Sustainable Sweden Tour
2
nd– 15
thSeptember 2012
Welcome to our next Tour in September. It will be split in two parts, one in Southern Sweden and the other one in Northern Sweden. You can choose either one week or the whole trip of two weeks. Host communities will be Eco-Municipalities who will share their experiences of how to transform the communities to sustainability. We will also have a special focus on renewable energy and sustainable economy. Tour Leader will be our chairman Torbjörn Lahti who has three decades of experiences of working with Eco-Municipalities. We also have the pleasure to have Manfred Max-Neef, the famous alternative economist from Chile, as one of our participants on the Tour. He will hold a couple of seminars during this 2-week journey.
We are looking forward to meet you in September !
About Manfred Max-Neef
The Chilean economist focuses on alternative development methods. He taught economics at Berkeley University in the 1960's. In this frame, he got an early interest for development issues in Third World countries. Thus, he worked in the FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) and the
International Labor Organization.
In 1981, Max-Neef published From the Outside Looking In : Experiences in Barefoot Economics, a book in which he describes his experiences in poor countries of Latin America. He argues that economy needs to be applied at
the “human scale” in order to fulfill human fundamental needs. Thus, he challenges the traditional economic development indicators such as the GDP or GNP. Instead, Max-Neef designed a human development model based upon the fundamental human needs identifies through his researches and explained in his second book : Human Scale Development published in 1991.
In 2011, he published a new book Economics unmasked, which is a merciless reckoning of the current economic paradigm and an introduction to the new sustainable economic paradigm where he also sees the Eco-Municipalities as a direct implementation of his own ideas.
Manfred Max-Neef has received the Right Livelihood Award in 1983 for his work. He currently teaches at the Austral University of Chile in Valdivia and is councilor in the World Future Council.
Overview
Itinerary
Southern Tour : 2nd - 8th September
Day 1 - 2nd Sunday : Copenhagen
Day 2 - 3rd Monday : Karlskrona
Day 3 - 4th Tuesday : Borgholm
Day 4 - 5th Wednesday : Borgholm [SEMINAR]
Day 5 - 6th Thursday : Kalmar-Linköping – Järna
Day 6 - 7th Friday : Järna-Södertälje
Day 7 - 8th Saturday : Huddinge - Stockholm Northern Tour : 9th -15th September
Day 8 – 9th Sunday : Luleå
Day 9 - 10th Monday : Boden
Day 10 - 11th Tuesday : Jokkmokk
Day 11 - 12nd Wednesday : Jokkmokk – Övertorneå
Day 12 - 13th Thurday : Övertorneå
Day 13 - 14th Friday : Övertorneå [SEMINAR]
Content of the Tour
Southern part of the Tour : 2
nd- 8
thSeptember
Day 1 - 2nd Sunday : Copenhagen-Karlskrona
12 pm Gathering at Copenhagen Airport Kastrup at the arrival hall. Waiting for the last participators to arrive.
14.06 Train to Karlskrona. Arrives at 17.12.
Welcome dinner on a boat in the Karlskrona archipelago
Review of the Tour. Presentation of Sustainable Sweden and Sekom (The Association for Swedish Eco-municipalities). Presentation of the participators.
The Eco-Municipality of Karlskrona: “Biosphere Karlskrona Archipelago”,
Speech by Dr. Manfred Max-Neef – the history of “Human Scale Economy” and the person behind the theory.
Accommodation: Hotel Conrad, Karlskrona
Hotell Conrad
Västra Köpmansgatan 12 371 34 Karlskrona, Sweden ph. 46 455-36 32 00
fax 46 455-36 32 05 www.hotelconrad.se info@hotellconrad.se
Day 2 - 3rd Monday : Karlskrona
Breakfast at the Hotel
08.30 Welcome and presentation of Sekom: National Association of Swedish Eco Municipalities, Kenneth Gyllensting, Coordinator
09.00 Presentation of Eco Municipality Karlskrona, 09.30 Coffee and sandwich
10.00 Biosphere Reserve Blekinge Archipelago, Heleen Podsekowska, Coordinator 10.30 Energy Strategy for Blekinge County, Lisa Wälitalo, South east Sweden Energy Agency
11.00 South Baltic Off Shore Wind Energy Regions, Hans Olof Svensson, Project Leader 11.30 Lunch
12.30 Study visit to Bubbetorp Recycling Central, Christer Karlsson and Jessica Karlsson, Karlskrona municipality
14.00 Blekinge Institute of Technology – Leading in Sustainable Development 16.00 End of Karlskrona part
Travel to Borgholm by bus Dinner
Accommodation:
Strand Hotell Borgholm AB. www.strandborgholm.se/
Ph:+46 485- 888 88. Fax: +46 485 888 99.
