{"id":7642,"date":"2021-06-08T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T12:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T12:55:59","slug":"giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","title":{"rendered":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nature is a part of all decision-making in the city of Lahti, Finland. A new service created by the city connects nature cameras placed in the local wilderness to Microsoft Teams meetings. Lahti, the European Green Capital of 2021, hopes this virtual connection to nature will help reduce stress and promote environmental values.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"In Finland, the city of Lahti\u2019s employees can now invite nature to participate in their Microsoft Teams meetings. Two nature cameras offering both forest and lake views have been placed into the local woodland. The Lahti Green Screen is a service developed by the city to test how nature\u2019s presence affects employees\u2019 workdays.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Studies have shown that spending time in nature improves mood and lessens anxiety and negative feelings. Time spent in nature can help improve concentration, memory and the ability to perform challenging tasks, says Dr. Riikka Puhakka, a scientist in the University of Helsinki\u2019s Nature-based solutions research group at the Lahti University Campus.<\/p>\n

The service is available to all city employees, so in addition to everyday meetings, nature might even get a seat at the City Council. A strong connection to nature has been proven to influence decision-making: people who spend more time in nature are more likely to make sustainable choices and be more environmentally conscious.*<\/p>\n

Lahti, the European Green Capital for 2021, has already made significant commitments to nature and environmental values, which can be seen in the former industrial city\u2019s ambitious conservation goals, the role of nature in urban planning, active restoration of lakes and marshland, and the implementation of sustainable forestry in forests owned by the city.<\/p>\n

Lahti\u2019s green values make an EU-level splash<\/h2>\n

Lahti has used the remote connection to include its local nature in events of the Green Capital year. A lake from Lahti featured in a water-themed panel discussion held during EU Green Week, as a part of the European Dialogue for Sustainable Cities discussion series.<\/p>\n

\u2013 We like to bring lots of local flavour into our Green Capital events. Finnish nature is unique and preserving it is the driver behind our environmental action, says Saara Vauramo, the program director of Lahti European Green Capital.<\/p>\n

The nature cameras have been set up in collaboration with renowned nature documentarist Petteri Saario, who is also originally from Lahti. The nature cameras will remain in place until the end of October, so users can enjoy the changing seasons.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Popular nature cameras have created new ways of observing nature. People may think that spending working hours watching online videos is inappropriate, but with Lahti Green Screen the video stream is integrated into your working environment, says Saario.<\/p>\n

Virtual nature boosts wellbeing at work<\/h2>\n

Vauramo says, that the idea for the service came when the city was planning activities for the Green Capital year in remote meetings.<\/p>\n

\u2013 During the pandemic, nature has been an important source of wellbeing for many: so why not bring it to our employees\u2019 screens in remote meetings? Virtual nature experiences have been shown to have similar stress-reducing and wellness-boosting effects as spending time in nature.<\/p>\n

As remote work increasingly becomes the norm, Lahti hopes that services like the Green Screen become a part of workdays spent in front of the screen.<\/p>\n

\u2013 In Lahti, we\u2019re never far from nature, but solutions like this can increase wellbeing in places and situations where access to nature isn\u2019t a given. And when we take care of our connection to nature, we make it easier for ourselves to be more sustainable in our actions, Vauramo says.<\/p>\n

Watch nature participate in a meeting here (campaign site).<\/a>
\nAccess the mediakit from here.<\/a><\/p>\n

More information on Lahti Green Screen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saara Vauramo
\nProgramme director, Lahti European Green Capital
\np. 044 716 1585
\nsaara.vauramo@lahti.fi<\/p>\n

More information on the health benefits of spending time in nature:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Riikka Puhakka
\nAdjunct Professor
\nHelsingin yliopisto (Lahden yliopistokampus)
\nFaculty of biological and environmental sciences
\nriikka.puhakka@helsinki.fi<\/p>\n

*Study by University of Exeter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature is a part of all decision-making in the city of Lahti, Finland. A new service created by the city connects nature cameras placed in the local wilderness to Microsoft Teams meetings. Lahti, the European Green Capital of 2021, hopes this virtual connection to nature will help reduce stress and promote environmental values. In Finland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGiving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nature is a part of all decision-making in the city of Lahti, Finland. A new service created by the city connects nature cameras placed in the local wilderness to Microsoft Teams meetings. Lahti, the European Green Capital of 2021, hopes this virtual connection to nature will help reduce stress and promote environmental values. In Finland, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lahti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maria Ansas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maria Ansas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maria Ansas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd\"},\"headline\":\"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\"},\"wordCount\":670,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\",\"name\":\"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":690},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lahti\",\"description\":\"Euroopan ymp\u00e4rist\u00f6kaupunki\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenlahti.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd\",\"name\":\"Maria Ansas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maria Ansas\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti","og_description":"Nature is a part of all decision-making in the city of Lahti, Finland. A new service created by the city connects nature cameras placed in the local wilderness to Microsoft Teams meetings. Lahti, the European Green Capital of 2021, hopes this virtual connection to nature will help reduce stress and promote environmental values. In Finland, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","og_site_name":"Lahti","article_published_time":"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":690,"url":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Maria Ansas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Maria Ansas","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings"},"author":{"name":"Maria Ansas","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd"},"headline":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings","datePublished":"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings"},"wordCount":670,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","url":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings","name":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings - Lahti","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-08T12:55:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nature-joins-a-call-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":690},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/giving-nature-a-seat-at-the-table-european-green-capital-invites-nature-to-all-video-meetings#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Giving nature a seat at the table \u2013 European Green Capital invites nature to all video meetings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/","name":"Lahti","description":"Euroopan ymp\u00e4rist\u00f6kaupunki","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2a059a03f9d423da7048d8ceb1762cfd","name":"Maria Ansas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9755b1156eaeaabfcb9526581520861d172ddb5bb37e65aa9900abd141dc0bfd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Maria Ansas"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7650,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642\/revisions\/7650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}