In the summer of 2020, the City of Tampere monitored biodiversity in the pilot sites of the EU-funded UNaLab project in Hiedanranta, Vuores and Viinikanlahti. […]
Municipality/Region: Finland (74)
Urban green areas are important for both comfort of living and the preservation of species diversity. This has been taken into account in Hiedanranta, Tampere, […]
Erä Eero is company providing wildlife photographing opportunities in Lieksa, Finland. The cottage has no access to electricity grid. In summer 2021 a photovoltaic (PV) […]
On average a Finn flushes 4,5 kg of nitrogen and almost a kilogram of phosphorus per year through WC, and all this with drinkable water. […]
Laitalan lomat is an accommodation and tourism service company hosting about 3000 visitors annually. The company is situated in Valtimo, North-Karelia, Finland. Their water consumption […]
The municipality of Pirkkala was awarded a Hinku award in March. Pirkkala is investing in climate-resilient low-carbon mobility, for example by creating a sustainable mobility […]
Pirkkala aims to set an example for climate resilient life
Hinku Award 3/2019
Ylöjärven Jäähalli Oy (Ylöjärvi ice arena) was awarded a Hinku award in September. Ylöjärvi ice arena is Finland’s first ice stadium with an environmentally friendly, […]
Finland’s first smart technology cooling system at Ylöjärvi ice arena
Hinku Award 9/2019
Promoting and enabling reuse, upcycling and do it yourself – this is what the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre is about. The centre employs 450 […]
Would people become more eager to recycle plastic if they got paid for it? And how well would a deposit scheme for food packaging work? […]