In 2019, Lappeenranta drew up a master plan for a meadow network to increase the biodiversity of the urban environment by converting grass areas into […]
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A few years ago, Lappeenranta launched a meadow network project aimed at saving on maintenance costs, utilising excavated soil, reducing the carbon footprint and increasing […]
Lappeenranta has been doing climate and environmental work for years but, as in many other municipalities, less effort has been put into protecting biodiversity. However, […]
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. […]
In the early 2000s, a nature-based stormwater system was built in the residential area of Vuores in Tampere, which was groundbreaking in many ways. The […]
Himalayan balsam, classified as an invasive introduced species, spread widely across the Vehkalampi park in Jyväskylä after the area was thinned. However, the area is […]
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, […]
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, […]