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One Question I Brought Home from NEB
Last week, I returned home from the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Festival in Brussels. Throughout the week, discussions often returned to the same core themes: participation, trust, resilience, and the ability of communities to act together. But there was one specific conversation that stayed with me long after the festival ended. From a Question to an Idea During a discussion with Danish urban strategist Helle Søholt, we were exploring how community support, participation and
Mika Vanhanen
Jun 154 min read


What makes people act?
We live in a time when knowledge is more abundant than ever before. Yet many of the world's greatest challenges continue. Why? Perhaps the defining question of our time is not what we know, but what moves us to act. We know a great deal about climate change, biodiversity loss, conflict, inequality, and the challenges to human well-being. We have more research, technology, strategies, and goals than ever before. Yet knowledge does not automatically become collective action. Ac
Mika Vanhanen
May 313 min read


Peace Circle® – Making Values-in-Action Visible in School Communities
An Education for Sustainable Development approach to whole-school wellbeing, learning, and belonging Every day, schools do an extraordinary amount of good. They support learners, strengthen wellbeing, and build a sense of belonging. Yet much of this work often remains invisible amid the pace of everyday school life and fragmented structures. In Finland , this challenge is closely connected to the ongoing reform of learning support , which shifts the focus from individual and
Mika Vanhanen
Jan 314 min read


Earth Cup
🟢Join Earth Cup 2026 Earth Cup 2026 is a youth-led global initiative where fair play becomes visible through a living balance of Heart, Head, and Hands — care, understanding, and action for people, animals, and the planet. Young people take the lead by acting where they are: on the field, in schools, and in their communities. They may pause together, play together, or plant and care for Fair Play Trees — allowing shared values to take root in real places. From these action
Mika Vanhanen
Dec 11, 20253 min read
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