“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness. #Finland#Helsinki#homeless#cities#homes https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
The things you miss when you take the plane to travel from Cologne to Helsinki, instead of using train and ferry:
– Copenhagen, Malmö and Stockholm
– Breathtaking views of Northern Europe
– Incredibly delicious food and super friendly staff onboard the swedish high speed train
– Sleeping onboard a ship while crossing the baltic sea
– Europe‘s longest railway bridge
I'm ever so slightly annoyed (= raging mad) that #Helsinki IT has managed to leave the personal details of every #school age kid, their parents, and every city employee on an unsecured network drive, allowed them to be stolen, and now is trying to wiggle out of the responsibility to inform every impacted person (= just about everyone) or offer anything but stupid generalities as protection for #identity#theft. #cybersecurity fail of the year. Perhaps several.
The city dares to say that "those affected should take steps to protect their identity". What's to protect, you already exposed it all?! Besides, no identity protection services cover minors, so half the people impacted have nothing to lean to.
I’ve been #cycling in lots of cities … here’s a thread of some of my favourite urban bike corridors. Hopefully #biketooter can add any that I missed so I can plan some future trips!
We had a terrible traffic jam in #finland#today. Especially in #Helsinki. Busses were late or they didn't arrive at all. Trams didn't work. The last time something similar was experienced in #Helsinki more than 50 years ago.
I've been trying to advance #sustainability since about 2007. I originally have a background in #engineering and #design, and did a PhD about technological substitutes for critical resources. However, #energytransition has been my main focus.
I firmly believe that broadening #democracy is THE key to sustainability.
You don't see auroras every day over Helsinki, but today's solar storm is really strong. With naked eye it doesn't look quite this colourful, but phone camera sees the sky this way.
Train schedules and booking options for February not yet available for all legs of the trip. Hoping that everything goes as planned in the middle of winter.