Annual Report 2016

by | Jan 11, 2018 | Foundation News, Projects, Uncategorised

2016 was a busy and successful year. We started our funding activities with 6 projects that already cover 3 Baltic Sea states, namely Russia, Sweden and Poland, and began building up valuable networks. We also reached our first milestone by completing a project. You...

Field visit to Estonia

by | Dec 19, 2017 | Foundation News, Projects, Uncategorised

The year has almost ended, but before 2018 starts off with newly received concepts and approved projects, managing director Peter Torkler still visited potential project regions in the Eastern part of Estonia. The Baltic state has a wide range of biodiversity and is...

International conference “Sustainable Development Goals: To Raise Public Awareness in Building Sustainable Communities around the Baltic Sea” in Latvia

by | Oct 26, 2017 | Foundation News, Projects, Uncategorised

From 26 to 27 September 2017 managing director Peter Torkler participated in the international conference “Sustainable Development Goals: To Raise Public Awareness in Building Sustainable Communities around the Baltic Sea” in Jūrmala, Latvia. The event was a joint...

Installation of the first pilot ecological dry toilet on the Gulf of Finland as part of the project “Local, small-scale solutions to reduce nutrient load into the Baltic Sea”

by | Sep 28, 2017 | Foundation News, Projects, Uncategorised

On 9th September 2017, the first ecological dry toilet with composting was created in the gardening community Fauna, situated in the Lomonosov district of the Leningrad region along the Black River basin. This forms part of Ecocentrum’s project on reducing nutrient...