Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Finland.
Why Europe is dismantling its dams, BBC Future (Mar 05, 2024)
- How reindeer help fight climate change, BBC Future (Dec 19, 2023)
- How forest schools boost children's immune systems, BBC Future (Nov 01, 2023)
- The cycle-mad city in Finland that doesn't stop for snow, BBC News (Jan 21, 2023)
- The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance now has 10 core members (Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Greenland, Ireland, Portugal, Quebec, Sweden, Wales, and Washington State), two associate members (California and New Zealand), and five "friends of BOGA" (Chile, Fiji, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg)., beyondoilandgasalliance.org (Nov 16, 2022) — BOGA is an international alliance of governments and stakeholders working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production, led by the governments of Denmark and Costa Rica
- Finnish researchers have installed the world's first fully working "sand battery" which can store green power for months at a time, BBC News (Jul 05, 2022)
2019-2021[edit | edit source]
- Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914, Jul 6, 2021...[1]
The full impact of Finland's UBI experiment is in - improving wellbeing, cognitive confidence, and a sense of personal control, May 5, 2020...[2]
- My country's ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral in 15 years, 2020...[3]
- Finnish Prime Minister Marin calls for a 4-day-week and 6-hour-day for her country, Dec 19, 2019...[4]
- Lahti becomes the European Green Capital in 2021, Jun 24, 2019...[5]
- Finland's result on its UBI experiment: people don't shirk work. And it increases trust, health & wellbeing, Feb 8, 2019...[6]
- The city with no homeless on its streets, Jan 31, 2019...[7]
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2016-2018[edit | edit source]
- Finland: Where second-hand comes first, Nov 8, 2018...[1]
Helsinki unveils plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2035, Mar 21, 2018...[2]
- Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers? Feb 12, 2018...[3]
- A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work, Aditya Chakrabortty, Nov 1, 2017...[4]
- How one city plans to steer residents away from driving, Sep 26, 2017...[5]
- Free Cash in Finland. Must Be Jobless. Dec 17, 2016...[6]
- Helsinki Treats New Bike-Share as Another Form of Public Transit, May 27, 2016...[7]
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2012-2015[edit | edit source]
Finland is considering giving every citizen a basic income, December 5, 2015...[1]
- The Sharing Economy is Booming in Helsinki: Here's Why, October 22, 2015...[2]
- Dinner Under the Helsinki Sky Turns Busy Street into Community Table, September 14, 2015...[3]
- Helsinki Volunteers Reinvent the Public Sauna, September 4, 2015...[4]
- Why Helsinki – a mix of Detroit and Geneva – is one of the most exciting cities in the world, Aug 10, 2015...[5]
- Finnish parliament approves new climate bill that commits to 80% emissions reductions by 2050, March 6, 2015...[6]
- Mobility survey reveals three-quarters of Helsinki journeys are sustainable, January 7, 2015...[7]
- Finland Sets New Goal For Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions, June 11, 2014...[8]
- "Finland is about to start using crowdsourcing to create new laws", September 20, 2012...[9]
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