Green Spirit

We are work­ing hard to make World Gym­naestrada 2015 as green as pos­si­ble. To guide us in this work, we have built an Eco­com­pass en­vi­ron­men­tal man­age­ment sys­tem which we are go­ing to get cer­ti­fied. Now, we would like to ask for your help to make the World Gym­naestrada even greener by fol­low­ing these sim­ple steps.

Make your­self move!
It´s a nice walk be­tween the venues, just fol­low the signs and en­joy. For longer trips from ac­com­mo­da­tion to per­for­mances or to ex­plore Hel­sinki make the most of the Hel­sinki Re­gion Trans­port (HSL) travel card which is in­cluded in your Par­tic­i­pant Card. By walk­ing, cy­cling and pub­lic trans­port fos­sil fu­els can be saved, air qual­ity will be im­proved and traf­fic jams re­duced.

Make your bot­tle full!
Fin­land has ex­cel­lent qual­ity tap wa­ter and it´s def­i­nitely fresher than bot­tled wa­ter. Use your own bot­tle, fill it up for free from any tap and stay hy­drated. Also, to re­duce waste, we don´t pro­vide any glasses at lunch, but do there are wa­ter taps, so re­mem­ber to get your own WG2015 bot­tle from the Mes­sukeskus North­ern En­trance Lobby.

Make the Earth mooooo!
We of­fer veg­e­tar­ian food op­tions and opt­ing for them re­duces your car­bon and wa­ter foot­prints and con­trib­utes to an­i­mal wel­fare. It´s great for your health, too!

Keep the Earth mov­ing!
Re­duce, re­use, re­cy­cle. Your trash is a valu­able re­source for us and we will give it an­other life as new prod­ucts so please use the re­cy­cling bins and keep the sur­round­ings tidy. We have waste sort­ing ad­vis­ers in many places to help you. The colours for the most com­mons bins are:

Brown: Or­ganic waste
Dark blue: Card board
Or­ange: Waste for in­cin­er­a­tion
Grey: Non-re­cy­clable waste

Be part of the green spirit!