Links to ecological information

Sustainable initiatives in art organizations

• Art/Switch
• Eco-seminar
• Frame
• Helsinki Biennial
• HIAP (travel principles)
• IHME Ecoblog
• IHME podcast series: Art, Science, Ecology
• Julie’s Bicycle
• Mustarinda
• Ecological guidelines for the network of the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes

Biodiversity

• Helsinki University faculty of biological and environmental sciences
• The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation’s information about forests, mires and climate action
• Forest biodiversity, Natural Resources Institute Finland
• How to make your forest a conservation area? Metso biodiversity program
• WWF information on tropical rainforests
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Defining forests – On the scientific background to Katie Paterson’s artwork

Baltic Sea conservation

• Baltic Sea conservation tips from John Nurminen Foundation
• Baltic Sea info collected at one website
• Baltic Sea Action Group
• Citizens’ observations (in  Finnish)
• iNaturalist.fi – share your observations
• Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility collects observation knowledge
• IHME interview with Seppo Knuuttila and What is happening in the Baltic Sea?
• IHME interview with Kai Ilves and the Baltic Sea through a fisherman’s eyes
• IHME interview with Jari-Pekka Pääkkönen, Jana Winderen and the Baltic Sea
• IHME interview with Tuomas Mattila, the Baltic sea and the agricultural soil health
• IHME interview with Karen de Jong: Listening to fish

Climate change mitigation

• Climate policy information of the Ministry of the Environment
• Climate measures in the land use sector of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
• Climate Guide
• CO2 data: Emission database for construction materials (Ministry of the Environment)
• 1.5 degree lifestyles of Sitra

Carbon footprint

• Calculate your carbon footprint:
  • Lifestyle calculator of Sitra
  • Climate diet calculator
  • Tapaus: event CO2 calculator
  • Creative Greens calculator of Julie’s Bicycle
  • UN Climate Change emission calculator
• Carbon footprint information:
  • VTT database on travel emissions Lipasto
  • ICAO carbon emissions calculator of (only) CO2 emissions of flight fuel
• Compensation services
  • Compensate
  • More links on the Finnish page