• Low-carbon cities
  • Socially sustainable cities
  • pilots for social sustainability

A sustainable life for the residents of Riihimäki

Kestävän elämäntavan piirroshahmot: Sipi Siili ja ystävät

The aim of the KERI experiment was to raise awareness among Riihimäki residents on sustainable services and to get city residents to choose these, to form a community that supports a sustainable lifestyle, and to outline the operating model of a goods and items loaning point. The experiment was implemented through meetings, discussion, communication, networking and gathering observations, findings and ideas.

Results

  • Operating model for loaning of goods and items
  • Sustainable services as a list and on a map
  • Guidance on a sustainable lifestyle
  • Story "Sipi Siili's Birthday" and the test "Which sustainable lifestyle character are you?”
  • "Riihimäki for Sustainable Life” Network 

Effects

  • Sustainable services are listed in a visible place, which improves their accessibility.
  • City residents learn about sustainability and learn to make more sustainable choices in everyday life.
  • With the help of the KERI network, the message of a sustainable lifestyle can be widely disseminated.
  • Libraries are expanding their service to loan items.

In collaboration

  • City of Riihimäki
    • Environmental protection
    • Library
    • Recycling Center
  • Ministry of the Environment

See also

Accelerating Sustainable Development - Agenda 2030 Handbook for Municipalities

A handbook was compiled on sustainability management in municipalities. The handbook supports the interpretation and utilisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in cross-sectoral sustainable development at the local level. 

Work on challenge bundles

The aim of the project is to identify and solve joint sustainability challenges of cities, towns and municipalities. The challenge bundles were ‘inclusion and sense of community’, ‘green areas nearby and health’, ‘station districts’, and ‘circular economy and joint use’.