[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - December 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - December 2020

Today's Sweden blog is about a facility called FIXA-TILL operated by the city of Lund.  It is a facility that offers rental services such as tools and sewing machines. I love this concept and wish it can be done in Japan too!  

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - November 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - November 2020

Today's blog is about your own “Carbon footprint”. Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with all the activities of a person or other entities. It includes direct emissions as well as emissions required to produce the electricity associated with goods and services consumed. In Sweden, they have apps that can calculate your carbon footprints!

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - October 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - October 2020

Today's Sweden blog is about how they have been shifting more and more to paperless in offices.  Apparently all notifications and billing documents that have been sent by mail are now digital!  And these documents are delivered within one app.  How is this done?  We'd really love Japan to be more paperless too...

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - September 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - September 2020

This month's Mika blog is about education in Sweden. How do you nurture children so that they can make the right decisions of how to work with and help the environment? How is this done in Sweden?

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - August 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - August 2020

Half a year has passed since Mika started writing about the Eco life in Sweden. She said thanks to the blog she has been able to find many new discoveries.  Today, she will be talking about packaging in Sweden.

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - July 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - July 2020

This time Mika talks about the cleaning situation in Sweden! What do they usually use?  It seems that they have eco-friendly techniques that can be used on a daily basis.

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - June 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - June 2020

In Japan from next month (July), you will be charged for plastic shopping bags at stores. In Sweden, taxation on plastic shopping bags has started in May. How does it work? 

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - May 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - May 2020

In Sweden, there is a tradition of “veckohandla" or "weekly shopping” where you buy all the food and daily necessities that you need for the week during the once a week shopping. What is this all about?

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - April 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - April 2020

April is Easter! What is Easter like in Sweden? This month Mika talks about Easter tradition from Sweden in her blog.

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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - March 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - March 2020

This month's Sweden blog from Mika is about deliveries and online shopping. She was also very surprised at the cushioning material she found inside of her package! What did she find?
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[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - February 2020

[Mika @ Lund] Eco living from Sweden - February 2020

This month's blog from Mika who has been living in Sweden for 8 years now. The first thing she was amazed about when she first arrived was how amazing the collection of plastic bottles and aluminium cans are! What is so amazing about it? 
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[Ilse @ Rimini] Green greetings from Italy - February 2020

[Ilse @ Rimini] Green greetings from Italy - February 2020

This month's blog is about decluttering. Yes, a task that can be difficult for most people. Read about the way she does it on the blog; hopefully it can be a hint for many of you!
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