Towards circular packaging at events
How festivals can reduce waste Summer is festival season all over Europe. People gather to enjoy music, food, and fun in parks, city squares, and other public spaces. But when the fun is over, what’s often left behind? Piles of single-use cups, plates, and food...
Recycling municipal wastewater for irrigating green spaces
In the City of Kalmar in south-eastern Sweden, treated wastewater effluent originating from a municipal wastewater treatment plant is disinfected by further filtration and UV light treatment and then used to water green spaces. The process: treated wastewater is...
Let it flow
“I use recycled water for irrigation” – the words are written in big letters on a tanker trailer pulled by a tractor as it bumps along through the city of Kalmar on the south-east coast of Sweden in June 2024. The trailer is on its way to a green area...
Everything on the table
It’s mid-January – a time of year when drought and water scarcity still feel like distant problems for many people in Central and Northern Europe. But not on this Thursday morning at the Renaissance Hotel in Brussels. Once again, several now well-known...KidsLikeUs Project Connects Creativity and the Power of Nature to Support Children
The KidsLikeUs project is making significant steps in supporting children’s well-being by combining creativity and the benefits of nature. The initiative, being part of the broader Interreg BSR Programme, focuses on developing innovative solutions that help children...
Discussing the Future of Water: TRUST ALUM at LAMPA Conversation Festival
On June 20, the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LHEI) took part in Sarunu festivāls LAMPA – Latvia’s largest open-air platform for dialogue and civic engagement. For two days, water was not just a topic, but a stage – literally – as LHEI hosted...
Sharing Solutions for Cleaner Waters: TRUST ALUM at Nordic Hydrology Conference 2025
From 3–5 June, Barbara Massalska-Duszczyk represented the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology at the Nordic Hydrology Conference 2025 in Reykjavík, Iceland. The conference, held every two years, is a vital platform for the Nordic and Baltic hydrological community to...
TRUST ALUM at the Heart of Interreg’s Magic in Tampere
From May 20–22, the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, represented by Barbara Massalska-Duszczyk, and our Swedish partner Vattenresurs, represented by Julie Garrison, took part in the inspiring Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference in Tampere, Finland....