E-mail:info@strandborgholm.se
Mail address: Villagatan 4. 387 88 Borgholm
Day 3 - 4th Tuesday : Borgholm Breakfast at the Hotel
Guide for the day: Ms Annika Karpfors, Sustainable Sweden Southeast AB 8.30. Place: Strand Hotel, Borgholm
• Presentation of Sustainable Sweden Southeast AB, a cluster of environmental technology companies (Ms Annika Karpfors, Project Coordinator)
• Presentation of the climate and energy plan for the Eco-municipality of Borgholm (Mr. Tommy Lindström, Energy and Climate Strategist)
• Presentation of the cooperative Alböke Wind Farm (founder, Eco-entrepreneur Mr. Stig Bertilsson, Norrby Wind AB)
Place: Visit to Alböke Wind Farm, Öland
• Guided by Mr Stig Bertilsson, Norrby Vind AB Place: Brofästet, Kalmar
• Presentation of Vatten och Samhällsteknik AB, VoS, who is a staff-owned consulting company with a wide personal engagement. They offer specialized technical consulting within the areas water resource management, land use management, waste management,
environmental protection, planning and urban design and they are a climate neutral company. They have ethic rules for the guidance of their staff in their professional exercising and are work systematically with working environmental matters. (Lars Kylefors, ecutive President MSc in Civil Engineering, Senior Consultant and Åsa Blixte, MSc in Civil Engineering, Senior Consultant
Lunch: Brofästet, Kalmar
Place: Stormwater facility Kalmar Dämme
• Natural treatment methods in the wetland park primarily to reduce the nitrogen content. (VoS)
Place: AB Gustaf Kähr, Nybro
• With more than 150 years of experience, Kährs is one of the oldest flooring manufacturers in the world - as well as one the most
innovative, with a history of introducing groundbreaking eco-friendly wood flooring technologies. (Mr Bruce Uhler, Environmental
Ambassador)
http://www.kahrs.com/en/Standard-Items/ChooseLanguage Place: Euronom AB, Kalmar
• Presentation of Euronom FlexiFuel , one of the world’s most flexible Agenda 21 systems for private houses and smaller premises. The heart of the system is the ExoTank® VPS, an accumulator tank that can be connected to heat pumps, solar energy collectors, pellet boilers, kitchen boilers, wood boilers and district heating. The system also makes it possible to use the most favorable heating when energy prices and politics change in the future. (Åke Hjort, CEO Euronom AB, Curt Nordström , green entrepreneur, Marketing and Sales Manager, Gila Control System AB, Bo Karlsson, Professor in Materials Technology for sustainable growth, LnU)
http://www.euronom.se/5_Produkter_-_Villa http://www.gila.se/
http://lnu.se/forskning Back at Strand Hotel, Borgholm
Accommodation: Strand Hotell , Borgholm
Day 4 - 5th Wednesday : Borgholm
Seminar about “New Economy” paradigm with Dr.Manfred Max-Neef as a keynote speaker together with several others. Our Tour Travelers will meet lot's of other participants from different parts of Scandinavia. A special seminar program will be developed.
Dinner at the Hotel
Day 5 - 6th Thursday : Borgholm – Östergötland - Södertälje
Breakfast at the Hotel Travel to Linköping,
Lunch, meeting with Clean Tech Östergötland Study visits
− Energy Efficient Housing: a restaured plus energy house
− meetings with local entrepreneurs (sustainable construction and solar cells)
− waste mangement: recycling station
We continue during the afternoon to Järna in the Eco-Municipality of Södertälje Dinner at Ytterjärna Restaurang
Accommodation: Torpa Pensionat,
Torpa Pensionat, Sweden Hotels ∙ Torpavägen 4 ∙ 151 38 Södertälje ∙ Ph. +46 8-550 121 11 ∙
www.torpapensionat.se
e-mail: webmaster@torpapensionat.se
Day 6 - 7th Friday : Södertälje - Järna
Breakfast at the Accommodation
8.30 Travel by bus to Ytterjärna and Järna Culture Center.
Visit to a demonstation plant - “Your 2000 squaremeters” - which shows a sustainable lifestyle in terms of what you need to have of agriculture land to have a good ecological life.
Visit to Saltå Kvarn (Mill) – a company in food industry providing organic products.
Travel to Hovsjö School for a short visit before we continue for lunch at Igelstavikens Gymnasium. The lunch will be together with the dietary unit and the manager Sara Jervfors. Presentation of the project “Diet for a Clean Baltic”. Presentation of Telge Hovsjö AB by the CEO Patrik Derk. It's a municipal owned real estate company. The company is working with sustainable development from all three perspectives: ecological, economic and social.
Travel back to Ytterjärna. Visit to Ekobanken, a bank based on a sustainable approach. A good example of a new sustainable paradigm : study visits at the anthroposophical center – eco-bank , organic farming, schools, hospital, tourism, etc
Guided Tour in the antrophosofical center of Ytterjärna. We will see the parks, a school, a hospital, exhibitions of ecological forestry and several companies based on organic food.
