LECO – Local Energy Communities and a pilot in Vuollerim, Jokkmokk
Today, the 11th of November 2020, the EU-project LECO – Local Energy Communities had their final conference. Silva Herrmann, Project Manager at Jokkmokk Municipality presented the LECO toolkit and some examples of useful tools open for everyone to use, including templates for strategic plans and business plans. All the project material can be found here…
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Greennovation Camp 9.9.2020 workshop group 3
Environmentally aware citizen makes sustainable decisions The megatrend cards lead the group to discuss the versatile aspects of arctic bioenergy and megatrends. Concentration of the population in a small number of areas megatrend inspired the group to contemplate the current situation in Northern rural areas. As the population tends to concentrate in a few large…
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Greennovation Camp 9.9.2020 Group 1
Green innovations make rural areas more liveable The groupwork in the Virtual Greennovation Camp 9.9. had some great discussions based on 4 different megatrend cards: 1) longer life expectancy and ageing population 2) decreasing biodiversity 3) AI applications permeate society and 4) belittling VS activism.During the first part of the session the group introduced themselves…
Extra Boost to the Green Economy in Municipalities – Webinar in Finnish Lapland 28.4.2020
COVID-19 shakes the economy with a hard grip. Some companies have completely fallen out of business and practically all sectors have somehow had to adopt to the new situation. Also in the project world COVID-19 has changed the work plans for this spring, but in knowledge intensive work many things can be transferred to virtual…
Sourcing energy wood from forests and recycling it back
Forest felling volumes and the use of wood in energy generation have recently attracted attention at the national level. Besides various carbon sink estimates, it is known that seedling stands and young forests are suffering from lack of tending. In addition, in the large population centres of the south of Finland, subtitutes are being sought…
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