Kuopio 18.3.2025

Snellmania building lobby, and online

9:00 Morning coffee (for 50 first ones)

9:30 Opening of the Event, Sari Rissanen

9:45 – 10:15 Hyvä elämä kriisiytyvässä ajassa, professor Arto O. Salonen (Finnish)

10:15 – 10:30 UEF Kestävän kehityksen edistäjänä, Maiju Eskelinen (Finnish)

10:35 – 11:00 Vastuullisia valintoja ruoan ääressä, Marketta Viljasaari, Compass group (Finnish)

11:00 – 12:00 Lunch break (at your own expense)

12:00 – 12:45 UEF Roundtable: Tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminta kestävyyssiirtymissä (Finnish)

Short Info Sessions:

13:00 – 13:20 Vastuullisuus ja kestävä kehitys yliopistotyössä ja johtamisessa, Satu Tuomainen (Finnish)

13:20 – 13:40 Be human, not work – inhimillisesti kestävää työtä etsimässä, Anne Lehtonen (online, Finnish)

13:40 – 14:00 Research on Finnish Universities sustainability and SusTra doctoral education pilot, Meri Löyttyniemi

• The presentation language will be either Finnish or English, depending on the audience, with slides in English. The Sustainability Transition Doctoral Pilot (SusTra) is a joint project led by UEF, involving 10 universities and 40 doctoral researchers from various fields. In addition to SusTra, Meri will present on sustainability leadership in Finnish universities. She has extensive work experience on the topic from Aalto University and is currently working on a PhD at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics.

14:00 – 14:20 Halting biodiversity loss – approaches in eNaBlS project, Elina Oksanen

• Biodiversity loss is one of the most difficult challenges for the growing human population of the globe and we essentially need transformative change in the society. My presentation is showing the main reasons for biodiversity loss along with the most potential means for mitigation and nature-positive actions.

14:20 – 14:40 Kiertotalous ja sen osaamistarpeet Pohjois-Savon ja Pohjois-Karjalan organisaatioissa, Juha Kinnunen

9:00 – 15:00 Presentation of Sustainability transition from the margins project (Emmi Salmivuori and Anna Mustonen)

9:00 – 15:00 OMPELUSEURAT Repair workshop (environmental specialist Meri Elonheimo, costume designer Jaana Kurttila and performance artist Lasse Forsgren)

• The world is ragged and broken in many ways, but there is also a lot that we can fix ourselves. We can decide that overconsumption will end with us. Learn to take care of what we have.
• In the repair workshop, you can go from the grief of being broken to the joy of repairing – do it yourself and learn how to repair everyday textiles with the help of repair professionals. So, bring a broken piece of clothing, bag, or other fabric to be repaired!  We bring with us sewing machines and other repair supplies, filling materials and repairable clothes from end-of-life textiles, as well as good advice.
• There is a suitable repair method for everyone. Repairs can be made discreetly or visibly, by hand or by machine. In addition, the repair workshop includes an interactive piece of art called Kotimaisema (Home Landscape), where you can enjoy the landscape with retro gadgets.
• Let’s fix what we can. Let’s fix this! Let’s fix this life into a sustainable life.

  In collaboration with Jätekukko, Elävä säätiö, ITAK and Kantti

9:00 – 15:00 Presentation of Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions education and UEF NBS Living Lab (Tiina Ynnilä, Oskari Ylikoski ja Elina Oksanen)

9:00 – 15:00 Presentation of Sustainability education of UEF Center for Continuous Learning, for example Metsien monimuotoisuus -osaamismerkki, Circular economy skill development for working life (CE4ALL), Sustainability Ambassodors and other courses of ReguVa project (Tiina Ynnilä, Tiina Pyrstöjärvi ja Riitta Sutinen)

9:00– 15:00 Presentation of Campus Farming

9:00 – 15:00 Sustainability in education. Presentation of the Sustainable Future minor, the Sustainability Studies Network, Climate University and the Sustainability Transformation Doctoral Training Pilot (SusTra)

During the event, the Globe in Trouble photo exhibition will be on display in the lobby of Snellmania. The exhibition consists of photographs taken by upper secondary school students, through which young people observe the causes and consequences of climate change in their everyday lives.