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Lahti is the European Green Capital 2021 as the first city in Finland. The European Green Capital Award (EGCA) is a competition for cities, organised by the European Commission. The title is given to one city at a time for one year for merits in pioneering environmental actions, setting an example for other cities and developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges.
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Lahti is the European Green Capital 2021. The European Commission has chosen Lahti as the European Green Capital 2021 (European Green Capital Award, EGCA) as the first city in Finland. The award is proof of Lahti’s persistent environmental work as Finland’s leading environmental city. The title is annually granted to one city that ...
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Also in 2021, the eastern Finnish city of Lappeenranta, which is smaller than Lahti, has a similar award: the European Green Leaf(see box below). Both the Green Capital and the Green Leaf are bestowed by the European Commission. While the honours serve as excellent yearlong civic showcases for the cities and their communities and indicate appreciat...
We hardly need to remind readers that 2021 has been, to say the least, an unusual year for event organisers. “We have adapted well,” says Milla Bruneau, executive director of the Green Lahti project. “When the pandemic hit we took a very realistic approach, realising that everything needed different scenarios. We haven’t been forced to cancel many ...
Lahti sits on the shores of Vesijärvi (the creative and fittingly descriptive name translates to “water lake,” and lahtiitself means “bay”). One of the city’s prime environmental credentials is the impressive transformation of the lake, starting in the 1970s and ’80s, from one of northern Europe’s most polluted waterways to one of its cleanest, thr...
Practically all of Lahti’s household waste is separated and recycled, while City eBikes and eScooters will supplement the transport system in the coming months. Even the esteemed Lahti Symphony Orchestra has committed to carbon neutrality, identifying areas for emission reductions: transportation; energy consumption; clean technology in light and s...
The Journey to Finland’s leading green city. Fifty years ago, Lahti decided to clean its own lake, the then severely polluted Lake Vesijärvi. This marked the beginning of a long-term effort and the city’s growth into an international environmental city. The Lake Vesijärvi project is a tangible example of how caring for the ...
Lahti is the first major city in Finland to become carbon-neutral, and the new Green Capital will achieve the goal by 2025. Lahti is also the first city in the world that has a personal carbon trading system for local residents. Lahti’s circular economy innovations, water protection initiatives and participatory land use planning models have ...
The journey of Lahti towards becoming a Green Capital started with the conservation of Lake Vesijärvi. The Vesijärvi I project was the largest restoration of a food web in the world: more than one million kilos of roach was removed from the Enonselkä Basin in the lake and over one million young zanders were planted into the lake; as a result, blue algae blooms decreased significantly.
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mental change process for a city. Green Capital 2021 is a pioneering project for Lahti city, which has evolved from its deprived past to its current status of a sus. ainability role model for Europe.This major societal change we are experiencing is an opportunity to change the growth and development model.
