Green Islands
The main goal of the project of Green Islands is to improve the environmental conditions in the Baltic region. The project aims at achieving ‘greener' islands by mapping, analyzing and evaluating waste, energy and water management together with greenhouse gas footprint, and ecosystem services provided and utilised on islands in Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. The evaluation will be a platform on which to base environmental plans and potential investments in the areas.
Islands are naturally limited areas where the idea of self sufficiency and sustainability are historical but a renewed implementation is direly needed. The environmental problems of the Baltic on the other hand concern all Baltic countries but many solutions need to be made locally. The archipelago islands can, if the right action plan is implemented, be a leading region when it comes to local solutions to Baltic-wide problems and set an example for a sustainable lifestyle.
The project engages all levels of infrastructure and has geographical spread and heterogeneity in the types of islands involved. The variety of partners involved ensures the anchoring at grass root level while having a professional implementation. We are putting effort into feedback to the stakeholder groups via meetings, our homepage, and printed material. There will be seminars on targeted subjects open for all. Press releases and spreading the information to media through the official web site is also part of the project. The information will also be spread through media and websites from all participating partners. All mapping information will be publicly available via a web based GIS-portal. The portal provides analyses and suggestions for others interested in making their island green. Resulting environmental plans form the base for long term development and investments, and a potential certification system.
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Work Packages
Work Package 1
The overall project management, administration and coordination of steering group meetings. The project manager is situated in Sweden.
Work Package 2
Spreading information to stakeholders and media, finding lecturers and coordinating the public seminars based on stakeholder interests, the development and maintaining of the homepage, making uniform layouts for all information material, and making a mobile exposition to visit all member areas. The person responsible for WP2 is situated in Sweden.
Work Package 3
The mapping of ecosystem services provided and utilised on the islands, and making the greenhouse gas footprint calculations per island, database management, and building the GIS-portal. The person responsible for WP3 is situated at Aronia research institute in Finland.
Work Package 4
The mapping of waste, water and energy, developing methods and making relevant analyses. Each partner has a WP4 project leader and they work as a team. The pilot investments, consulting work for future investments and their financing is included in WP4. National stakeholder meetings and seminars are organised in WP4.
