Karlskrona: New bread shop that with focus on organic bread has opened

Karlskrona has a new bread shop  with locally baked bread on organic flour.

The bread is baked with  sourdough in a new stone oven.

Vist Systrarna Lindqvist Café & Hembageri on Borgmästaregatan 3, Karlskrona.

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Karlskrona: Permaculture lecture and practical walk 21 Jul @18-19

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Ezio Gori (from South Africa) who recently held a lecture on the Sustainability Conference in Mundekulla will come to Skärva and hold a lectures (in English) on Permaculture, followed by a walk in which we view and discuss spots on Skärva. We serve tea at the an appropriate time (before or after the walk). Free participation. Please come at 17 for a simple meal and the opportunity to talk with each other and Ezio.

See Ezios lecture from the conference here: permakultur@bambuser.

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Mundekulla: Sustainability conference 17-18 July

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An international conference with focus on sustainability is for the second year in a row arranged on the course and retreat place Mundekulla (east Småland). During the weekend the followingwill be presented:

-The original Instructions Indianen Medicine Story, 81 år (USA) & Ellika Linden
-Transition Towns, Stephen Hinton (England), author of ”Inventing for the Sustainable Planet”
-Eko filosofi, Tania Rebel (Holland) MD in Ethics, Religion, Society
-Permaculture, Ezio Gori (SA) Sustainable Development Consultant
-Auroville, A Sustainable example etc

Some of the lectures from the conference: permakultur@bambuser.

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Karlskrona: Fair trade shop open again! 24 Jun 9-18

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Finally the Fair trade shop is open again, same hours as before as much as they can. It’s up to the volunteers who work there. Visit them Tue-Fri 14-18 and Sat 11-14. Find them at Blekinge Greenmap.

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Karlskrona: GreenDrinks Wake Up Call! 30 Jun @18:00

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Wake Up Call is coming to GreenDrinks Karlskrona invited by GreenTeens:
We live in a time of impending social and environmental problems. At the same time every third young Swede is unemployed. ‘Wake Up Call’ is working to involve the young generation in the transition to a sustainable society. We do this by encouraging local involvement, global campaigns and social entrepreneurship together with international partners and on their own.

Please join GreenDrinks this time on Café nyfiket in central Karlskrona.

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Blekinge Wellness Festival is looking for participants and sponsors

Sorry, this entry is only available in Svenska.

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EU Biodiversity campaign

The campaign on biodiversity from the European Commission, entitled: ”Today is the sparrow, tomorrow it could be you”. In the film, we see organisms that were dead, get a second chance, and EU Commission calls upon all to act now and make a difference!

But if EU really cares about biodiversity, you might wonder why they approve cultivation of GMO crops that provide the opposite. Read more about GMO and biodiversity. And read more about the campaign Bye bye GMO!

Read more about EU:s campaign here.

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Karlskrona: World Environment Day – 5 Jun @11-20

”Green Sheen Festival”
Location: Hoglandspark (in case of bad weather in Konserthuset)

Program:
11:00 Inaugural speech by Professor Karl-Henrik Robert, BTH
11:30 Panel debate about the environment with local politicians
12:00 Kapten Carlsson’s Mix – Elvis tunes
12:30 Acoustic Mayhem – Folk with elements of Celtic, BTH
13:00 Speech by Henrik Ny, Dr. in sustainable product innovation, BTH ”Sustainability on a Monday morning: What can the individual do?”
13:30 Peter Elmberg- Music with climate connections
14:30 Speech by the Alliance
14:45 Speech by the Opposition
15:00 Anders Härstedt- Blues
15:30 Egefur-Melin Trio – Rockballads
16:00 Speech by the Green Party
16:30 Leo and Band – Pop music
17:00 Chapter Six – Rock pop music
17:30 Anna Bergvall and her star guitarist Per – Anything from Russian folkmusic to hypnotic melodies!
18:00 Finale with Harold Jefta and Swingband!
22:00 Nature Night – se information below!

Whole day: Various organisations show us their vision of a sustainable Karlskrona.  There will also be ecological clothes (from LotusEco) and other products as well as solar panels. Moreover, you can try out an electric bike or electric moped or why not take a free horse and cart ride around the park!

Theme for the day is: How can we create a sustainable Karlskrona from an environmental as well as an aesthetic perspective? The speeches will have differing focus, local as well as global. Some of the music will have an environmental theme as well.

Our aim is to link together Nature and Culture!

Download the program here and please spread it!

Cycling in the summer night!

Saturday 5th of June 22:00 Nature Night

We cycle and listen to all the animals that can be heard in Karlskrona and hope that it will be a calm evening, so we can listen out over the water too. You can’t imagine how nature lives up at night in the city’s vicinity! We will have a food break to look at the moths at Västra Mark.
Start: The old ice skating rink below Annebo. Bring suitable clothing (extra jumper), foodsack and … a bike!
Contact: Conny ”Filip” Philipsson, tel. 812 88.

Also see here for more information about World Environment Day.

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Karlskrona: Green Drinks about eko initiatives in Blekinge 26 May @18

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We will talk about making a project to build public awareness about eko initiatives, this will include a visioning session, brainstorming and forming a project team. The goals of the project will be concrete and simple, complete in one or two months and have a positive impact on the community.

The Green Teens will also say something about their work.

Please join GreenDrinks this time on Café nyfiket in central Karlskrona.

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Karlskrona: Sustainable Living Film Festival Karlskrona 14-16 May @13:15-21

knasustainablefilmfestivalJoin for three days of inspirational environmental/sustainable documentaries from around the world. The films will be showing from 13:15-21:00 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Drop in for one film or stay the whole day. There will also be local speakers introducing the films and discussing sustainability initiatives currently underway in the Karlskrona. The “Karlskrona Sustainable Living Film Festival” film line-up includes documentaries dealing with the subjects of peak oil, mining, food supply, water issues, waste, and corporations. Entrance is free.

More information and you can join the facebook group.

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