Sustainability - global problems, local solutions

Here are some highlights of the Finnish conference week in Tampere by the project manager Maarit Kostamo and the CFO of the conference, Antti Kilpijärvi, from 29th September to 4th October 2024.  Antti Kilpijärvi:  Monday was the first full day of the conference. The day started at TYK by gathering to a classroom. We got an introduction of the Nordplus program, and the visiting students were given a tour of the school. After that we had some icebreaker activities planned by Finnish students. That way we got to know more about each other so working would be fun and easy. At noon we had a break and ate lunch at the school cafeteria. After lunch a bus took us to the waste management facility of Tarastenjärvi. We learned about what happens to our waste after we throw it out there. The best part of the visit was when we were able to see the claw that mixes the waste and lifts it to the section where it gets burned. Our school day ended after getting back to school from Tarastenjärv...