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Sustainable Entrepreneurship programme aims to educate next generation of sustainable business leaders

Sustainable entrepreneurs are visionaries focused on creating profitable businesses that benefit society and the environment
Studies
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Opiskelijat kannettavien tietokoneiden äärellä. Kuva: Ari Toivonen

The world's and Finland's biggest sustainability science events under the same roof next year

University of Helsinki and Aalto University are participating in organizing a major international conference on sustainability sciences in June 2024. The event organized in Helsinki and Espoo combines the international SRI congress and Sustainability Science Days.
Press releases
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SSD posters

Invisible: From a mini-sized supersensor to a forgotten building material - the exhibition will make the invisible visible

See the future in a whole new way at the Designs for a Cooler Planet festival this September. The theme, "Invisible," encourages us to look beyond the surface and consider what lies beneath.
Campus, Research & Art
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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 hero image. Graphic design Veera Kemppainen.

Towards social sustainability at Aalto

The concept of social sustainability was discussed by Aalto community in the Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event of the Earth Hour Week 2023.
Campus
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Suvi Helko and Tiina Pylkkönen from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing at the Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event

What should decision-makers know about green hydrogen?

How can green hydrogen help make the world a better place, and how can Finland encourage its development and uptake? We’ve compiled a concise information package on green hydrogen for decision-makers.
Research & Art
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Vihreitä lehtiä ajelehtii vedessä (kuvituskuva)

From periphery to business core

Sustainability was an unusual, if not odd, research topic in business schools in the early 1990s. The most radical changes are, however, yet to come, says Professor Minna Halme.
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art
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Aalto Sustainability Days 2018 Panel discussion at Otaniemi. Photo by Heidi Konttinen

The world’s lightest revolution

Green hydrogen promises to turn Europe into an energy heavyweight, make traffic emission-free and replace carbon in steel manufacturing. But can it actually deliver – and how?
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvituskuva

63 energy guzzlers - tips from the community helped to save energy on the campus

The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign
Campus, University
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Kuva ihmisestä kävelemässä kampuksella

Solve the SDGs returns — now on two continents

Join the sustainability hackathon by AVP and Junction, organized simultaneously in Finland, Uganda and Tanzania on 31.3.–2.4.
Campus, Cooperation, Studies
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Vibrant purple and red colored banner with a decorative logo for 'Solve the SDGs'.  The tagline reads 'Work together for a better tomorrrow'.

Urban Goodcamp Helsinki began on January 16th with four sustainability urban challenges

At its core, the Erasmus+ project Urban GoodCamp creates opportunities for universities and local organisations to collaborate on tackling pressing urban challenges.
University
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UCAMP

Big savings in campus' energy consumption

Aalto community took up energy conservation measures covering the entire Otaniemi campus on 10 October 2022.
Campus
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Aalto University's main campus in the winter

Fusion energy will save our future? True or false: Five claims about fusion power

A breakthrough in fusion energy production was achieved last week when, for the first time ever, the fusion reactions in a small fuel pellet yielded more energy than the pellet had absorbed. We asked our researchers, Taina Kurki-Suonio and Eero Hirvijoki, about five claims related to fusion.
Research & Art
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Nano cryostat

Promising results for the impacts of the energy saving campaign are available

The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign. The first results of the energy saving measures are now available.
Campus, University
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Snowy trees on both sides of a snow covered foot path.

Aalto Works energy solution awarded as Energy Genius of the Year 2022

The solution is based on connecting local production and the district heating system, as well as low heat and cold networks
Awards and Recognition, Campus, University
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Havainnekuva Aalto University Works -korttelista

Local organisations join Aalto University's Urban GoodCamp as project partners

Five organisations from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area's public and private sector are joining the Erasmus+ Urban Goodcamp project, providing challenges and mentoring to the students participating in the programme. The project Urban GoodCamp aims to tackle pressing urban challenges through multidisciplinary programmes for students, researchers, and life-long learners.
Cooperation, University
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Local partner organizations joining UCAMP

Finland’s top sustainability reports are of high quality

Stora Enso won the overall competition for the third time
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition
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Kestävyysraportointikilpailun 2022 voittajat

Good variety of ideas and questions about energy saving from the Aalto community

Our experts answer questions from the Aalto community
Campus, University
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Three light fixtures lit up on the ceiling of a structure, looks like three beige stripes on a black background, going across from left down corner to right upper corner.

Lignin nanoparticles: A sustainable recipe for combining cellulose with hydrophobic polymers for advanced applications

The Bioproduct Chemistry team at Aalto University have designed a sustainable method to produce strong and flexible cellulosic films that incredibly maintain their strength even when wet.
Press releases
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Sinisiin muovihanskoihin puetut kädet taivuttavat ruskeaa kalvoa, jonka päällä on vesipisara.

Closing the university campus would be the most effective energy action? True or false: eight claims about saving energy

We found out answers to eight claims about saving energy
Campus, University
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Students at the campus