperation model between public authorities and civil society, organises...