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Category Archives: Environment
New Orleans, Helsinki and Food
Turns out that some of the coolest stuff is happening to connect people to where food comes from—especially in New Orleans and Helsinki. So much so that Richard McCarthy, Board Member of Edible School Yard and (farmers’) Market Umbrella, and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged community garden, Dodo, Helsinki, Kumpula, local food, New Orleans, School Garden, The Edible School Yard
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I Want This Finnish Gadget…
UPDATED JUNE 21ST, 2012 Today I went out into the ‘mud-luscious’ forest of Nuuksio for tree planting with kids and some 17,000,000 other global citizens around the planet on this very day. Organized by ENO (Environment Online), a virtual global … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged ENO, environment online, Nuuksio, pottiputki, RCE, RCE Espoo, tree planting, UNU Regional Centre of Expertise, UPM
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Seven Days a Week in Loviisa with Gardens and so much more…
Newsflash: A tiny café called Tuhannen Tuskan Kahvila (street address: Poikkikuja) with fabulous pulla is open seven days a week in Loviisa! Leena is one hard-working woman. I had her korvapuusti fresh from the oven when we visited her house … Continue reading
Kaamos and Helsingin Energia and 300 Million Euros per Year to the City of Helsinki!
Ah, kaamos time—dark days and darker nights in Finland—a perfect time to learn about generating light and warmth and even cooling on a visit to Helsinki’s underground. The legendary Catacombs of Paris fade into nothing by comparison. US Ambassador Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Embassy News, Environment
Tagged Ambassador Bruce J. Oreck, carbon generation, clean air, cooling systems, district cooling, district heating, energy efficiency, energy security, engineering, heating systems, Helsinki US Ambassador Michael Polt, Kaamos, power production
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Why ‘Artisan Foods’? Why are they important to Finland and to the rest of us?
Over the weekend, I attended two workshops: “Artisan Cider and Perry Making” and “Introduction to Cheese Making”. I’ve been talking to Jarmo Åke, head of Slow Foods Helsinki and teacher at Perho Culinary, about offering similar classes in English here … Continue reading
Delicious Slow Food Fiskars
On this brightest bluebird of an October Saturday, I drove through the lush colors to the Slow Food Fiskars Festival where local food producers, chefs and Slow Food members from all over Finland gathered to celebrate the harvest and to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Life in Finland, Travels, Visits
Tagged Beekeeping, berries, Community Supported Agriculture, Ideas, Innovation, McDonalds, Saskatoon, Slow Food, WalMart
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Åland’s Visionary Hero and His Windmills
Dear All, Henrik Linqvist looks like a giant boy. With crinkly eyes and a ready laugh, his sandy mop of hair looks like Daryl Hannah’s crazy do in ‘Blade Runner.’ He’s apparently about 6’6” when his hair is wet. All … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Holidays, Life in Finland, Travels, Visits
Tagged Åland, Ambassador Bruce J. Oreck, Environment, US Embassy Helsinki
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U.S. Sustainability Experts Hunter Lovins and Gregory Miller: “Finland is needed!”
Speaking to a packed auditorium at a FiBS-Sitra-Embassy event at the American Resource Center on March 9th, corporate sustainability experts Hunter Lovins and Greg Miller explained how the current mental model – that going green is bad for business – … Continue reading
Posted in Embassy News, Environment, Events, Visits
Tagged Environmnet, FiBS, Gregory Miller, Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Sitra, Sustainability
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Hunter Lovins and Gregory Miller to visit Finland March 6-10, 2011
The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and the U.S. Embassy are pleased to welcome to Finland U.S. experts in sustainability and innovation in US companies and schools, Hunter Lovins and Gregory Miller. Their program here will include: discussions at Sitra on … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Visits
Tagged Gregory Miller, Hunter Lovins, Metropolia, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Sitra
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