Sustainable Sweden Tour
– Ecomunicipality, in theory and practice
May 11 – 18
Invitation
We are delighted to share with you the itinerary and program for our open study tour. Register here.
From May 11 to May 18, join us on a wonderful journey around the Northern Sweden. Through study-visits, presentations, workshops and dialogues with local actors, learn more about the eco-municipality concept, in theory and practice.
If you want to know more about our destinations and activities, check our tour program, or contact us at hello@sustainablesweden.org. Join us on this adventure !
Register here until the 5th of April.
DATES |
Location | Program |
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Sat May 11
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Arrival to Stockholm |
Welcome to our Northern tour! Meet your fellow travellers during an introduction dinner at Stockholm |
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Sun May 12
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Stockholm and Luleå – Kalix |
Flight to Luleå in the morning. Bus to Kalix. |
| Mon May 13 |
Kalix
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Visit to The House of Care and learn about social, economic and ecological sustainability. Learn more about how food is connected to local development and food security. Talk about the future with teenagers and listen to the Mayor presenting the ecomunicipality |
| Tue May 14 | Kalix and Övertorneå |
Meet representatives from Ecomunicipalities from all around Sweden, at Sekom’s annual conference. Travel to Övertorneå and the Arctic Circle. Welcome by the Mayor Tomas Mörtberg. Meeting with local people, lead by Torbjörn Lahti, discussing the 40-year history, the “soul” of the first Swedish ecomunicipality and its link to nature and indigenous culture. Meet also prof. John Holmberg, researcher and expert on sustainable pedagogic transission, engaged by eg UNESCO and other international organizations. Involved in Övertornea during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Dinner with Tornedalian delicatessen. |
| Wed May 15 | Övertorneå |
Övertorneå today ! The town manager Anna Andersson describes how the municipality is working with sustainable development. Study visits to the National Resource Library for the minority language Meänkieli. Study visit to “The House of Families”, to learn more about how they tackle social sustainability. Lunch and visit at Utbildning Nord – the key to the Nordic labor market. Study visits about waste management and biodiversity. |
| Thu May 16 | Sundsvall and Hudiksvall |
Travel to Hudiksvall, and stop at Sundsvall for a visit and dinner |
| Fri May 17 | Hudiksvall |
The municipality presents the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) Presentation of how they are working to develop the municipality. Business and municipality are presenting their collaboration on all dimensions of sustainability with some focus on climate change. System thinking, Quadruple helix, Electrification, study visits. |
| Sat May 18 | Stockholm |
The final day of the Northern tour ! Share your experience and say goodbye to the group. Have a safe travel home ! |
The Southern part of the tour is postponed to next year’s tour.
