Making the sustainable development operating model part of the residents' everyday life with the help of regional committees
The regional committees of Kouvola serve as a link between residents, companies, organisations, educational institutions, city authorities and other parties involved. The committees can bring the sustainability perspective to people's everyday lives in a practical manner. The project brainstorms and tries out different ways of promoting sustainable modes of operation by which to increase biodiversity in local nature.
Residential areas and their immediate environment provide opportunities for increasing biodiversity, as they do not have similar profit targets as lands used for production purposes. Preventing biodiversity loss in one's own immediate surroundings is meaningful action that residents can carry out as a community or on their own yard only. It is suited as locally organised communal action. It needs to be supported by information on the degradation of nature, its impacts and obstacles. The project will create an operating model for sustainable development to be used in Kouvola's regional activities.
In collaboration with
- City of Kouvola
Photo: Niina Heikkilä
