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April 27, 2021

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Autumn is 💛🍁🌬🌧 . . . #bretagne #breta

Autumn is 💛🍁🌬🌧

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#bretagne #bretagnetourisme #camaretsurmer #brittanyfrance #atlanticcoast #atlantique #ecotravel #ecoblogger #autumnvibes #rainyweather

Bretagne, France 🇫🇷 Such a breathtaking plac

Bretagne, France 🇫🇷 Such a breathtaking place on our Earth.

Bretagne was the destination we chose for our honeymoon, and I could not have been happier with that choice. We wanted to stay in Europe but still explore a new place, and it did not disappoint.

The dramatic nature, the ebb and flow of the ocean, the food, the wine, the culture, it’s all so lovely. And I got to practice my french! We spent 8 days in the area, but I could easily have stayed a month. Now, I kind of dream of renting a house by the Atlantic for a longer time period in the future 🌚

If you ever go to France, I 100% recommend visiting Bretagne. We traveled by car and it was a perfect way to explore the area ✨

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#slowtravel #slowtravelling #roadtrip #brittany #bretagne #lowwastetravel #travellocal #visitbretagne #visitfrance #honeymoondestination #lunedemiel

Fridays are great for afterwork, right?🌲🪵🍄

#foragingforfood #forestmushrooms #svampplockning #hortoilu #sienestys #foraging #forestbathing #afterwork #slowliving #shinrinyoku

A year ago 🍁🏕🏔 Looking back at the phot

A year ago 🍁🏕🏔

Looking back at the photos from last year’s autumn hike in Hetta-Pallas really makes me eager to go again. It was pure magic. And there are so many beautiful hikes in this country that I haven’t done yet! Halti, Kevo, Oulanka and many many more. What’s your favourite hike?

I don’t have time to head up north this year, but maybe I can sneak in a hike closer to Helsinki some weekend 👀

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#autumnhike #hikingculture #syysretki #ulkonaperillä #exploreyourworld #exploreyourbackyard #localtravel #finland4seasons #ruska #hettapallas #ecotravel #ecotraveller

Let’s talk sustainable flowers ♻️💐 I lo

Let’s talk sustainable flowers ♻️💐

I love fresh cut flowers, but unfortunately, they can be very bad for the environment. Luckily, there are ways to avoid most of the negative impact! 🤗

For our wedding, we chose @studio_fro for all our flower needs, and I cannot recommend Jenni and co enough! ❤️ Every single, beautiful flower used was locally sourced in Finland and in season, they used the tiniest amount of single-use plastic (see picture nr 2) and they understood our vision to a T! We wanted it to feel like a meadow when you entered the room, and it did 😍

Choosing sustainable flowers has a big impact. The traditional flower industry relies on year-round production of fresh flowers with a short shelflife, often flown in from thousand of kilometers away. If grown in greenhouses, the climate impact is larger yet, and in Europe, this is often how flowers are grown. Pesticide use is much higher with flowers than with other crops, since the regulations are looser. This severely affects local biodiversity where the flowers are grown. And we can’t forget about the substantial water needs connected to the industry.

The carbon impact for locally grown, seasonal flowers is significantly lower, and for me, it was a very important to know that our wedding flowers didn’t harm the environment.

Have you ever considered the environmental impact of cut flowers?

#ecowedding #greenwedding #sustainablewedding #mindfulconsumption #slowflowers #ecofriendlyliving #ecoblogger #weddingflowerinspiration #zerowastewedding

Here’s to forever ❤️💍 Video by sister-in

Here’s to forever ❤️💍

Video by sister-in-law @camilla_akerberg
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#weddingday #weddingseason #häät2022 #bröllop2022 #weddingvideo #ecowedding #sustainablewedding #zerowastewedding

Heading out to sea again this weekend 💙🌊 .

Heading out to sea again this weekend 💙🌊

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#sailinginstagram #classicsailing #saaristo #oceanlife #tinyhomes #boatlifestyle #skärgården #pidäsaaristosiistinä #finlandssvensk #localtravel #ecotraveller

Örö, Finland 💙 . . . #localtravel #ecotravel

Örö, Finland 💙

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#localtravel #ecotravel #ecoliving #sailinginstagram #oceansunset #saaristoelämää #skärgården #visitörö #finnishparks

Finally, it’s time to harvest 💙 #harvesting

Finally, it’s time to harvest 💙

#harvesting #gardentherapy #summerharvest #fallharvest #autumnharvest #growyourownfood #ecoblogger #sustainableliving #ecokitchen #zerowastekitchen #omanpihansatoa #sadonkorjuu #skördetid #humanswhogrowfood

I RENTED a dress for the first time 🎉 and I was

I RENTED a dress for the first time 🎉 and I was super happy with it!

I attended my friends’ wedding this weekend in a sustainable outfit: rented dress via @theatelje and secondhand heels via @vestiaireco (+the bag is my own that I’ve had for 7 years).

I love exploring new ways to dress sustainably, and renting occasion wear was a definite hit; I’ll be doing this many times in the future. I was also so happy to see two of my beautiful friends in rented dresses 😍

Have you tried renting occasion wear? 💫

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.#occasionwear #sustainablefashion #lovedclotheslast #renteddress #ecofriendlyliving #slowfashionstyle #weddingguest #consciousfashion #vestiairecollective

A month of sailing in five seconds 🌊🦭⛵️

A month of sailing in five seconds 🌊🦭⛵️

#sailstagram #vindö #vindöyachts #vindöyachtclub #vindö32 #tinyhomes #100syytämatkaillasuomessa #summer2022 #ecotravel #ecotraveller #carbonneutraltravel

One of the beautiful sunsets we saw during our one

One of the beautiful sunsets we saw during our one month on the ocean 🌊

The Finnish archipelago really is something completely unique, and gives you the most incredible nature experiences. I feel so privileged to get to explore it by boat.

