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Finnish wood works
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Business & innovationSustainability

Finnish wood works

Light, strong, warm and environmentally friendly, wood is making a comeback in construction and popping up in some unexpected applications.

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Living everyday life sustainably in Finland
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Wearing jackets and hats that suggest cool weather, an older woman, two women in their thirties and two young children pose together with a large dog in front of a wooden building.
Life & societySustainability

Living everyday life sustainably in Finland

Knowledge shared is knowledge doubled: We see how one woman’s idea became upcycled into a community information centre.

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For many in Finland, sustainability is the obvious choice
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Life & societySustainability

For many in Finland, sustainability is the obvious choice

Many Finnish people place great value on sustainability, and it shows in the way they choose to live their lives.

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Rethinking Finnish sauna
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Rethinking Finnish sauna

Hidden beyond the building sites of the vast new urban district of Kalasatama lies Helsinki’s best-known secret, Sompasauna.

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Two Finnish musicians describe their country of crazy ideas
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Arts & cultureMusic

Two Finnish musicians describe their country of crazy ideas

Finnish musicians Dalia Stasevska and Lauri Porra are a couple who enjoy breaking musical boundaries.

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Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste
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Business & innovationSustainability

Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste

In “re” life: See how Finnish innovations and companies are contributing to responsibly recycling, replacing, reducing, repurposing and reusing plastic and other materials.

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Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen is raising awareness
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Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen is raising awareness

Fisherman, businessman, actor: In these three roles Jasper Pääkkönen combines his passions and missions.

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Three Finnish companies with solutions that make a cleaner planet
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Business & innovationSustainability

Three Finnish companies with solutions that make a cleaner planet

How can we turn the tide of plastic waste? New, sustainable materials from Finland are taking over some of the functions plastic used to have.

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