Juhani Kantola

B.Green is carried out in Tallinn and Helsinki by three project partners – Forum Virium Helsinki, Tallinn Strategic Management Office and Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre. In this series, we’ll introduce the people behind the project. Mette Hiltunen works as a Project Manager at Forum Virium Helsinki and is responsible for B.Green’s communications while also … Read more

Keväällä 2022 B.Green-projekti haki avoimella kokeiluhaulla helppokäyttöistä vehreän kaupunkiympäristön opastusratkaisua Sompasaareen. Forum Virium Helsingin koordinoima B.Green-projekti etsi kokeiltavaksi mobiililaitteella toimivaa alustaa, joka esittelee Sompasaaressa jo toteutettuja tai tulevaisuudessa toteutettavia vihreän infrastruktuurin ratkaisuja ja niihin liittyviä digitaalisia palveluita kaupunkilaisille. B.Green hankkii 1-2 kokeilua, joiden arvo on korkeintaan 20 000 euroa (alv 0%). Valitut kokeilut toteutetaan Sompasaaressa … Read more

B.Green is carried out in Tallinn and Helsinki by three project partners – Forum Virium Helsinki, Tallinn Strategic Management Office and Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre. In this series, we’ll introduce the people behind the project. Silja Peltonen works as a Project Portfolio Manager at lead partner Forum Virium Helsinki and is responsible for the … Read more

B.Green is carried out in Tallinn and Helsinki by three project partners – Forum Virium Helsinki, Tallinn Strategic Management Office and Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre. In this series, we’ll introduce the people behind the project. Piret Kuldna is a Senior Expert working as B.Green’s Project Manager at SEI Tallinn. Piret, tell us a little … Read more

Tallinn Strategic Centre announced the installation competition ‘Place Buzz’ with the aim to enrich the Pollinator Highway with environmentally sensitive public art. Anyone involved in the field of art, architecture or urban studies is welcome to participate. The competition aims at finding innovative location-specific, environmentally sensitive and community-engaging contemporary installations which are art works or … Read more

B.Green is carried out in Tallinn and Helsinki by three project partners – Forum Virium Helsinki, Tallinn Strategic Management Office and Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre. In this series, we’ll introduce the people behind the project. First up is Mai Andresson who coordinates B.Green at Tallinn Strategic Management Office. Mai, what topics are you working … Read more

Game engine technologies used in video games allow planners to model the future of natural environments. These technologies are used in the planning of Kalasatama district. Northern Kalasatama is being planned in a unique way, with the area’s urban planning team being assisted by technical expert Lauri Lemmenlehti from the B.Green project. To help with … Read more

B.Green launched an open call for new solutions to map urban plant life in October. Companies xD Visuals and Granlund were selected by the expert jury to carry out agile pilots in Kalasatama between November and January. Together with the City of Helsinki, B.Green project aims at finding new ways to collect and manage natural … Read more

The Pollinator Highway passes through nine distinctive panel housing areas and train depots, starting from an urban forest area and ending in a garden city, from a species-rich alvar to various industrial areas, all the while connecting Tallinn’s most distant parts to the heart of the city – the total length of the journey is … Read more

How would you map urban plant life? Offer your solution! B.Green project launches an open call seeking innovative solutions to map urban plant life. The call for pilots is open 1 October – 24 October. The piloting costs will be covered up to €10.000 (VAT 0%) for the two best solutions. The maximum total cost … Read more

The Pollinator Highway of Tallinn is the capital’s green habitat. The name ‘Pollinator Highway’ refers to the fact that pollinators such as butterflies, bumblebees and honeybees as well as other animal groups use this natural space to move from one green area to the next. Human beings have an intrinsic need to spend time in … Read more

Sompasaaressa kokeillaan syyskuussa lisättyä todellisuutta hyödyntävää Green Kalasatama -mobiilisovellusta, jonka avulla kaupunkilaiset voivat tutkia rakentamisvaiheessa olevan Loviseholminpuiston suunnitelmaa ja lisätä ympäristöön virtuaalisia puita. Kokeilun tavoitteena on tarjota tietoa alueen ajankohtaisista suunnitelmista ja kutsua asukkaat visioimaan tulevaisuuden kaupunkivihreää. Haemme nyt Kalasataman ja sen lähialueiden asukkaita osallistumaan pilottiin. Kokeiluun voi osallistua kuka vain, mutta alle 13-vuotiailta pyydetään … Read more

B.Green project pilots new digital tools and miniparks for newly built neighbourhoods to support the work of urban planners in Helsinki’s Kalasatama. Kalasatama is one of Helsinki’s new and more densely built residential districts. Solutions for new urban green infrastructure are piloted by B.Green in Kalasatama’s sub-area Sompasaari. “When the city becomes denser, simply designating … Read more

Stakeholder engagement is crucial in sustainable urban planning, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made it challenging, as traditional participatory methods can pose a health risk to those involved. This has raised questions over the extent to which digital tools and platforms can bridge the gap, and what else practitioners need to be aware of when … Read more

Green infrastructure solutions are essential factors in climate change adaptation and reaching carbon neutrality goals in cities. If planned well, they ensure the quality and biodiversity of urban ecosystems and promote residents’ wellbeing. B.Green project (2020-2022) aims to create an innovative data-driven and participatory model to support urban planning and implement green infrastructure solutions widely. … Read more