Muutaman viikon tässä ehtikin jo nauttia talvikeleistä ennen kuin luonto näköjään päätti, että nyt saa riittää ja kaatoi lisää marraskuista vesisadetta kehiin. Well, we did manage to get out on our Nordic skates a couple of times already, and that resulted in the following ‘documentary’ videos (be sure to turn on the sound and subtitles!) https://youtu.be/dqDT_sd1gvw?si=ezkeiQlE7xGUJ3Gw https://youtu.be/fbgzwnbgTBA?si=JzzRI5Yv4PikzaPt Let’s hope we can head out onto new ice again soon, even though right now...

I had been planning a research trip to the historical archives of the French national railway company (SNCF) even before the pandemic hit—but then, as with so many things, COVID reshuffled all plans. Now, however, my Interrail-themed PhD project has reached the point where the journey became necessary. For the dissertation summary, I needed a few documents stored in the archive in Le Mans. And really, it felt almost...

"Tampere City is also committed to development in accordance with sustainable principles, balancing ecological, social, cultural, and economic perspectives. Sustainable development is taken into account in the city's activities and decision-making, and it is a cross-cutting theme in the city's strategy." (Tampere City's Sustainable Practices) Fine words that look good in program declarations and brochures, but what do they mean in practice? It's probably quite case-specific Emphasizing ecological sustainability is...