Are you looking for countryside and small scale green initiatives Sweden ´s countryside?
Perhaps you are in Sweden for a job, a meeting, conference on the green transition or sustainability. You might have celebration coming up and you want to give to your loved ones a shared experience of togetherness and learning.
You probably wish to leave the tourist complexes and meet the real green transition aficionados, .people that are passionate about what they.
A Sweden in transition
With this text I want showcase some efforts made in the small town of Emmaboda. It is a traditionally a town with industries.
In addition, you can find this small town in a touristic hotspot. There are interesting cultural sites all around in the “Kingdom of Crystal”. The region has for many year been a magnet for lovers of glasswork history and glassware design. This particular industry is not the most enviromental friendly and the region has a challange ahead to start to showcase nature and sustainability instead of glassware. There are initiatives at the glassworks to produce recycled glassware and to offer other activities. One such glass village is Målerås that are looking into other tourist attractions than the glassware. Another company is Ödevata Countryside hotels where they build a Kon-Tiki biochar kilns and outdoor kitchens.
The story of small entrepreneurs showing the way
The example from above show that it might be easier to upcycle a region´s tourism rather than transforming it completely. Many of the towns and village´s name are already well-known brands such as Kosta or Orrefors. Creative people chose to come and live in these places and the area have for centuries fostered entrepreneurs. In addition, in the towns and villages there are already camp sites, accommodation, restaurants and bars to cater for tourists. This makes it a prefect place to kick-start a new kind of tourism. Nevertheless, the change is slow as the history of glasswork is deeply rooted in the DNA of this region.
However, meet some of the countryside entrepreneurs that are resourcefully walking the talk. I want to introduce to Malin and Magnus and Chatrine, Emmaboda locals, who show the way and inspire others ( including me). I at awe overtime I go and visit them. They never stop to re-invent and up-cycle their businesses and land. The leading star is definitely sustainability.
In addition, good train connection, Emmaboda is a train hub for trains from another important train station, namely Nässjö in Småland. From Emmboda you can reach coastal towns such as Kalmar and Karlskrona , and you have the whole Southern Sweden on your finger tips. You have access to south Sweden regions.
The good traveller exploring green transition initiative Sweden
We believe that you are keen to learn about Sweden. Perhaps you are here for the first time or you might visit us on a regular basis. Some of you might live in Sweden on a shorter or longer contract.
Follow us on a visit to Emmaboda in the Kingdom of Crystal ( Glasriket) a region in transition.
- Long week-ends and city breaks
- Have fun, enjoy the company of others, and laugh.
- Learn about ourselves and the world around us.
- Enjoy physical exercise in beautiful surroundings.
- Hiking or cycling in the Kingdom of Crystal
- A safe place where we can forget about the demands of others and the outside world
- Sleep a whole night with the sound of nature around is
- Swim in a lake and clean our body and mind with a fantastic lakeside sauna
- Mindfulness in the forest and nature.
- Enjoy the Swedish Allemansrätt, pick mushrooms, berries and bring home a souvenir from the forest.
- Good food in company with others. Outdoors the food and local produce always taste better.
- Go Nature Market showcase green transition visits and learning programmes
- Biokol Valborg or Biochar Walpurigs invite others to celebrate the old by upcycle a cherished Swedish tradition. The Green transition start in our backyards and neighborhoods.
Green initiatives Sweden countryside the small great steps
We invite the world to find out more about the small great steps that are taken by some of the resorts:
- Building tourist accommodation and homesteads based on the principle of no waste, upcling and being self-sufficient in production of biochar and climate friendly energy.
- Small scale eco horticulture.
