Front page News News Finns’ relationship to nature has strengthened Finns’ relationship to nature has strengthened 12.8.2020 MDI conducted a Nature Relations Barometer survey for the Ministry of the Environment and the Finnish Environment Institute. The survey examined Finns’ relationship with nature, with the safeguarding of its diversity and how responsibilities should be divided between different parties (citizens, the state, municipal authorities, landowners). The survey was conducted in June 2020 and was answered by a total of 1 013 people. As the survey was conducted during the corona pandemic it also asked about the effects of corona on peoples’ relationship to nature. 57% of respondents said they had increased their mobility in nature. The last time a similar survey was conducted was June 2018. Nature is either ‘important’ or ‘very important’ to 80% of Finns. The most important nature areas for Finns are the green areas and parks near home. Generally speaking, people utilise these nature-based spaces to relax or exercise. Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design News 5.4.2023 Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith Kirsi Siltanen Laura Väliniemi Implicit norms and structural disadvantages derive from previous innovation policies and therefore policies need to be redesigned. Read more Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design
A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme News 12.1.2023 AGDA is a Nordic development project funded by the Nordic Gender Equality Fund (NIKK). The project focuses on the opportunities that a greater focus on diversity and inclusion could create in the RDI-field, particularly in respect of green transition. Read more A sustainable green transition is achieved by investing in the diversity of RDI activities – the AGDA project continues to work on this theme
MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities News 12.10.2022 The challenge bundle work is the cross-cutting co-development of the “Sustainable City” programme, co-ordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of producing and sharing information, knowledge and solutions to the challenges linking cities’ management and practice in the area of leading work towards sustainability. The work produces concrete development measures, new ways of doing things and peer learning. Read more MDI leads the co-creative process of developing, piloting and sharing practices for wellbeing in Sustainable Cities
