Tag: sustainable development

• ReLive – working together for circular agriculture

  

  Let’s discuss the many ways the global research project ReLive is looking to make farming more sustainable. Introduction It all started with professor Bruce Osborne from University College Dublin getting together with his colleagues Ibrahim Khalil, Cor Jacobs, and Bart Kruijt to discuss their common research interest in mitigating GHG emissions associated with agricultural activities.…

• Unlocking sustainability with transparency

  

  TalTech’s open-source GHG tool developed in collaboration with Avoin ry Businesses are increasingly recognizing the importance of sustainability and the need to reduce their carbon footprint. While larger corporations often have the resources to invest in understanding and calculating their net impact, it’s equally vital for small and mid-sized companies to take meaningful steps toward…

• Reliving the future

  

  A retrospective approach to sustainable farming Reintegrating land and livestock (Relive) is a transnational project researching mixed farms, especially concerning greenhouse gas emissions and circularity. In the project, mixed farms refer to the integration of crops and livestock. Reintegration highlights how mixed farms were the norm in the past. Relive allows mixed farms to be explored…

• Building digital tools for sustainable forest management

  

  Here´s a sneak peek into the development process of the forestry layer of Avoin Map, the virtual mapping tool for sustainable development. Sustainable forest management is not easy — but digital tools can make it a little easier. Avoin, a not-for-profit organization focusing on digital tools for sustainable development, has developed its virtual mapping tool Avoin…

• The True Green Evolution — imagining the future of agriculture

  

  Now it´s the time to ensure there is enough food for the generations to come. As a dancer, I like the word agriculture because it includes the word “culture” in it. This is not too far from the truth: the development of immaterial culture was indeed accelerated by the invention of agriculture around 12,000 years…

• The 5 carrots 

  

  Learnings after leaving my career to save the world Taking part in the ongoing Great Resignation  —  the trend where employees voluntarily resign in mass  —  I left my game industry job in Fall 2021 to pursue greater personal meaning: Societal change. In pursuing a more meaningful life, I forwarded plant-based initiatives, co-founded a non-profit…

• Reducing the environmental impact of peatland agriculture

  

  “In the beginning, there were the swamp, the hoe — and Jussi”, says Finnish author Väinö Linna. But what comes next? This blog post and related article (in Finnish, behind a paywall) were produced as a part of the Makera-fund-supported OMAIHKA-project “Climate change mitigation in organic soils on cattle farms” coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE).…

• Saving the Baltic Sea — one field at a time

  

  Who knew mapping agricultural practices might help protect the porpoises? As a Finn, I have had the opportunity to grow by the Baltic Sea. This globally unique marine area is low in salinity, comparatively shallow and home to many rare, protected, and adorable mammals such as the harbor porpoise and the Baltic ringed seal. Unfortunately,…

• In the open — making environmental data easy to use

  

  Today´s technology makes it easy to send a message or even gifs and videos with our phones. We can navigate maps and purchase pretty much anything online. With these everyday activities made so easy, why is it still so difficult to easily attain environmental data? Avoin is a not-for-profit organization that strives to make work…

• The mission that will bring us all together

  

  Seeing Aurora Borealis will ignite anyone´s passion for sustainable development. I saw the northern lights for the first time in my life this Friday. In the place where I am currently living, Southern Finland, the phenomenon is not very common, and so we spent a good 30 minutes outside gazing at the slowly dancing drapes…