From a recycling pilot project to everyday life
Plastic recycling expanded to the whole campus at the beginning of 2022.
Old hand towels and workwear end up to high fashion
Used textiles turned into prototypes of recycled future clothing collection.
A Blanc – Renovating for a more sustainable campus
The renovation of the Otaniemi shopping centre, originally completed in the 1960s and designed by Alvar Aalto, also paid attention to the building's sustainable development solutions.
NDI Briefing Note: Making climate change visible: Evidence from the Russian Arctic
The latest Northern Dimension Institute Briefing Note presents practical evidence on the impact of climate change on the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The large-scale consequences of global warming are manifested in dangerous climatic phenomena and irreversible natural processes, which is confirmed by statistical data, as well as in the occurrence of many incidents, accidents and catastrophes
NDI Policy Brief 18: Culture must be recognized as a driver of sustainable development
This Policy Brief highlights the potential of culture to create stability and to support sustainability and argues for a new policy which recognizes the importance of culture in the building of the sustainable society of the future.
The Aalto Co-Educators
All Aalto graduates should have the capability to analyse and tackle complex sustainability challenges especially related to their own field, and to grasp opportunities for making a change.
Ten Nonconsumerist Christmas Gifts for Those Who Already Have Everything
This is a list of ten Christmas gift ideas that don’t require purchases of any kind. They work for other occasions as well!
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures aims at demonstrating effective paths to achieving sustainability, social cohesion and peaceful co-existence at a time of rapid change.
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX)
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX) is a joint research project with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research among others.
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI)
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI) is a joint research project between Tampere University, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research.
Green Factory - towards carbon neutral production (GREEF)
The GREEF project is part of Business Finland's Sustainable Manufacturing Finland programme.
Do you see the blue sky? Ponderings on climate poetry
Climate change inspires literature, not only of the nonfictional kind, but also fiction and even poetry. I want to share with you some of my ponderings on a poem that struck a chord with me the first time I read it years ago and that I still keep finding more meanings in every time I come back to it.
Systems Thinking students visiting Longinoja
Systems Thinking 2021 course visited Longinoja, one of the most well-known streams in Finland and a very interesting area in terms of its species and related civic activity. Mikko Jalas, the teacher of the course, now shares this experience with us.
Bioproducts and Biosystems projects featured at Helsinki Design Week, 2019-2021
The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems introduces the public to collaborative research projects through Aalto University's Designs for A Cooler Planet exhibitions, events and talks.
SUB scholars win Business & Society’s 2020 Best Paper Award
SUB scholars Minna Halme, Leena Lankoski and Mika Kuisma have won Business & Society’s 2020 Best Paper Award.
Painting Energies Podcast
Painting Energies is a podcast about light, colour, plants, microbes, and electrical energy. Eleven conversations with invited guests explore their relations, and our relations with them, through dialogue across science, technology, art, and philosophy.
Smart Energy Transition
The Smart Energy Transition project (SET) has examined the impact that the global energy transition is having on Finland.
Aalto University Summer School on Transportation (ASTRA)
An opportunity to learn about innovative and practical approaches to address timely urban mobility challenges worldwide.
Argumenta project: ModerninArvo
Fostering our Modern Heritage. Sustainable Construction, Economic and Technical Perspectives and the Values of Built Heritage.
Suburban Pride - Local environments and architecture as building blocks of identity
The objective of Suburban Pride is to promote sustainable reconstruction of suburban environments by identifying their value factors for the residents and stakeholders. The project examines the mental images associated with the suburbs as well as the suburban architecture and landscape architecture as building blocks of suburban identity.