Sustainable life
The everyday choices can be seen as a statement for a desired future. In addition to consumption choices, sustainability can also be promoted through, for example, one's own work or political influence and positions of trust, as well as through participation in civic activities and voluntary work.
Tiny steps towards sustainable life
Everyday life can be made meaningful when one strives to realise oneself, share what one has and promote the common good. Climate change, overconsumption of natural resources, loss of nature and other sustainability problems can be overcome together.
Whether you live in an urban apartment block or are an enthusiastic renovator of a detached house, you can influence the climate and energy consumption with your own actions.
A tactician schedules their electricity use, whilst an automation enthusiast harnesses smart devices to make adjustments on their behalf.
By making smart transport choices, such as cycling instead of driving, you can reduce your carbon footprint, nurture local nature, and maintain your own health as well as the health of others.
Instead of the number of trips, invest in the content of your trip and travel sustainably.
Emissions can also be offset by carbon credits purchased from voluntary carbon market.
A smart consumer pays attention to their purchasing decisions, repairs and maintains the goods they own, and prefers borrowing and sharing.
Wastes are not only the end point of consumption, but also a valuable raw material.
Everyone can contribute to reduction of littering in simple ways. Sort garbage in the bin and collect litter from the environment.
Plastic is a great invention, but it also causes a lot of problems when ending up in the environment.
You can influence the well-being of your local nature in many different ways.
With your own actions, you can reduce water eutrophication, chemical loads, and other impacts of your water use.
At its best, observing the environment can be both a fun leisure activity and an important help to researchers!
Nature gives strength and relief
Ami is 24 years old. She lives in Espoo and has music as her hobby. Local nature has been important for Ami throughout her life. We spoke with Ami on what nature means to her and what should be done for nature.
Other sustainable everyday actions
When Mari Käyhkö changes her sports clothes on, her identity changes from the researcher Mari to the litter walker Mari.
Can you fall in love with a lake? Eeva Ståhle went to look for the lost spring in Viluluoto but ended up finding a lake.
There are dozens of them in Finland. They measure water, ice, or snow levels.
A Finnish food producer works in the midst of an ongoing transition
What is it like to produce food in a country where passions flare and food has become a part of building identity?
