Estonia

Main Street project aims to give central Tallinn back to the people

Perspective / After decades of car-centred urban planning in the Tallinn, the city plans to give the centre back to its people and enliven urban culture.

From ceramic swimming pools for snakes to handbags made of seatbelts – a colourful selection of projects by students of sustainable design

Feature / The first group of students of sustainable design at the Estonian Academy of Art, combining sustainable design and entrepreneurship, presented their projects.

Helping tourism enterprises to make sustainable choices

Feature

Tackling the problem of plastic waste in the Baltic Sea

Feature / A new SEI Tallinn project aims to keep litter from urban areas from ending up in the water, where it harms wildlife, water quality, and human health.

Highlighting urban natural treasures in Tallinn and Helsinki

Feature / NATTOURS, a collaboration between SEI Tallinn and the two cities’ municipal governments, will work to develop nature tourism attractions in Tallinn and Helsinki

Q&A: Sulev Nõmmann on trade-offs between wind power and marine protection in Estonia

Feature

Marine trade-offs: Comparing the benefits of off-shore wind farms and marine protected areas

Journal article

Development of the Baltic Power System for the utilisation of the region’s vast renewable energy potential

SEI brief

Comprehensive policy package for decarbonisation of the Estonian electricity production by 2050 (ENFRA)

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