Today is the last day of the trip, and we’re sailing back to Helsinki.

#saaristomeri #skärgårdshavet #sailingtrip #sunsetcaptures #lovelife #100syytämatkaillasuomessa #outdoorfinland #finland4seasons #finnishnature #visitörö

Finally, bilberry season is here🫐 And the start

Finally, bilberry season is here🫐 And the start of late summer/autumn foraging + harvest!

Berries and mushrooms are in season starting now, and I love both. Can’t wait to pick chanterelles and black currants. Every year, it feels like the most amazing gift from Mother Nature 💙

What’s your favourite thing to forage/harvest? 🌲

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#hortoilu #luontoon #mustikkamaa #blåbär #smultronställe #foragingforfood #forageandharvest #summerharvest #wildberries #wildmushroom #wildfood #sustainableliving #ecofriendlyliving

That post-sauna feeling 💙 #localtravel #trave

That post-sauna feeling 💙

#localtravel #travelgreen #ecotravel #sailingtrip #saunatime #saunalife #bastubad #skärgården #100syytämatkaillasuomessa #saaristo #saaristomerenkansallispuisto #finnishparks #sjöellerhavnåhavhej #finlandssvensk #seglingsglädje #pidäsaaristosiistinä

Never too old to jump around on the cliffs. Even

Never too old to jump around on the cliffs.

Evening walk in Archipelago National Park, Finland💙🌊

#saaristomeri #skärgårdshavetsnationalpark #skärgård #pidäsaaristosiistinä #saaristomerenkansallispuisto #nationalparks #finnishparks #100syytämatkaillasuomessa #outdoorfinland #outdoors #reelsofinstagram #hållskärgårdensiisti #oneplanet #ecofriendlyliving #localtravel #greentravel

An evening in the archipelago 🌊 . . . . #phot

An evening in the archipelago 🌊

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#photodump #sunsetsofinstagram #visitfinland #pidäsaaristosiistinä #hållskärgårdensiisti #skärgården #saaristo #archipelago #outdoorfinland #localtravel #sustainabletravel #ecoliving #sailingtrip

Slow down, you’re doing fine 💙 #summerevenin

Slow down, you’re doing fine 💙

#summerevenings #vindöyachts #vindö #vindöyachtclub #classicboat #skärgården #sommarkväll #saaristo #hållskärgårdensiisti

Warm summer evenings with good friends and wine 💙 For a minute, they make you forget how upside down the world is.

(Pic by no other than the best @biancasoderlund 📸)

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#kalliohelsinki #kallio #berghäll #myhelsinki #winesday #orangewine #helsinkiofficial #supportyourlocal #indiecinema #ecoblogger #ecoliving

Counting down the days! 🌊 One week until we tak

Counting down the days! 🌊 One week until we take off with our Vindö 32, s/y Spumante, and then we’ll have almost five weeks on the ocean.

This is how we’ll spend our summer vacation - sailing around the Finnish archipelago, taking it day by day and disconnecting from stress and must-do’s. My favourite way to travel 💙

This year, we haven’t had the chance to go on any weekend sailing trips so I really hope we don’t forget something substantial at home when we leave…

Now it’s time to prep, pack and buy food (just for the first few days), and then the ocean awaits!
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#vindöyachts #vindö #vindöyachtclub #sailingboat #classicsailing #saaristo #skärgården #sustainableliving #sustainabletravel #greentravel #localtravel #localtourist #100syytämatkaillasuomessa #suomenkesä #slowtravel #sailingtrip

Happy World Ocean Day! 🌊🐟 Or is it happy, wh

Happy World Ocean Day! 🌊🐟 Or is it happy, when you think about how poorly we treat our oceans? 🥲

Less than 8% of our absolutely vital blue planet is protected, and this is of course nowhere near enough. We need the ocean for oxygen production, biodiversity and for some, giving protein rich food.

With 90% of big fish populations depleted, and 50% of coral reefs destroyed, we’re going in a very bad direction. It is high time that we reestablish our relationship between human and ocean, and rethink our role in the ecosystem.

I feel as if at least here in Finland we tend to think that we’re already doing so much positive for nature and that we’re not part of the issue, but the Baltic Sea is actually one of the most polluted in the world. NASA has found 7 out of the 10 largest oceanic dead zones in the world in the Baltic Sea. Finland stands for about 8% of the yearly emissions around the Baltic Sea.

So what can we do?
1. Sign the #protect30x30 petition, demanding that we protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 (link in bio) 💧The UN Ocean Conference will take place in June/July, and we need to show the leaders how important this is!
2. Write to our local politicians and demand more actions to protect the oceans. And vote for politicians who care!
3. Spread the word! We need eveyone to understand the severity of the state of the ocean 🌊
4. If we can, donate. There are many different foundations and campaigns, choose one that you believe in. Maybe @worldoceanday
@johnnurmisensaatio or
@theoceancleanup ? 🐳
5. Look at our daily life and habits, is there anything we could start or stop doing that would help? Like eating less fish, opting for preloved clothes and gadgets and traveling less. All of these help the ocean in some way.

There are MANY ways to make a positive impact on our oceans, and as you can see, many of them require very little. So lets #protectourhome and do something for #WorldOceansDay 💙
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#unoceanconference2022 #30x30 #oceanclimateaction #climateactionnow #itämeri #savetheoceans #blueplanet #planetfriendly #consiousliving #ecofriendly #oceanprotection #rewildourplanet #protecttheocean #ecoblogger #lowimpactlifestyle

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