( Picture : rubn.wordpress.com )
Dinner at Ytterjärna restaurang Accommodation: Torpa Pensionat
Day 7 - 8th Saturday : Huddinge Breakfast at the pensionat
Travel to Huddinge
10.00-10.10 Welcome to Huddinge, Today´s program, Johanna Pettersson 10.10-10.20 Facts about Huddinge, Jonas Andersson
10.20-10.40 Sustainability in the Local government control system, Jonas Andersson
10.40-11.05 The ecological footprint of Huddinge and environmental issues, Katarina Persson
11.05-11.20 Break
11.20-11.45 Participation, why and how, Marcel Moritz 11.45 Journey by bus to Sundby Gård
12.00-13.30 Brunch at Sundby Gård, www.sundby-gard.se 13.30-13.50 Walking in the area around Sundby Gård 13.50-14.05 Journey by bus to Huddinge centrum
14.05-15.00 Visit at Farmers market, Daina Måsviken Travel to Stockholm Central Station
End of the first part of the Tour in Stockholm with discussion and free times in Stockholm
Departure to Northern Sweden for the second part of the Tour Night train to Luleå. Departure from Stockholm Central Station at 19.55
Northern part of the Tour : 9th - 15th September
(Picture : Absolutsuecia.com )
Day 8 - 9th Sunday : Luleå
Arrival at Luleå Railway station at 11.20
City walk together with the Eco-Municipaity Co-ordinator Ms. Lena Bengtén to the City Hall.
Presentation of the eco-municipality and study visits: renewable energies, transportation management, “green construction”
Bus to Gammelstads kyrkby (church village) – a world culture heritage. Dinner
Accommodation: Gammelstads gästhem, Hostel and hotel in the world cultural heritage
www.gammelstadsgasthem.se Gammelstads Gästhem Gamla Bodenvägen 11 954 33 Gammelstad Ph: 0920-25 80 00 e-mail:info@gammelstadsgasthem.se
Day 9 - 10th Monday : Boden
Breakfast at the Hotel
Presentation of the Eco-Municipality of Boden and their waste and energy strategies. How organic waste can become a resource in building up sustainable transportation systems. Study visit of a small-scale district heating system in Harads. Presentation of the village development group
Accommodation: Hotell Jokkmokk
Solgatan 45, S-962 31 Jokkmokk Sweden Ph.+ 46 (0)971-777 00 Fax + 46 (0)971-777 90 www.hoteljokkmokk.se/
E-mail: info@hoteljokkmokk.se
Day 10 - 11th Tuesday : Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk is located in the heart of Lapland (next to the Arctic circle) , in a region rich of Sami ancestral
culture heritage.
( Picture : kirken.no )
Breakfast at the Hotel
9.00-12.00 Ajtte, Swedish Mountain and Same Muséum Work-shop:
Speach by Manfred Max-Neef Common discussions
Guide Tour in the Muséum 12.00 Lunch at Ajtte
Travel to Kvikkjokk in the Mountains Workshop:
Presentation and discussion of Jokkmokks vision for sustainable development, including ”Futurize”, youth participation in the change process.
Presentation och discussion of the Laponiaprocess (Sami self-governance in the development of the worldheritage of Laponia), meeting with representatives from the
Same Community
Accommodation: Hotell Jokkmokk
Day 11 - 12nd Wednesday : Jokkmokk – Boden - Overtorneå
Breakfast at the Hotel
Travel day : Jokkmokk-Boden.
Study visit to the bio gas plant in Boden Lunch in Boden
Travel to Overtorneå in the afternoon. Arrival to Övertorneå
Welcome to Övertorneå
PresentationsThe Eco-Municipality of Övertorneå: History, current situation, plans for the future. Climate and Energy Plan.
Dinner in the evening at the Hotel Accommodation Hotel Tornedalia
Hotel Tornedalia Sockenvägen 1 957 31 Övertorneå Tel: +46(0)927-77550 Fax: +46(0)927-103 50 www.tornedalia.com info@tornedalia.se
Day 12 - 13th Thursday : Övertorneå
Overtorneå was the first eco-municipality launched in Sweden in the 1980's and the one that initiated the Swedish national
movement of eco-municipalities. This is a rural city bordering Finland
( Picture : makitalo.se )
Study visits:
− District Heating, based on biofuel,
− Hietaniemi friskola, a school with a sustainable approach and owned by the village
− Lunch at Kattilakoski close to the Artic Circle
− Juoksengi Farm, a farm owned by the village
− Aapua Wind Power Plant
− Return via Finland Dinner at Koivumaa Pasture Smoke Sauna
Accommodation: Hotel Tornedalia
Day 13 - 14th Friday : Övertorneå
Seminar with Manfred Max-Neef as a keynote speaker together with several other speakers. A special program will be developed for the Seminar.
Good-Bye Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Tornedalia
Day 14 - 15th Saturday : Haparanda
Breakfast at the Hotel
Travel along the Torne River
Visit to a Cultural heritage of the raking white fish (in the morning) Lunch
Travel towards Luleå and Umeå possible stops during the road
Possibilities to fly from Luleå or Umeå to Stockholm/Arlanda or taking the night train from Umeå to Stockholm
END OF THE TOUR.
JOIN OUR TEAM IN THIS NEW TOUR IN SEPTEMBER !
Contact : torbjorn@sustainablesweden.org
